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Sr. Principal Programming Portfolio Lead (Associate Director)

Johnson & Johnson
Titusville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Apr 2026
💰 $235,750/yr($137,000/yr$235,750/yr)

About the role

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Biostatistics

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
 

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Principal Portfolio Lead, located in Spring House, PA, Titusville or Raritan, NJ.

Purpose: The Senior Principal Portfolio Lead is a highly experienced individual with expert understanding of programming strategies, practices, methods, processes, technologies, industry standards, complex data structures, and analysis and reporting solutions. This position requires strong project and people leadership skills with the capability to effectively coordinate and oversee programming activities across teams in accordance with company and departmental processes and procedures.

This position is responsible for formulating the Programming strategy across a large portfolio of one or more programs within a Disease area and/or Delivery Unit, with accountability for operational oversight and effective planning and execution of programming activities for their assigned portfolio. This position interfaces with program level Delivery Unit Leaders to provide regular status updates, identify and manage risks and issues, and ensures the appropriate use of escalation pathways to appropriate functional leaders as needed. This position provides matrix leadership to departmental staff.

This position plays a critical role in the growth and development of C&SP (Clinical and Statistical Programming) and contributes to organizational effectiveness, transparency, and communication. And directly contributes to delivery of the J&J IM R&D portfolio through effective leadership and accountability of large or complex clinical development and strategic innovation of programs and projects.

In collaboration with senior departmental leadership, the Senior Principal Portfolio Lead influences departmental effectiveness acting as a change agent to shape, drive and implement the departmental strategic vision. This position develops strong and productive working relationships with key stakeholders within IDAR in addition to broader partners, external suppliers and/or industry groups.

You will be responsible for:

As Project Leader:

  • Drives the strategy and planning, execution, and completion of all programming activities and deliverables within assigned scope ensuring quality, compliance standards, consistency, and efficiency.
  • Leads and designs programming strategy across assigned portfolio over the life cycle of a program to ensure consistency, efficiency, and quality of programming deliverables.
  • Proactively evaluates and manages resource demand, allocation, utilization, and delivery to meet current and future business needs. Ensure timely and effective maintenance of functional planning systems. May include forecasting related to potential in-licensing and acquisitions.
  • Independently and effectively manages issue escalations, adopting appropriate escalation pathways. Collaborates with cross-function

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