Director, Project Management, MedTech Supply Chain Digital

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Technology Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. is recruiting for a MedTech Supply Chain Digital Director, Project Management. 

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

U.S.A. Raritan, New Jersey - Requisition Number: R-021863

Zug, Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-026031

Diegem, Belgium - Requisition Number: R-026040

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

The leader will be a part of the MedTech Supply Chain Digital organization and will be responsible for leading project management activities for transformational MedTech Supply Chain projects within the MTSC Digital portfolio. This leader will operate strategically, leading and advising the progression of project delivery, and working with stakeholders across the global organization to meet project objectives.

The successful candidate must be able to engage with project and operations teams at an execution level and with senior leadership at a strategic level. The leader will, for the full program, oversee and lead execution of project management playbooks and principles, strategically advise on the creation and management of the project plan, and define success for initiatives. They will roll up delivery status reports and updates for the presentation of MTSC Digital leaders, who they will interface regularly. They will also identify, manage, and address delivery risks on a global scale. This role will report into the Project and Portfolio Management Leader.

This position is an 17-month duration role, major responsibilities include:

• Project Planning and Leadership: Lead the transformation project management team in defining project scope, goals, deliverables, and expected timeline along with leadership across the project (e.g., testing and validation teams, functional and technical teams, etc.). Use a MTSC Digital -centric established project management playbook for a consistent project management approach across multiple projects. Connect project managers and teams to Communications and Strategic Engagement stakeholders as needed so that Communications and Strategic Engagement teams are informed of upcoming changes. Oversee the communication of project details across the project including project status, critical milestones, and messages from project leadership.
• Project Delivery Management: Lead regular project status reporting including assessing status for accurate escalation of risks and issues. Engage project managers to prepare updates for further leadership presentation and review as necessary. Build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to manage project delivery and deploy corrective actions to mitigate risks when requirements are not met. Manage, predict, and mitigate risks to project milestones when possible, and meet with tactical project managers to review project progression for potential risks. Engage with others in MedTech Supply Chain to support MTSC Digital in the process of resolving risks. Establish a set of status reporting responsibilities for project managers to deploy to workstream leads across the project. Enable project managers to deploy MTSC Digital standard reporting procedures to lead project delivery reporting and governance across project workstreams. Review project reporting and escalated risks across the team as they come up. Work across the project team, across MTSC Digital, and if needed, across MedTech more broadly to address and mitigate risks that impact project objectives.
• Project Management Processes: Along with the Project and Portfolio Management leader, c