Sr Manager Medtech Project Controls

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

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Project Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

E&PS is recruiting for a Sr Manager Medtech Project Controls, to be located in New Brunswick, NJ.

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

The Senior Manager, Project Controls is accountable for ensuring compliance with J&J Worldwide Procedures and the implementation of scalable E&PS Project Controls tools, guidelines and industry best practices throughout the lifecycle of the project.  This candidate will require a strong background in estimating, cost control, scheduling and risk management.  This role will be part of the Global Project Controls & Assurance team.

An ideal candidate for this role will have strong leadership experience with demonstrated competency interfacing with multiple levels of the organization including senior leaders (internally & externally); strong networking and relationship building skills, proven experience driving progress on large capital projects while remaining focused under ambiguous and complex situations.

Key relationships include collaborative working relationships with the J&J Project Delivery team, cross functional business teams, external partners, key stakeholders and business leaders. This role will also ensure alignment with key E&PS functional partners (Global Finance, Project Management, Procurement and Facilities Management).

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive standardization through the ideation, definition, execution and assessment phases; including but not limited to managing detailed cost and schedule metrics, reporting, implementing Risk Management processes and communicating best practices.
• Support the Project Leader to deliver early estimating efforts and business case alignment, align on execution approach, ensure project progress and reporting throughout the project phases and implement lessons learned.
• Provide guidance on Front End Loading / early estimating supporting the Capital investment by obtaining agreement on project definitions, scope, and priorities, and ensure that resources, capabilities, and processes are in place.
• Support the implementation of the IDEA Project Delivery Process, ensuring focus on cost and schedule objectives, identify and mitigate risk and adhering to key financial procedures.
• Work with team to develop & align Capital Appropriation Request(s) estimates, cost accounting and detailed schedule to ensure seamless integration of project approval.
• Ensure key tools and processes are in place to track project deliverables. Monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders and provide status reports defining project progress, problems and solutions. Ensure proper change control processes are in place and efficient
• Ensure that projects are implementing key Risk processes at all stages of the IDEA project delivery process (Cost & Schedule Risk assessments)
• Evaluate project contingency budgets and monitor usage throughout the duration of the project.
• Manage the overall schedule development and integration, including engineering and design deliverables, procurement tasks, and construction management tasks, integrated with IT-automation tasks, commissioning and qualification, operational readiness, and process