Senior Manager, Transend PMO

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:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Ethicon, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently recruiting for a Senior Manager, Transend PMO to be located in Raritan, New Jersey.

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/.

Are you interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team that is helping improve patient care and drive innovation? Apply today!

The Senior Manager, Project Management will be a part of the MedTech Supply Chain Digital Transformation Program and will support the Project Management Office activities as part of the Transcend Transformation Programs, a series of highly complex multi-year business and technology transformation initiatives.

The candidate will support for overall project methodology, project planning, project management, risk management, resource management.

Furthermore, this role act as the primary leadership conduit to the global Transcend Program PMO partnering closely alongside the regional and local or site deployment teams to ensure all program objectives are met as well as partner across interdependent programs to ensure dependencies are managed and risks mitigated.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for shaping and influencing all Project Management Office related activities and team members.
• Establish PMO cadence, mechanics, and day-to-day program methodology across all workstreams.
• Partner closely with the overall deployment lead and deployment managers to ensure appropriate communication of key interdependencies, risks, and performance metrics.
• Ensure interdependencies across programs are identified and managed appropriately
• Active member of the global Program Management Office and share the responsibility of making the overall effort a success. You will bring in your thought leadership, holistic thinking, action orientation, creative problem solving, and listening skills.
• Ensure the project follows deployment standard methodologies and stage-gate governance processes to ensure a quality solution is delivered on-time, on budget, and on-quality. Ensure the Agile methodology is applied both in the development work but more broadly across the project as well so that the drumbeat / rhythm is followed in all areas and by all teams on the project. Coach and train project team members on the overall project methodology as well as individual aspects of the specific project phases.
• Drive effective and consistent use of Project management tools (eg: Jira / X-Ray).
• Identify, propose and implement improvements on existing project management tools and processes.

Qualifications:

Education: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent University degree required; Advanced degree preferred.

Required:

• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience
• Progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs.
• Program Management experience on large complex business transformation programs
• Strong knowledge of MedTech, Medical Devices, Supply Chain or Commercial Operations
• Demonstrated hands-on project management/delivery
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired