Associate Director, R&D Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence

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:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

Learning & Instructional Design

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for our Associate Director, R&D Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence position, to be located in Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; or La Jolla, CA.

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

Purpose: The Associate Director for the Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence inside Innovative Medicine R&D is part of the Strategy, Portfolio, & Operations organization (SP&O). This role is an active leader in achieving the outcomes for SP&O’s Learning, Development, and Change Readiness strategic pillar: adaptable and empowered R&D teams and team systems, building individual capabilities to enable performance and development, and successful implementation and adoption of R&D transformation.

This role will be responsible for building team-level capabilities and leading the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive team development strategies that enhance team capabilities, team effectiveness, and team performance across Innovative Medicine R&D.

The Associate Director for the Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence (CoE) supports the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of team effectiveness strategies across Innovative Medicine R&D. This role contributes to the Learning, Development, and Change Readiness strategic pillar by helping to build team-level capabilities, enhance team performance, and support the adoption of adaptive teaming practices. The Associate Director partners with cross-functional stakeholders to implement evidence-based approaches and tools that strengthen team effectiveness and collaboration.

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting the implementation of team effectiveness strategies aligned with R&D goals.
• Managing and delivering team capability-building programs and resources.
• Conducting needs assessments and contribute to the design of scalable teaming solutions.
• Collaborating with internal partners (e.g., HR, R&D, GCSO) to align efforts and share best practices.
• Tracking and reporting on key metrics to evaluate program effectiveness and impact.
• Facilitating team development sessions and providing coaching to intact teams.
• Contributing to leadership development initiatives focused on team-based leadership.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Learning & Development, Education, Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 7 years of progressive experience in Learning, Training, Organizational Design, Team Development, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, or Human Resources within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
• Proven experience with programmatic approaches to develop intact teams, cohorts of teams, and teaming systems.
• Expert facilitation skills with team-level interventions, with the adaptability to make agile shifts in-flight
• Proven experience in performance consulting to identify gaps in teams and teaming systems, and recommend solutions.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning princip