Associate Director, Launch Execution, Immunology

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:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Associate Director, Launch Execution, Immunology, located in Horsham, PA.

About Immunology

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.

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

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 Launch Excellence role is responsible for supporting the strategy, execution, and tactical work associated with US new product launches in Immunology. This position is in Horsham, PA.

Main Responsibilities:

The Associate Director, Launch Execution, Immunology is responsible for driving product launches through robust project management for US Immunology Launch Readiness Teams. This position reports to the Therapeutic Area Lead Immunology (TAL) and now sits as a part of the US Commercial organization reporting up through the President of Immunology.

• Drives launch planning and execution with Launch Readiness Team Leaders (Director of Marketing or Group Product Director)
• Ensures project plans are current and relevant; identifies gaps and potential impact to timelines.
• Coordinates launch team meetings, suggests agenda items; works closely with launch team to provide content and co-leads and facilitates meetings with launch leaders
• Regularly reviews status reports and tracks activities with Launch Readiness Team Leaders
• Maintains team directory and flags changes
• Owns governance (Launch Challenge Sessions & Launch Readiness Reviews) for Launch Readiness Teams leveraging the Launch Excellence guidance document, tools & resources.
• Advises launch readiness team members on Launch Excellence Framework resources and providing feedback to the Launch Excellence (LEX) Team.
• Creates and maintains all relevant project documentation, such as project plans, presentations, dashboards, spreadsheets, etc.
• Defines/improves processes.
• Monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement.
• Fostering a culture of collaboration and active participation by team members
• Ensure that common Launch Excellence activities are shared with peers to drive standardization, efficiencies and launch learnings

This position will require partnerships with key stakeholders, including Directors of Marketing, Group Product Directors, functional leaders from Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, Strategic Customer Group and other Centers of Excellence. Close collaboration will also be required with the Launch Excellence partners across the various therapeutic areas.

Education:

• This position requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree; a post-graduate degree is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 7 years of related project and/or change management industry work experience is required.
• Detailed knowledge of project planning, tracking, resource management, project planning, scheduling tools, and cross-project analytics is required. Examples are MS Project, Smartsheet, Planisware, and others.
• Detailed knowledge of performance measurement, change management, and execution techniques (e.g. FPX) are required.
• Strong decision-making skills are required. Applicant must understand how and when to make informed choices,