Director, Strategic R&D Project & Portfolio Operations

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:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Director, Strategic R&D Project & Portfolio Operations to join our MedTech Team located in Raynham, MA; West Chester, PA; Warsaw, IN; or Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Purpose: The Director, Strategic R&D Project & Portfolio Operations, Orthopedics plays a critical strategic and operational role in ensuring the effective execution of our research & development strategy.  This leader will be responsible for managing the execution of the Orthopedics R&D project portfolio to enable delivery of annual multi-platform commitments to specific revenue, profitability, and innovation milestone goals identified in partnership with leadership.  This leader will own the annual processes for Orthopedics R&D Portfolio baselining & alignment, portfolio change management, key performance indicator (KPI) reporting, risk escalation, and integrated cross-functional resource planning, and they will work directly with the platform Project Management Office, Finance, R&D, Data Analytics, and Global Strategic Marketing teams to help execute strategic process improvements planned in partnership with Senior Leadership.  This leader will own the R&D Orthopedics department Project Portfolio dashboard, delivering valuable, real-time insights to leadership into how R&D is progressing towards their annual launches, milestones, and revenue objectives.  They will also champion the Orthopedics Project Management Community of Practice and efforts to improve Project Management excellence and integration throughout the organization.  This is a high visibility role with significant input to our overall business strategy and effectiveness!  

You will be responsible for:

• Orthopedics R&D Portfolio Execution & Reporting: You will work closely with the Ortho PMO Leadership Team and all multi-functional partners supporting product development to ensure alignment, accountability, and focus for effective execution of critical R&D programs.  The primary objective for this leader is supporting critical New Product Development (NPD) projects to successfully achieve time, budget, and financial expectations.  Other objectives include management of the Orthopedics KPI-agreements, alignment of project resource allocations, management of shared service priorities, and partnering with other NPD departments (i.e. supply chain, quality, regulatory) to proactively identify challenges and mitigate them.  You will be responsible for effective governance of any Ortho-level project performance operating mechanisms such as Dashboard Reviews or Platform Risk escalation reviews. 
• Project Management Process Improvements: This role will have the opportunity to streamline how we launch products by influencing the way we conduct resource management, project KPI management, portfolio change management, a