Senior Manager, CAR-T Transcend Program Manager

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:

Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Plant Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

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

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager, CAR-T Transcend Program Manager! This hybrid position will be located in Raritan, NJ.

The Program Manager is responsible for the preparation and execution of the SAP Transcend strategy at the ATSC Raritan site, ensuring alignment with the global framework. Transcend is our business transformation program, standardizing and optimizing our E2E way of working, anchored on the implementation of TIME. This role demands an expert project manager with outstanding leadership skills and a history of implementing ground-breaking changes that facilitate the site’s digital evolution and enhance business outcomes. The SAP system serves various departments across the site, including manufacturing, maintenance, warehousing, finance, planning, and quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Planning (25%): Develop and implement a comprehensive implementation strategy and program across all business units. Conduct a detailed gap analysis for implementation, concentrating on site processes such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and plan-to-produce.

• Project Management and Execution (25%): Lead the end-to-end deployment of the program across multiple functions, ensuring successful outcomes across all workstreams, adhering to set scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

• Leadership (20%): Establish and provide mentorship to the program team to cultivate leadership and technical expertise within the organization.

• Partnership (10%): Collaborate with the program, disseminating standard methodologies globally, while encouraging a community of practice among SAP subject matter experts (SMEs) at the site.

• Organizational Change (10%): Partner with business units to facilitate alignment with new capabilities and lead effective organizational change efforts.

• Partner Communication and customer management (10%): Maintain proactive and open communication regarding project updates with key internal and external collaborators.

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required; advanced degree, MBA, MS, or related field is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• At least eight (8) years of relevant work experience

• Strong business insight across various operational fields (i.e., manufacturing, warehousing, maintenance, quality, finance and planning) with relevant systems integration

• Understanding of the digital architecture of a manufacturing site and the interdependencies of key systems (e.g., MES, LIMS, and SAP)

• Experience facilitating organizational change

• Strong decision-making, problem-solving abilities, and skills in cross functional collaboration

• Project management skills in a highly regulated manufacturing environment

Preferred:

• Team leadership experience

• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), GAMP, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) concepts

• Knowledge of quality systems and/or regulatory compliance within the pharmaceutical industry

• Understanding of automation and IT systems within a regulated environment