Senior Director, Acquisitions & Divestitures

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:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

The Senior Director, Acquisitions & Divestitures, is a key leadership role responsible for driving enterprise growth through strategic acquisitions and divestitures. This leader will shape strategy, execute complex transactions, and manage post-deal integration to create sustainable value. This role is accountable for leading all A&D activities required to support seamless integration and separation activities across the enterprise. The successful candidate partners across the organization with senior business and technology leaders, external partners, third parties, A&D team deal leads, architects and data experts to integrate and divest businesses in a thoughtful, high-quality and compliant fashion in a fast-paced environment.

 

Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to flawless execution are essential, as well as the ability to convene a diverse set of stakeholders and drive alignment to business and technology priorities within an appropriate timeline and budget. Robust industry and business knowledge is essential; broad command of current and legacy technology capabilities and their configuration within J&J is imperative.

Responsibilities include:

• Strategically collaborate with J&J and external target senior leaders, consultants and other third parties to create and align integration strategies that achieve deal-specific and overall business objectives. Ensure robust communication and interaction with senior business, transition management office and technology leaders throughout the program lifecycle to help ensure maximization of asset value and minimal disruption.

• With an enterprise and holistic JJT mindset, lead cross-functional integration teams to analyze potential cost-savings opportunities and operational improvements throughout all aspects of the deal lifecycle. Seek opportunities to optimize processes where appropriate, leveraging standard J&J processes, platforms and capabilities to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall performance.

• Develop detailed integration plans, addressing process harmonization, technology integration and potential organizational changes. Partner across the A&D team leadership team to drive standardization as appropriate, as well as sharing and adhering to best practices. Address concerns, challenges and escalations proactively, fostering a collaborative and positive integration environment.

• Identify existing technology contracts and potential supplier relationships and partner with A&D Operations team to optimize deal cost profile and ensure compliance. Design and develop transitional service agreements where necessary.

• Establish key integration milestones; monitor and report on performance against these metrics. Implement corrective actions as needed to address performance gaps. Direct team to ensure alignment with A&D program management metrics and standards.

• Directly supervise A&D Deal Leads, A&D Functional Leads and Program Leads/Managers; regular executive interaction with both business and technology leaders, A&D Community of Practice, Business Development and other related functions.

Required Qualifications

• Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Computer Science or a related field
• Required Years of Related Experience: 
• Business Experience: 10+ years of proven experience in acquisitions and divestitures, investment collaborations and/or licensing deals.
• Technical Experience: Proven track record in leading complex transactions and cross-functional teams with executive presence; robust knowledge of enterpri