Transcend; Deployment Senior Manager

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Hopewell Township, NJ

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. 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. Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains. This program will simplify the Innovative Medicine ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Innovative Medicine business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade. Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s): United States - Requisition Number: R-059099 Belgium- Requisition Number: R-061284 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission. We are searching for the best talent for a Transcend; Deployment Senior Manager! This hybrid position will be located in Titusville, New Jersey. Alternate hybrid locations may be considered in Raritan, NJ and Brussels, Belgium. The Manager plays critical leadership role with the J&J Innovative Medicine (IM) Transcend team and serves as a member of the Deployment team. The Manager is accountable for serving as a Deployment lead for one of the planned releases over all aspects of project planning, project management, risk management, resource management, stage gate readiness. They will also ensure appropriate project management tools are implemented and used by the collective team.

Requirements

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum of 3-5 years of Program Management experience on large complex business transformation programs
Demonstrated hands-on project management/delivery experience.
Strong customer focus (internal & external.)
Experience with Agile Methodology
Experience effectively manages projects, timelines, and change management.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs
People management and development experience preferred
Knowledge of Supply Chain Operations

Responsibilities

Administers day-to-day operations to support Deployment projects activities based on the different Deployment phases, i.e.. Discovery, Mobilization, Solution confirmation, Testing, Cutover or Hypercare.
Support the implementation of program methodology based on the new operating model, including relevant templates, tools, controls, and cadence.
Scale existing assets and standard processes to the new operating model.
Lead daily and weekly program team cadence and meetings and reporting.
Ensure program timeliness are appropriately handled, identify and raise risks an appropriate Handle cross-program interdependencies, issues, and challenges by working with respective collaborators to implement controls, cadence, and risk mitigations.
Ensure cross-program workstreams like Testing, Cutover, Hypercare, etc. are coordinated and performing per plan.
Drive standard methodologies, scale, leveragability, and resource optimization.
Work with the Cutover, Hypercare and Testing Leads to ensure system deployments are in line with Business testing, Compliance validation, and qualification protocols.
Build specific release communication content to be integrated into broader Program communications
Enthusiastically seek to promote standard methodology and continuous improvement principles across Functional system deployments.
Work across multiple teams to align on timelines, milestones & results to enable overall release readiness.
Exhibits excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with consistent track record to influence/collaborate to get the desired result.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication, and presentation skills.
Exhibits strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly, making the sophisticated clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms.

Benefits

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits