Value Architecture & Engineering Lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Hopewell Township, NJ

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. Innovative Medicine Transcend and Innovative Medicine Finance Transformation (IMFT) are two flagship transformation programmes shaping the future of the Innovative Medicine organisation. Together, they are modernising how we operate, make decisions, and deliver value across the business. Transcend is delivering a global, standardised SAP S/4HANA platform that harmonises our end-to-end processes and simplifies today’s complex ERP landscape. By unifying data, strengthening core processes, and enabling a clean core digital backbone, Transcend will improve efficiency, agility, and long-term system resilience. IMFT is elevating Finance into a digitally enabled, insight driven partner, equipped with modern tools and capabilities to accelerate decision making, optimise resources, and strengthen cross functional value creation, enabling a sustainable competitive advantage for our organization, partners, and patients. Together, these programmes represent a multi-year effort that will enable smarter decisions, enhanced digital capabilities, and a more connected and future ready Innovative Medicine organisation. Purpose As a Value Engineering Lead you will have the unique opportunity to shape the future and make a direct impact on patient outcomes. You will play a key role in helping our business stakeholders to translate our value chain-based strategy, into value-add, TIME-enabled business capabilities that further our return on investment. You will play a key role during the Discovery phases of our Transcend deployment roadmap and will also support the IMFT Strategy & Value team. You will be responsible for: Value-driven approach: Working with our Finance Value Capture lead and organization, help business stakeholders to translate our value chain-based strategy, into value-add, TIME-based business capabilities that further our return on investment. Will play a key role during the Discovery phases of our deployment roadmap. Value Realization Framework: Support the Finance Value Capture lead in the effective implementation and ongoing improvement of our value realization framework. This includes embedding value realization into strategy design & execution, and supporting the program in shaping and influencing value realization across the value chain. Value Realization Metrics & KPI’s: Define and track KPIs for efficiency, value realization, and strategic alignment. Include opportunity loss analysis—quantify risks and missed value if not executed effectively. Contribute to relevant funding/budgeting decisions. Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key liaison between transformation teams, Finance, and senior leadership. Facilitate workshops and working sessions to align stakeholders on value engineering goals. End-2-End Transformation Mindset: Emphasize the need for “end-to-end” thinking, moving beyond siloed approaches to deliver enterprise-wide solutions. The value engineer should help break down organizational silos, promote cross-functional collaboration, and ensure solutions are scalable and sustainable Strategic planning: Partnering with the Technology Capability, work with business leaders to inform and develop our strategic capabilities and deployment roadmap, prioritizing projects based on business value and impact. Will also be a key participant in our demand intake governance model. Communication: Facilitate clear communication between business users, Finance, IT and TIME program teams to ensure that SAP solutions align with strategic goals Technical competency: Stay current with SAP S/4HANA advancements and industry trends to drive continuous opportunities for innovation and value. Support the adoption of novel approaches and technologies that enhance value. Risk management: Proactively identify and address potential risks in achieving our value outcomes. Interdependent Programs: Represent the Strategy team in key interdependency governance forums, to ensure strategic focus on our business priorities and S/4Hana enabled value outcomes across our digital ecosystem. Competencies Strategic thinking and political awareness. End-to-end business construct understanding. S/4HANA Solution, Financial & Life science Business acumen Judgement and decision-making. Results delivery and stakeholder influence. Communication and diplomacy.

Requirements

SAP S/4HANA experience: Deep knowledge and extensive experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations, including full-lifecycle experience.
At least 5 (ideally 10+) years of experience related to SAP Value Engineering since the introduction of SAP S/4HANA and the advent of RISE / GROW with SAP (incl. embedded AI with SAP)
Value Planning Tools: Experience with key strategic tools such as SAP Value Lifecycle Manager (VLM) and SAP Digital Discovery Assessment (DDA); SAP Signavio's process analysis and mining tool (Process Insights, Process Intelligence and Value Accelerators); and SAP's lifecycle and value realization tools. Experience in non-SAP tools for process mining and modelling and intelligence is also valuable
Business acumen: Strong Lifescience business and financial acumen, with an ability to support business partners in translating S/4HANA enabled capabilities and adjacent ecosystem solutions, into tangible value outcomes.
Leadership: Proven track record in leading cross-functional initiatives and delivering measurable business impact.
Project management: Experience with project management methodologies and managing project workflow, budgets, and resources.
Stakeholder management: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with business leaders, and technical teams. Proven ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced, and frequently changing environment
Strong collaboration and stakeholder Management, including ability to influence and challenge
Passion for driving change and ability to inspire business adoption of new processes and technology

Nice To Haves

Agility Jumps
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Financial Analysis
Information Technology Project Management
Interpersonal Influence
Market Savvy
Performance Measurement
Process Control
Process Improvements
Project Management Methodology (PMM)
Project Management Office (PMO)
Project Management Tools
Project Reporting
Quality Control (QC)
Tactical Planning
Technical Credibility

Responsibilities

Value-driven approach: Working with our Finance Value Capture lead and organization, help business stakeholders to translate our value chain-based strategy, into value-add, TIME-based business capabilities that further our return on investment. Will play a key role during the Discovery phases of our deployment roadmap.
Value Realization Framework: Support the Finance Value Capture lead in the effective implementation and ongoing improvement of our value realization framework. This includes embedding value realization into strategy design & execution, and supporting the program in shaping and influencing value realization across the value chain.
Value Realization Metrics & KPI’s: Define and track KPIs for efficiency, value realization, and strategic alignment. Include opportunity loss analysis—quantify risks and missed value if not executed effectively. Contribute to relevant funding/budgeting decisions.
Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key liaison between transformation teams, Finance, and senior leadership. Facilitate workshops and working sessions to align stakeholders on value engineering goals.
End-2-End Transformation Mindset: Emphasize the need for “end-to-end” thinking, moving beyond siloed approaches to deliver enterprise-wide solutions. The value engineer should help break down organizational silos, promote cross-functional collaboration, and ensure solutions are scalable and sustainable
Strategic planning: Partnering with the Technology Capability, work with business leaders to inform and develop our strategic capabilities and deployment roadmap, prioritizing projects based on business value and impact. Will also be a key participant in our demand intake governance model.
Communication: Facilitate clear communication between business users, Finance, IT and TIME program teams to ensure that SAP solutions align with strategic goals
Technical competency: Stay current with SAP S/4HANA advancements and industry trends to drive continuous opportunities for innovation and value. Support the adoption of novel approaches and technologies that enhance value.
Risk management: Proactively identify and address potential risks in achieving our value outcomes.
Interdependent Programs: Represent the Strategy team in key interdependency governance forums, to ensure strategic focus on our business priorities and S/4Hana enabled value outcomes across our digital ecosystem.

Benefits

an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions.
vacation days
parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks
bereavement leave
caregiver leave
volunteer leave
well-being reimbursement
programs for financial, physical and mental health
service anniversary and recognition awards
employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans