Director, IMSC Project Portfolio Operations

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Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, 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.

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We are searching for the best talent for an Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC) Director, IMSC Project Portfolio Operations.

This position will be located (onsite/hybrid) at an IMSC hub location including Titusville, New Jersey, Horsham, Pennsylvania; Zug, Switzerland; Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Cork, Ireland; Latina, Italy; Leiden, Netherlands or Beerse, Belgium.

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-076727

Belgium/Italy/Netherlands/Ireland- Requisition Number: R-078249

Switzerland- Requisition Number: R-078277

Are you interested in joining a team that is passionate about groundbreaking operations that improve the lives of patients? Do you want to work for an employer with an excellent record in employee continuous professional development and business improvement? Apply today for this exciting opportunity!

The Director, Project Portfolio Operations at J&J Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (J&JIM SC) will lead decision making & business processes across J&J IMSC to drive achievement of strategic, operational and financial goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Portfolio Capability

• Continuously mature portfolio management capabilities (People, Process and Technology Solutions) driving implementation of standards for decision support & portfolio prioritization.
• Serve as the business process owner for the E2E Portfolio Capability designing & deploying a Project Portfolio Management maturity roadmap and value narrative for the capability; charter & lead initiatives that operationalize the capability

Portfolio Management & Analytics

• Provide leadership, guidance and oversight for J&JIMSC Project Portfolio governance, process and tools to make the best portfolio prioritization decisions given strategic priorities and resources across J&JIM SC.
• Develop robust IMSC project portfolio aligned to organizational strategy (BP/LRFP/Financial Updates) inclusive of compliance to business process with deep analytics & reporting.
• Oversee execution of project portfolio governance to deliver maximum organizational benefits.
• In close partnership with the J&JIM Supply Chain functions, finance partners, governance lead decision support at the J&JIM SCLT. The Director ensures that project priorities are aligned with business needs, the priorities are communicated throughout the organization, and risks and issues are visible and actionable.
• Provide recommendations to the J&JIM SC Leadership Team to continually ensure that the J&JIM SC portfolio is supporting the strategic intent and that investments and resources are deployed towards optimizing business outcomes.
• Drive governance and senior leadership team portfolio prioritization through portfolio analytics; ensure global portfolio integration for cross-governance portfolios.
• Partner with the other supply chain segment portfolio leaders (Med Tech segment, J&JIM R&D) to drive leverage and visibility across supply chain with respect to project portfolio management on the front end and the back end.

J&JIM SC Business Processes / Financial Cycles

• Drive portfolio business processes and support tools to keep pace with or anticipate business needs and increase both efficiency and effectiveness within the organization.
• In partnership with J&JIM SC Finance, lead the J&JIM SC Business Process for financial cycles (LRFP, BP, Financial Updates) for Capital and OpEx needs.
• Manage the health and effectiveness of the global portfolio management processes; driving integration and alignment with the other strategic business processes (business planning, business strategy, capital approvals, product lifecycle management, etc.).

People Leadership

• Successfully lead and manage a global team with both direct and indirect reporting relationships.
• Bring the ability to drive the constant organization change leadership to ensure that portfolio and project management processes are 'living' in the organization.
• Display excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills, and navigating to work in a complex matrix organization.

Qualifications

Education:

• A Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Business, Finance or Supply Chain, or Analytics. An MBA is preferred.

Required:

• A minimum of 10 years experience preferably in a Supply Chain or Finance organizations.
• Prior people leadership experience and strong talent development skills requirement.
• Proven track record of influencing across all levels of leadership is required.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize large quantities of finance, process and technical information and present cogent recommendations.

Preferred:

• Portfolio management experience is highly preferred.
• Management of global teams preferred, and work experience outside the U.S. is highly desirable.
• Experience with implementation and functional ownership of supporting systems preferred.
• Portfolio management systems experience preferred.

Other:

• This position is located in Titusville, NJ, or Horsham, PA with consideration to other IMSC hub locations for the right candidate. It is a hybrid position requiring three days per week on site and may require up to 10% of domestic and international travel.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$150,000.00 - $258,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
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


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