Johnson and Johnson

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:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Geel, Antwerp, Belgium, Latina, Italy, Leiden, Netherlands, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland

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 our Project Manager, Value Chain Management (VCM) to be located in Horsham, PA, Titusville, NJ Beerse and Geel, Belgium, Cork, Ireland, Leiden, Netherlands Latina, Italy, Zug, Schaffhausen, Actelion, Switzerland!

The Project Manager will be a dynamic leader who can collaborate and communicate optimal with cross-functional team members and Senior Leaders. A successful candidate will demonstrate experience in the successful delivery of multiple lifecycle management projects, such as product transfers, risk management, supplier qualifications, and/or portfolio optimization. This role requires a high aptitude in the following skills: leadership, people management, project & program management methodologies & fundamentals (FPX preferred), data & project metric analysis, business process improvement, influencing, and senior leader communication. The selected individual will be highly focused and self-directed to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of projects in accordance with defined scope. The role may also include leading a team of consultants who are performing project management activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• With limited direction, lead cross functional project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and implement the best enterprise business solutions/propositions
• Guide project teams through the development of project plans & risk register
• Drive project activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance.
• Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of stakeholders to enable informed decision making
• Drive team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet defined project breakthroughs
• Demonstrate team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks
• Make the complex simple when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization
• Lead team thorough detailed analysis, scenario planning and drive recommendations
• Identify and recommend the best enterprise business proposition
• Engage teams in healthy debate/conflict resolution, and deliver team aligned option business solutions
• Proactively identify and raise risks and issues to relevant stakeholders; lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and prioritization
• Scope definitions and control: stakeholder alignment, project planning, resource and risk management, team development and communication
• Lead prioritization and options analysis with teams
• Lead teams in use of ongoing risk management & communication tools
• Develop, lead and maintain up-to-date Project Timelines inclusive of all critical milestones, key interdependencies, financial commitments, and resource constraints, while applying appropriate project scheduling techniques
• Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates, Project Dashboards and Update Forms; and develop agendas, minutes, metrics, etc. for the teams
• Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, partners and appropriate levels of the organization
• Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among project leaders and other teams

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Business or a related field

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant business experience
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in delivering results
• Strong Business and Financial Acumen.
• Enterprise-wide knowledge
• Experience in New Product Introduction and/or Life Cycle Project Management
• Capability of leading/supervising multiple projects at the same time is required.

Preferred:

• Proven leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels
• Experience with standard PM tools and templates
• Exposure to an international working environment is preferred

Other:

• Project Management Certification
• Process Excellence or Six Sigma training/certification
• This position may require up to 15% domestic and international travel & be on site 3 days a week at home office location.
• This position is expected on site at the J&J home location 3 days/week.

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-018107

Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-019025

Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands and Italy - Requisition Number: R-019020

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.