Med Tech Supply Chain PMO Excellence Lead

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

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson is currently recruiting for a Med Tech Supply Chain PMO Excellence Lead, (aka: Project Manager for Project Managers) preferably to be located in Jacksonville, FL, Raritan, NJ, or New Brunswick, NJ. Other JNJ sites on the east coast sites will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

About MedTech 

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. 

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

At our MedTech Supply Chain organization, the PMO Excellence Leader holds both the leadership and management roles in the PMO. The PMO Excellence Leader is responsible for establishing the governance, processes, tools and capabilities required to successfully deliver projects, programs and other structured work efforts. The PMO Excellence Leader is also responsible for improving overall Project Management Capability maturity across the organization and partnering closely with executive and functional leaders to drive execution discipline, improve delivery predictability, and continuous improvement across the organization. Ensures that the work of the PMO adds value, is relevant to the strategy of the organization, and meets the goals set for the PMO by executive leaders.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to lead global portfolios, programs, and enterprise transformations in complex, cross-functional stakeholder environments.
• Experience designing and implementing program governance structures including risk frameworks, escalation protocols, and executive reporting mechanisms
• Strong business acumen, including industry, domain-specific knowledge of the E2E Supply Chain and its business units
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate the PMO vision, and inspire and motivate Project Management community and staff (as required)
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, align diverse stakeholders, manage ambiguity, and drive adoption of new capabilities across functions and geographies.
• Experience supporting organizational change, Project/Program Management capability building, training, and continuous improvement in complex/matrix environments.
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and create clear recommendations for senior leaders and cross-functional forums.
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
• Demonstrated ability to align investments, resources and initiatives with strategic business objectives
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic resource plan
• Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies related to Project Management
• Significant knowledge of project planning tools with evidence of practical application on complex/varied programs
• Experience partnering with Digital and Data teams to deliver scalable reporting, dashboarding, visualization, analytics, and business intelligence solutions.
• Experience leading organizational change management efforts including process redesign, tooling transitions, or operating model transformations at global scale

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

PMO Creation and Maturation:

• Facilitates among the PMO stakeholders and organizational leadership a consensus around the mission and vision of the PMO organization
• Engages senior leadership and business partners to define the PMO mission, goals and operating model in the form of the PMO charter
• Leads the identification and development of PMO roles, team configuration and recruitment appropriate to deliver the agreed-upon PMO goals and objectives

Methodology Competency:

• Leads the identification and implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards to establish a framework aimed at improving initiative delivery
• Facilitates portfolio planning and prioritization processes used to prioritize investments, balance resource capacity and align initiative execution with strategic business priorities
• Defines, manages and directs the end-to-end PMO work effort, which includes identifying, quantifying and tracking the realization of expected benefits defined in business cases

Coaching and Enablement:

• Provides ongoing coaching and mentoring to PMO staff
• Builds and maintains relationships with senior leadership and key PMO stakeholders, and acts as a trusted advisor
• Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve PPM best practices
• Leads (where one is agreed and needed) the establishment of a project management community of practice (CoP) to facilitate collaboration and best-practice sharing among practitioners

Value Management:

• Assess enterprise or portfolio performance using metrics and reporting, supporting the organizations progression towards a value-based operating model
• Assures strategic alignment through prioritization, resource capacity management, key result tracking and project/program management to achieve strategic vision
• Execution of programs and enterprise transformations in complex, cross-functional stakeholder environments (as required).

Required Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, engineering or equivalent is required.  Project Management Certification is required. Multiple and/or elevated degrees are preferred.

Required Years of Related Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of combined experience with hands-on experience in Operations/Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years Large-scale program and project management experience in a matrixed organization with broad experience in managing various types of projects and complexity.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Experience with AI, PowerBI, Quickbase, Planisware

Other:

Up to 25% travel (international/domestic)

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Business Alignment, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Statement of Work (SOW), Technical Credibility

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$122,000.00 - $212,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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