Overview
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This role is hybrid and can be located in Leiden, Netherlands or Beerse, Belgium.
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine focuses on delivering breakthroughs across healthcare solutions, with an emphasis on patient-centered developments in Innovative Medicine and MedTech.
Note: This role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. Apply to the postings that align with your preferred location(s). Applications remain a single submission.
Job Details
* Job Function: Project/Program Management Group
* Job Sub Function: R&D Project Management
* Job Category: Professional
* All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; Leiden, Netherlands
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
Please note that this role may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. You are welcome to apply to any or all postings, but focus on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s).
Responsibilities
* Lead initiatives to improve portfolio planning system processes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
* Support the development of portfolio data quality metrics to foster continuous improvement.
* Lead data quality efforts, identifying gaps, and prioritizing data management initiatives.
* Partner with business teams to implement process improvements and technology solutions that elevate operational data integrity.
* Apply data quality metrics to track progress and support informed decision-making.
* Act as a Project Manager to increase transparency of planning initiatives, leading timelines, resources, and risks.
* Drive standardization of planning activity definitions across JJ IM Therapeutic Areas (TAs) and Global Development partners.
* Collaborate with PPR teams to develop and refine planning insights for senior leadership.
The Associate Director, Planning System Lead will also support the Business Product Owner of Planisware (E7) and the User Community Tool (UCT) Planning products, including recommendations on new capabilities and improvements, coordinating UAT, training and adoption with Portfolio Solutions and IT. This role reinforces planning data quality via metrics, communication, and process reinforcement to the Planning community to maintain a high degree of portfolio project data integrity.
Principal Responsibilities
* Lead and implement capability and process improvement initiatives to advance best planning practices for JJ IM stakeholders. Act as Portfolio and Project Manager of all Planning Initiatives by tracking and identifying risks in meeting milestone deliverables.
* Provide leadership and support to the Business Product Owner of the UCT and Planisware (E7), including leading UAT, training and adoption of new processes with end users.
* Reinforce Data Quality Planning Metrics and Reporting capabilities. Act as a liaison for Project Managers to drive accountability in correcting data errors.
* Be part of the Operational Data Governance Council to ensure data accuracy with downstream systems.
* Ensure and drive consistency and standardization with Planning activity definitions.
* Participate in continuous improvement of planning capabilities and processes and contribute to the operating model design to optimize planning/forecasting.
* Proactively build and maintain internal (across Johnson & Johnson) and external relationships to support the Business Product Owner (UCT and E7).
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in a scientific or business discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
* Minimum 8 years of experience with a pharmaceutical company or CRO.
* Expertise in drug development, financial operations, and strategic planning.
* Project management experience required.
* Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
* Experience leading diverse teams in direct and matrixed environments preferred.
* Experience with information systems (e.g., Planisware, SAP/SEM, CTMS, Ariba, Power BI) highly preferred.
* Strong understanding of the financial aspects of clinical operations preferred.
* Effective leadership, with ability to cultivate team productivity and cohesiveness required.
* Excellent communication skills required.
* Strong analytical and conceptual skills required.
* Strong planning and organizational skills with attention to detail required.
* Results and performance driven with ability to lead and deliver in a complex environment required.
* Ability to recommend and implement process improvements and manage multiple tasks simultaneously required.
* Ability to lead multiple projects preferred.
* Travel up to 10% domestically and internationally may be required.
Additional
* Seniority level: Not Applicable
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Project/Program Management
* Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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