Associate Director, Accelerando PM

Johnson & Johnson•Spring House, PA

1d•Onsite

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 https://www.jnj.com/medtech 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/. This is a field-based role available in all cities within Pennsylvania. While specific cities are listed in the Locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application. We invite candidates from any location to apply. An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered. We are searching for the best talent for Associate Director, Accelerando PM . Purpose: The Accelerando Program Management Leader combines project management expertise with advanced leadership capabilities, consulting with project teams to accelerate project execution and increase probability of success.

Requirements

Budgeting
Clinical Trial Designs
Clinical Trials
Compliance Management
Consulting
Contract Management
Execution Focus
Fact-Based Decision Making
Give Feedback
Industry Analysis
Laboratory Operations
Organizing
Process Improvements
Project Integration Management
Research and Development
Research Ethics
Technical Credibility

Responsibilities

Partner with the highest priority new product development programs to de-risk and accelerate the launch of transformational new products.
Proactively translate processes, knowledge, and expertise into specific solutions for individual teams during most impactful phases of the development program.
Utilize exceptional facilitation and influencing skills to engage with development project team leaders, Therapy Area leaders, and functional stakeholders across J&J to enable project success, and to act as a champion for the Accelerando team.
Support Compound Development Teams (CDT) by becoming a “trusted advisor” to project leadership and a strategic partner to functional team members. Assist CDT leadership in making informed and timely decisions by applying specific combination of relevant experience, project management expertise, and leadership capabilities to facilitate program execution.
Leveraging expertise in project management tools and techniques, support the generation of project plans and provide insights based on customized project analysis and scenarios.
Bring clarity and focus to key project activities through critical path analysis based on fully integrated cross-functional project plan development; work with PMO partners to ensure alignment and integration with CDT project plan in Planisware.
Conduct objective Threats and Opportunity assessment of critical path to remove obstacles and leverage acceleration opportunities. Support early risk identification and development of mitigation strategies.
Drive the implementation of best practices to high value R&D development initiatives
Help ensure organizational readiness to support project execution
Identify and communicate potential gaps in current cross-departmental processes and organizational structures, and work with line management to remove obstacles to effective project execution.
Proactively recommend and outline new processes for upcoming and current development phases. Help integrate enabling technologies into the team setting to drive clarity and efficiency.
Partner with project leadership to develop business cases for the most impactful risk mitigation and acceleration opportunities.
Responsible for management and communication of metrics and benchmarking data on Accelerando process.
Actively monitor and engage externally to ensure a constant awareness of emerging new practices, project management and leadership tools and strategies, and continuous improvement opportunities for Accelerando.
Establish benchmarking within and outside J&J IM, within and outside clinical operations, to identify best practices, and facilitate best practices sharing across clinical teams and external partners
Create internal and external communication strategies and pathways
Lead a high performing team.