Associate Director of Process Design & Optimization

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Horsham, PA

2d • $122,000 - $212,750 • Hybrid

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 jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Customer Management Job Sub Function: Customer Service Operations Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Associate Director of Process Design & Optimization located in Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh, NC; Orlando, FL; Phoenix, AZ; Horsham PA or Titusville NJ. 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 Purpose: The Associate Director, Process Design & Optimization will lead the strategic evolution of end-to-end patient support service models, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and long-term growth priorities. This role is accountable for shaping and delivering components of the strategic roadmap through cross-functional leadership, driving scalable process design, and optimizing operational performance across HUB and pharmacy ecosystems. This leader will operate with a high degree of autonomy, translating business strategy into sustainable operating models and process standards that improve patient and agent experience while delivering measurable business outcomes. The role will partner with cross-functional partners to ensure workflows and technologies are optimized; and HUB and pharmacy operations are running synergistically. The Associate Director will partner closely with the Immunology and Oncology Contact Center Innovation & Implementation teams to drive the successful pull through strategic initiatives aimed at establishing an AI-powered contact center, managed by exceptional talent, delivering a personalized, quick, seamless, and consistent patient experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in process design, process improvement, operations excellence, customer experience, and/or contact center/patient services operations
• Deep knowledge of patient support programs, HUB operational workflows and patient access and affordability solutions (such as reimbursement services, free drug program and pharmacy services)
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, design and successfully deploy workflow enhancements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to synthesize complex work into executive-ready updates

Nice To Haves

• Lean / Six Sigma (Green Belt or Black Belt), Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, or comparable process excellence certification.
• Experience with journey mapping, service blueprinting, and agent workflow design in Visio.
• Familiarity with healthcare/patient services compliance concepts (privacy, documentation standards, quality management practices).

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of strategic process design initiatives aligned to organizational priorities and transformation goals
• Own the discovery, mapping and ongoing maintenance of the current-state patient and agent journeys
• Define and evolve future-state operating models that support scalability, efficiency, and differentiated patient experience across programs.
• Standardize key workflows, decision trees, and handoffs to improve right-first-time execution and reduce rework/defects.
• Oversee the delivery of key components of the strategic plan, ensuring initiatives are executed effectively through cross-functional teams and/or external partners.
• Provide directional leadership, enabling project teams to deliver on defined objectives.
• Gain a deep understanding of HUB and pharmacy systems and their integrations, ensure proper flow or referrals between systems, and liaise with technology teams on ways to optimize.
• Lead and influence matrixed teams, ensuring alignment with priorities and delivery expectations.
• Ensure processes and operating models adhere to regulatory, compliance, and quality standards, including patient privacy and documentation requirements.
• Coach teams on structured problem solving, process thinking, and change adoption.
• Serve as submission owner through demand intake process.
• Up to 25% travel.
• Other duties assigned based on staffing, coverage, and program implementation needs.

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 period
• 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager