Associate Director, Transcend R&D BPO Logistics and Global Trade

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Horsham, PA

8d • $137,000 - $235,750 • Hybrid

About The Position

The R&D Transcend Business Process Owner Logistics & Global Trade is accountable for defining, evolving, and governing the future-state, value-driven end-to-end processes within R&D in scope of Transcend. This role operates at associate director level, partnering with R&D leadership, key stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to identify business value, to shape capability roadmaps, and influence prioritization decisions. The BPO Logistics and Global Trade anticipates business change, ensures alignment to the global template, and regulatory expectations, and elevates the stakeholder experience by providing strategic decision support, and measurable value realization.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Master’s degree is required
• Minimum of 8 of relevant experience in logistic or global trade function within a complex global environment.
• Proven global / regional business process ownership, or transformation leadership experience with responsibility for capability roadmaps, governance, and process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate executive-level decisions, and align cross-functional teams around enterprise priorities.
• Experience in value realization, benefit tracking, and performance measurement, with the ability to connect process decisions to measurable business impact.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate business strategy into practical capability roadmaps based on current and future template capabilities.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and create clarity for diverse audiences.
• International travel up to 15%, defined by business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA transformation programs (scope: deliver, logistics, warehouse or transportation management, Global Trade Systems), global template deployment, or large-scale ERP-enabled supply chain business transformation.
• Experience operating in a global template model, including design governance, process standardization, change impact management, and adoption enablement.
• Good understanding of regulated environments, compliance expectations, and quality-by-design ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Translate R&D business strategies (scope inbound & outbound, warehouse management, transportation management, global trade) into an enterprise capability roadmap aligned with the Transcend template, design authority decisions, and long-term value outcomes.
• Articulate business value, and guide prioritization decisions through a senior stakeholder lens.
• Drive cross-functional convergence across Innovation Medicine Supply Chain, R&D, and other partner functions, aligning teams on what the future process must become, why it creates value, and how value will be realized (scope logistics and global trade).
• Partner with R&D logistic functions and sites to shape strategy, accelerate standardization, manage readiness, and resolve escalations at the appropriate leadership level.
• Drive continuous improvement post go-live, using performance insights, stakeholder feedback, and value metrics to enhance process adoption and business outcomes.

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

What This Job Offers

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