Career Milestones Portfolio Partner - Learning Excellence

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Horsham, PA

1d • $102,000 - $177,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Portfolio Partner – Learning Excellence will play a critical role in advancing enterprise learning priorities across Johnson & Johnson NA Innovative Medicines, with primary responsibility for the New Leader Academy. This individual will partner closely with the Portfolio Lead and cross-functional stakeholders to design, manage, evolve, and operationalize learning solutions that build leadership capability, strengthen the learner experience, and align with business needs. Success in this role requires a strong learning mindset, experience supporting large-scale learning initiatives, and the ability to lead through influence in a highly matrixed environment. The ideal candidate is future-focused, anticipates challenges before they occur, brings a solution-oriented approach to complex problems, and thrives amid constant change, ambiguity, and evolving business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Life Sciences, or a related field; BA/BS or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with demonstrated experience in Learning & Development, leadership development, people leadership, large-scale learning initiatives, pharmaceutical sales, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Portfolio Management & Execution: Effectively manages portfolio performance, risks, dependencies, gaps, overlaps, and lifecycle actions.
• Prioritization & Judgment: Evaluates demand, value, and constraints to make informed recommendations on enhancements, sequencing, and retirements.
• Matrix Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership: Builds trusted relationships across business stakeholders, SMEs, learning partners, and cross-functional teams to advance shared Learning & Development outcomes.
• Influence Without Authority: Leads through credibility, clarity, and collaboration to align stakeholders, resolve barriers, and drive action in a matrixed environment.
• Change Agility & Ambiguity Management: Thrives in constant change, navigates ambiguity effectively, and adapts plans while maintaining momentum and learner impact.
• Future-Focused Learning Strategy: Anticipates emerging business needs, learner challenges, and implementation risks before they occur, translating insights into practical learning solutions.
• Large-Scale Learning Initiative Experience: Brings experience supporting complex learning programs, enterprise-wide deployments, leadership development initiatives, and scalable learner experiences.
• Solution Orientation: Approaches challenges with curiosity, pragmatism, and accountability, developing options and recommendations that move work forward.
• Learning Governance & Measurement: Ensures adherence to governance, taxonomy, data quality, learner experience, and measurement standards to support continuous improvement and portfolio impact.
• AI Fluency & Digital Enablement: Demonstrates curiosity and practical fluency in emerging AI tools and digital capabilities, applying them responsibly to enhance learning design, improve operational efficiency, personalize learner experiences, and support future-ready learning strategies.
• Planning & Coordination: Manages day-to-day portfolio activities, timelines, inputs, and partner coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the Learning Excellence portfolio strategy for the New Leader Academy across Johnson & Johnson NA Innovative Medicines, ensuring learning priorities, curriculum decisions, and portfolio investments align with leadership capability needs and business objectives.
• Serve as a Learning & Development subject matter partner, translating leadership development needs, learner feedback, and business priorities into actionable learning strategies and scalable program enhancements.
• Maintain rigorous oversight of New Leader Academy content integrity, instructional quality, learner experience, compliance expectations, and documentation standards within a highly regulated life sciences environment.
• Proactively identify and escalate learning program risks, stakeholder misalignment, learner experience issues, resource constraints, or implementation challenges that require cross-functional coordination or leadership attention.
• Represent the New Leader Academy in governance discussions, stakeholder working sessions, cross-functional planning forums, and portfolio reviews, driving alignment and follow-through without direct authority.
• Support time-sensitive business and leadership requests related to the New Leader Academy, including launch readiness, rapid updates, large-scale deployment needs, change impacts, and post-implementation reviews.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Learning & Development practices by identifying opportunities to simplify, scale, modernize, and future-proof program design, governance, measurement, and ways of working.
• Build strong partnerships across matrixed teams by sharing knowledge, enabling peer collaboration, supporting onboarding, and promoting consistency across learning portfolios and leadership development initiatives.
• Effectively manage vendor and supplier relationships, budgets, and utilization.
• Support enterprise responsibilities, including matrix team collaboration and the planning, development, and execution of additional enterprise-wide initiatives.

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