Director, Project/Program Management, Wound Closure and Healing - MedTech
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. About Surgery Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech We are searching for the best talent for an to support our handheld medical devices business. This role will be located in Raritan, NJ & work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week on-site. Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants. Our business offers a broad range of products and technologies, including surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars and sealing devices—that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures. Purpose The Director Project/Program Management, Wound Closure and Healing (PPMG) will be responsible for managing a team of Project Heads, responsible for cross-functional collaboration and execution to ensure new product program delivery. Key success metrics for this role are meeting project objectives including, but not limited to, time to market, cost of goods (COGS), development costs, quality metrics and ability to meet projected demand. The role will serve on the WCH R&D leadership team advocating for projects with cross-functional peers and acting as a governance escalation point. This team member will have career development, resource management and oversight responsibilities for a team of site-based or remote direct reports. This role requires strong collaboration skills and partnership with R&D, Global Strategic Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Supply Chain, Quality and Finance. The role also requires strong expertise in medical device development including a strong understanding of global regulatory and clinical requirements.
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in engineering or scientific discipline required
- Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience required.
- Prior experience delivering innovation programs is required.
- Project management experience with projects having materials, biologics, or clinical focus is required.
- Understanding of Global Regulatory/Clinical requirements of complex medical devices is required.
- Demonstrated success in partnering and influencing across a matrix environment is required.
- Medical device experience with Class II & III Medical Devices is required.
- Demonstrated effective change leadership and management skills is required.
- The ability to actively develop talent and culture to achieve results.
- Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project) required
- Prior people leadership experience is required.
Nice To Haves
- Strong technical expertise and business acumen within strategic planning and execution is highly preferred.
- JIRA or SmartSheet preferred
Responsibilities
- Manages Project Heads (PHs) for Wound Closure & Healing (WCH) innovation programs
- Responsible for all executional aspects of WCH NPD Programs.
- Accountable for program tracking, acceleration, and risk identification and mitigation for WCH Programs.
- Raises concerns to the VP, WCH R&D and/or Operating Committee (OC) to ensure issues are being addressed and elevated to the right level.
- Owns input and operational expertise to aid the Head of PPMG for management reviews, including scenario development, trade-off implications and the evaluation/assessment of improvement opportunities.
- Partners with VP, WCH R&D for Innovation Goal & Objectives (G&O) formation across the organization, ensuring alignment across to key platform initiatives, goals, strategies through shared G&O’s and reporting of progress
- Works with WCH R&D leadership team to develop leadership team charter, scope and meeting agendas and cadence.
- Ensures agenda driven membership, meetings and efficient/effective decision making.
- Assures similarly consistent governance and standards are cascaded across WCH.
- Monitors and tracks action items and plans to ensure rapid follow-through and progress against commitments.
- The role is accountable for securing trade-off decisions to help the team manage the triple constraint (time, scope, resources) and for appropriate escalation of challenges cross-functionally.
- Collaborates with cross-functional members to champion team effectiveness, driving a culture of empowerment, urgency, accountability, achievement, and decision making.
- The role ensures an environment of cross functional open/safe challenges and risk discussions.
- Communicate effectively with various levels in the organization including executive leadership.
- Lead the Wound Closure portfolio reviews.
- Promote wins and awareness of the projects across the organization and with other sponsors and cross functional leadership
- Engage with project teams early on to define and socialize the value proposition of the project/product
- Ensure project team alignment with platform and portfolio strategy
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants.
- 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
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
