Director R&D Project Management

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Warsaw, IN

15h•$164,000 - $282,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Director of PMO for Hips and Knees R&D, based in Raynham, Massachusetts, or Warsaw, Indiana, in a hybrid work arrangement. The role provides operational leadership to support execution of the R&D strategy and delivery of the Hip and Knee core portfolio. The director builds and manages the strategic R&D roadmap, initiatives, and special projects, and owns operational tools such as goals-and-objectives performance and portfolio dashboards that give leadership timely insight into progress. The position also evolves processes, operating models, and talent to strengthen execution excellence. The director partners with the Hip and Knee R&D leadership team and business partners on enterprise-aligned strategy, budget and business planning, portfolio decisions, and special initiatives. The role leads efforts to improve new product development effectiveness, including defining project measurement systems and metrics, assessing current processes and capabilities, and driving time-to-market change initiatives. It also supports a culture of innovation and executional excellence through organizational change, transparency, talent development, and succession management. Johnson & Johnson describes its Orthopaedics business as developing treatments across joint reconstruction, trauma and craniomaxillofacial, sports, extremities, elective foot and ankle, spine, robotics, and digital surgery. The company has announced plans to separate the Orthopaedics business into a standalone company operating as DePuy Synthes; completion is anticipated within 18 to 24 months, subject to applicable requirements and approvals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of work experience are preferred; suggested areas of study include biomedical, electrical, or mechanical engineering, technology engineering, or PMP.
Experience in medical devices, orthopaedics, and/or a regulated industry.
Experience optimizing processes for multidisciplinary systems and capabilities in regulated industries.
Expert attention to detail and organizational skills.
Strong project and portfolio management skills in R&D organizations.
Strong change leadership skills.
Strong collaboration skills in complex environments.
Demonstrated succession management and ability to accelerate innovation and growth in R&D organizations.

Nice To Haves

PMP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with Hip and Knee R&D leadership and business partners to align annual innovation goals with business and enterprise R&D strategy.
Drive R&D budget planning, updates, coordination, consolidation, and roll-up for Hip and Knee R&D in partnership with key leaders and supporting functions.
Serve as the R&D liaison and day-to-day business partner to Finance, supporting coordinated financial plans across Hips and Knees.
Lead planning and consolidation for special projects and critical business initiatives, including gross profit, freshness index, and NPV-related work.
Improve portfolio decision-making and trade-offs so the organization selects and resources high-impact opportunities and increases pipeline value.
Administer consistent operating mechanisms and process improvements, including meeting setup, communications, content, and cadence across project groups.
Shape consistent partnerships across Hip and Knee R&D projects for Supply Chain and SCR reviews, and maintain executional alignment with supporting functions and centers of excellence.
Provide operational input to R&D management reviews, including scenario development, trade-off implications, and assessment of capital improvement opportunities.
Own Hip and Knee R&D leadership-team meeting agendas and cadence; support effective decision-making, track actions, and ensure follow-through on commitments.
Build organizational knowledge of external R&D trends and industry best practices, and work with R&D leadership to apply them where appropriate.
Consolidate R&D input for senior ad hoc management requests, monthly reporting, and quarterly executive management reviews, formatting information into requested documentation.
Shape shared goals and objectives across the Hip and Knee R&D organization and report progress against initiatives, goals, and strategies.
Develop a project burn-down chart system and a system to measure actual time spent on projects.
Map the current state of the new product development process, governance, skills, and culture; identify high-impact improvement opportunities.
Identify critical new product development performance metrics and measure improvement resulting from change initiatives.
Lead critical time-to-market change initiatives to improve new product development agility and rigor and achieve validated improvements in target metrics.
Drive cultural change to increase engagement and business results, and enhance transparency, connectivity, empowerment, and simplification across the organization.
Support talent development and succession management in critical execution skills, including governance, project management, and Design To Value, across leadership and professional levels.
Help shape and drive strategic special initiatives that improve operational excellence and contribute to innovation and growth.

Benefits

Consolidated retirement plan (pension), subject to plan terms.
401(k) savings plan, subject to plan terms.
Eligibility to participate in the long-term incentive program.
Vacation: 120 hours per calendar year, subject to policy and hire-date terms.
Sick time: 40 hours per calendar year, with specified higher amounts for employees residing in Colorado or Washington.
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 a child's birth, adoption, or foster-care placement.
Bereavement leave: up to 240 hours for an immediate family member and 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.