Divestiture Payroll Product Manager Americas

Johnson & Johnson•Brunswick, OH

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About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Divestiture Payroll Product Manager located in New Brunswick, NJ. This will be a 18 month duration role. 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 https://www.jnj.com/ Position Overview Johnson & Johnson is undertaking a strategic divestiture of its Orthopedic business and is seeking an experienced Divestiture Payroll Product Manager to lead the separation and transition of payroll capabilities. This role requires a hands-on leader with deep payroll technology expertise, strong delivery discipline, and experience managing complex, multi-country payroll transformations in regulated environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Finance, HR, or a related field.
5+ years of experience leading or supporting global payroll implementations.
Direct experience with divestitures, acquisitions, or carve-outs (required).
Hands-on experience with enterprise payroll platforms: SAP ECC/SuccessFactors ADP GlobalView Workday Kronos / Workforce Manager
Deep understanding of global payroll operations, controls, and regulatory requirements.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
Proven ability to lead complex initiatives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the payroll product strategy for divested entities across the Americas.
Lead the separation of payroll systems and processes, including Clone and Build-Back-New market models.
Act as Product Owner across solution design, build, testing, and deployment
Develop testing scenarios and scripts aligned to desired product outcomes
Drive end-to-end execution of payroll separation initiatives while maintaining business continuity.
Develop and execute transition plans including parallel processing, data validation, go-live, and hypercare.
Partner with data teams to define migration strategies, mappings, cleansing rules, reconciliation, and archival.
Define and manage payroll integrations, controls, and error-handling mechanisms.
Design payroll-to-GL posting strategies aligned with ERP ecosystems.
Ensure statutory compliance, audit readiness, and role-based access controls across countries.
Proactively identify and mitigate payroll risks and dependencies.
Find opportunities for process and system enhancements and implement procedures to improve accuracy, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
Implement strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new tools or policies.
Support business requirements and testing strategy for system enhancements, upgrades/ system changes across the payroll organization for Payroll

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Company’s long-term incentive program.
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 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
Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
Caregiver Leave – 10 days
Volunteer Leave – 4 days
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours