Global Separation PMO, Orthopaedics (Duration-Based role)

Johnson & Johnson•Tampa, FL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Global Separation PMO, Orthopaedics to be located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Tampa, FL; New Jersey; Zug, Switzerland; Wokingham, UK; Brussels, Belgium; Costa Rica; or Bogota, Colombia. This is a duration-based role expected to last through 2027. This Leader will lead the planning, governance, and execution of the DePuy Synthes separation program across warehousing, transportation, distribution, customer service, and enabling functions for the US, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC markets. This role establishes a single, integrated global program plan, drives consistent delivery discipline across regions and workstreams, and ensures strong alignment between the separation roadmap and interdependent transformation initiatives for the standalone company. The Program Leader owns rigorous program and financial management and executive decision support, working closely with regional PMO offices, Finance, Supply Chain/Operations, IT, Quality/Regulatory, HR, Procurement, and external partners. Success is measured by on-time, on-scope execution of separation milestones while maintaining continuity of supply, compliance, and operational / network readiness. This is a full-time, project-based assignment aligned to separation milestones. On October 14, 2025, Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. It is anticipated following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by Orthopaedics employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. Details of any planned changes would be provided to you by Orthopaedics at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, or related discipline (Master’s/MBA a plus).
10+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional programs (PMO, transformation, separation/carve-out, integration, or large-scale operations initiatives).
Demonstrated success driving multi-region execution across time zones, with senior stakeholder management and strong governance discipline.
Strong planning, organizational, and analytical skills, including critical path management and integrated dependency planning.
Proven ability to translate complex program data into clear executive communication and decision support.
Strong collaboration and influencing skills across functions, regions, cultures, and external counterpart organizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading separation/carve-out programs, including TSA/MSA/SLA development, service exit planning, and operational readiness.
Experience driving cost outcomes and benefits realization (savings tracking, cost-to-serve, working capital, or footprint optimization).
Knowledge of regulated manufacturing environments (medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries) and implications for continuity, validation, and compliance during transitions.
Program/Project management certification (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

Lead the global GDCL PMO for the separation program across the US, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, ensuring consistent planning, governance, and execution cadence across regions and sites.
Build and maintain an integrated, end-to-end separation master plan (critical path, interdependencies, and decision gates), consolidating regional plans into a single source of truth.
Define network separation strategy as key a enabler to the separation roadmap, including scope, governance, analytical approach, and decision gates for end-to-end warehousing, transportation, and distribution network separation across regions.
Drive execution of network separation initiatives (footprint and flow changes, carrier and lane strategy, inventory positioning, service-level trade-offs), ensuring implementation plans, change impacts, and savings/benefits realization are tracked through to closure.
Establish and run global governance routines (steering committees, workstream reviews, stage gates), ensuring documentation accuracy, timely decisions, and disciplined follow-through.
Define, align, and drive implementation of the Target Operating Model for the stand-alone organization (processes, governance, service model, org design, RACI, controls, and performance management), ensuring regional adoption and readiness by key milestones.
Drive separation agreement development and execution (e.g., TSAs/MSAs/SLAs as applicable), coordinating scope, service levels, exit plans, and operational readiness across regions.
Ensure operating model readiness for TSA/service exits by coordinating cutover plans, stabilization criteria, training, and handover to run teams, with clear acceptance metrics and post-cutover follow-up.
Lead cross-functional and cross-regional review cycles for cost models, continuity-of-supply requirements, and separation assumptions; ensure alignment to the Target Operating Model and key milestones.
Oversee transition execution planning (supply changes, tech transfers where applicable, systems/data separation, and process readiness), ensuring clear ownership, resourcing, and deliverable quality.
Own global financial management for separation: baseline budgets, forecasts, actuals, accruals, and variance analysis; ensure timely reconciliation and audit-ready traceability.
Drive cost outcomes by identifying efficiencies, challenging assumptions, tracking savings/avoidance, and ensuring benefits realization is embedded in scope and execution decisions.
Prepare leadership-ready dashboards, executive readouts, and decision memos that clearly communicate progress, financial position, risks, and critical path impacts across regions.
Maintain and actively manage global risk, issue, decision, and dependency logs; drive mitigation plans, enforce action closure, and escalate proactively to protect scope, timeline, and cost.

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 period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan.
Co-Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington, up to 56 hours per calendar year.
Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension).