Manager, Strategic Enablement PMO

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Irvine, CA

2d • $102,000 - $177,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager of Strategic Enablement is a part of the Project Management Office and responsible for enabling effective governance and leadership operations across a complex, cross-functional organization. This role partners with senior leaders and functional teams to ensure leadership forums are well-run, data-driven, and aligned to strategic objectives. The position emphasizes disciplined meeting logistics, high-quality documentation, and performance reporting, while actively working across functions to obtain, validate, and synthesize data for leadership decision-making. This role is the owner for system solution to execute project management feeding into dashboarding and reporting.

Requirements

• Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in governance operations, PMO, strategy enablement, business operations, or related roles.
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
• Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally to collect, validate, and synthesize data for senior leadership consumption.
• Strong understanding of governance models, leadership operating rhythms, and goal/metric management frameworks.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint) and reporting or dashboard tools (e.g., Power BI, Wrike, Monday.com).
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort partnering with senior leaders while influencing without direct authority.
• Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to distill complex discussions and data into clear, actionable documentation.

Nice To Haves

• Agile Decision Making
• Agility Jumps
• Analytics Insights
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Expectation Management
• Leadership
• Organizational Project Management
• Organizing
• Process Improvements
• Program Management
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Management Tools
• Project Reporting
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Statement of Work (SOW)
• Technical Credibility

Responsibilities

• Own the management of governance forums including agenda development, scheduling, minutes, decision logs, and action tracking.
• Provide insights into trends across projects to leadership
• Partner cross-functional to obtain accurate, timely data required for leadership reviews, goals, and performance reporting.
• Support senior leaders by shaping agendas, clarifying objectives, and ensuring meetings are outcome-focused and aligned to strategic priorities.
• Develop, optimize and maintain the business processes for managing and executing business process and maintain project documentation (i.e. charters, review process, escalation process, decision authority frameworks)
• Track enterprise or function-level goals, objectives, and key metrics (KPIs), ensuring data integrity and alignment to agreed targets.
• Develop and maintain standardized reporting dashboards, scorecards, and templates to provide clear visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Monitor follow-through on leadership decisions and commitments, coordinating with cross-functional owners and escalating risks or delays as needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve governance effectiveness, meeting efficiency, and reporting quality; support implementation of process improvements.
• Ensure governance artifacts and reporting meet internal standards, compliance expectations, and audit requirements.
• Provide clear, concise written and verbal communications suitable for senior leadership audiences, including executive-ready summaries and documentation.

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
• 10 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: Senior