Practice Acceleration & Deployment Lead, Innovation Excellence

Johnson & Johnson•Cherry Hill, NJ

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. We are searching for the best talent for a Practice Acceleration & Deployment Leader An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered. 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 Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech The Practice Acceleration & Deployment Leader will elevate and drive robust integration in execution across Innovation Excellence & LCM practices. This role will outline strategies, address roadblocks and engage in complex challenges, enabling Innovation Excellence pillars, and working across multiple product families. This role requires strong quality system expertise, paired with broad operational experience that enables partnering closely with R&D, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial teams to effectively deploy our practices and drive execution.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering; master's degree preferred.
12+ years of experience in engineering, with a strong focus on quality systems, product development, lifecycle management, and sustaining engineering.
Proven experience in leadership roles, with a track record of managing high-performing teams and driving strategic initiatives.
Exceptional project management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across departments.
Strong understanding of regulatory compliance, quality management systems, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
Technical background in engineering, with expertise in cardiovascular product platforms.
A passion for innovation and a commitment to all we do that elevates Heart Recovery

Nice To Haves

Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to innovation and problem-solving.
Ability to influence and build partnerships across multiple functions.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.

Responsibilities

Spearhead and deploy new procedures and practices to enable the Innovation Excellence team and LCM.
Support and implement innovation strategies that align with organizational goals and drive business growth.
Support and implement innovation strategies that streamline into Abiomed’s QMS, align with organizational goals, and drive business growth.
Foster a culture of driving innovation while building confidence in the scale of high-quality products.
Cultivate prioritization and focus across Lifecyle initiatives through strong cross-functional, platform and business need awareness.
This role requires successful collaboration in a matrix environment, with the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders to execute product vision.
This role bridges design, development operational and supply chains to drive execution and ensure scale of high-quality products that meet patients' needs.
Contributes to planning and administration of programs and initiatives that deliver product enhancements, quality and/or operational scale needs.
Cross-functional collaboration to drive organizational design, growing LCM to support the business, th at is well integrated and in concert with Product Platform and PMO frameworks.
Provide IE leadership and SME guidance in engagement with quality and regulatory teams and services.
Assist in maintaining compliance documentation and support validation/verification activities for product development.
Follow quality standards and operational procedures to ensure product safety and performance.
Manage targeted IE initiatives across existing products (with focus on CP, 5.5 and RP pump systems) providing direction and mentorship to drive high performance.
Support budget management and integration across Innovation Excellence initiatives.
Facilitate deployment of LCM Governance and accompanying procedural changes to drive robust adoption across functions.
Serve as an IE communication point with select WW regulatory response and follow-up.
Drive team performance through coaching, development, and performance management.
Proactively creates a purpose driven environment by aligning Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives with the strategies and goals of the team and enterprise.
Active engagement in the updates of our SOPs and creation of best practice playbooks.

Benefits

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401k).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year.
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year.
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year.
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year.

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