Sr. Director, Program Management Team Leader

Johnson & Johnson • Spring House, PA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Director, Program Management Team Leader. This role provides strategic and operational leadership, functional management, and people development for the Program Management group, driving the allocation, development, and training of resources to support the execution of the portfolio. The Program Management Team Leader partners closely with DU DAS or ED Leader and Therapeutic Area DAS leadership to drive and operationalize compound development strategy and to optimize portfolio value. This role helps the DU to identify and escalate portfolio/program risks and issues and to resolve these in collaboration with all R&D functions. The Program Management Team Leader is responsible to ensure all associated resources are planned in accordance with the Global Development workforce management plan to assure the capabilities and experience levels of the staff meet the specific needs of the Delivery Unit, to identify gaps and assure that staff are developed to fulfil those gaps. The role will be accountable to hire, onboard, and train the resources needed to support the execution of the portfolio to optimize value. The Program Management group primarily consists of Program Management Leaders who are thought partners to the CDT leaders and co-create the CDT strategy and translate it into a comprehensive cross-functional plan that delivers optimized program outcomes. PMLs are responsible for enabling the CDT to deliver optimal outcomes and translating the Compound Development Team (CDT) strategy into a Compound Development Plan (CDP).

Requirements

• A BS degree in a scientific discipline.
• A minimum of 15 years with progressive leadership experience in the Pharmaceutical industry.
• A minimum of 8-10 years of people management experience.
• Expert knowledge of drug development process over the product life cycle, from discovery to marketing.
• Expert knowledge of project management and portfolio management.
• Trusted, inclusive leader with demonstrated experience in managing and leading teams through change and to higher performance.
• Successful track record of developing talent.
• Effective leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
• Ability to provide visionary and strategic leadership.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills and ability to establish strong and enduring relationships in a global matrix environment as well as the innate flexibility to work in a rapidly growing and changing organization.
• Collaboration and teaming, integrity and Credo based-actions, results and performance driven, sense of urgency, and managing complexity.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, MD, PhD) is preferred.
• Successful demonstration of leading teams through change and to higher performance.
• Successful track record of developing talent.
• Strong ability to make and influence difficult decisions.
• Strong ability to develop, maintain, and influence stakeholder relationships internally and externally with Sr. Management (TA Leadership, Finance, GD Leaders, Business Development etc).
• Proven track record of collaboration across organizations to innovate, implement efficiencies, and drive complex change.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic operational leadership over the PML group and DAS Delivery Team of the Delivery Unit and the portfolio managed by the PML group.
• Provide direct reporting and operational leadership over the DAS PML group and the portfolio managed by the PML group.
• Increased DAS specific responsibilities including co-leadership with DAS DU Leader at DAS Extended Leadership Team.
• Strategy and execution support and planning regarding finance, milestone, and CDP alignment to optimize portfolio value.
• Support team's approach to governance and escalating issues to senior management in support of unblocking work for the teams.
• Drive excellence, efficiency, and consistency across the project management teams, and make the right connections across DU and JNJ IM (i.e., TA, GD, DPDS, Finance, Regulatory) to enable optimal delivery of the DAS strategy and portfolio value.
• Single point of accountability with the Program Management Capabilities Leader from BGIA to ensure PML capabilities and innovations are at or above industry standards and are effectively deployed to the DU.
• Ensure best practices and PML capabilities are leveraged across the DAS portfolio, DU, BGIA, and JNJ IM through supporting the PML CoP.
• Participation in DU/DAS/ED meetings, and contributing to the Annual DAS/ED Progress report.
• Partners with key Delivery Unit stakeholders, and creates a culture of cross-functional collaboration across all teams.
• Ability to develop, maintain, and influence stakeholder relationships internally and externally with Sr. Management (DU leadership, TA Leadership, Finance, GD Leaders, Business Development etc).
• Lead the PML organization so that project resource planning is completed.
• Establishing and managing budget and resource allocation in the PM group.
• Oversee staff workload to ensure optimal utilization of resources.
• Sets strategic, innovative, and operational objectives for their organization by identifying high impact opportunities across DU and GD, ensuring their alignment with overall DU and GD objectives.
• Use an innovative and forward-thinking mindset to identify, adapt, and apply novel and creative methodologies that optimize project management ecosystem.
• Leadership for the development and implementation of these innovative business practices and improved processes to the DU and GD through initiative leadership.
• Build a high performing team through on-going development, performance management, and coaching.
• Take ownership for ensuring a strong pipeline of leaders within the organization through the Succession Planning process, and foster employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors.
• Be the external face of program management for JNJ IM by participating in program management congresses through presentation of PM innovations or panel membership.

Benefits

• annual performance bonus
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• consolidated retirement plan (pension)
• savings plan (401(k))
• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year (up to 56 hours for employees in Washington State)
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
• Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior