Jj Deployment Lead

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking Director, Deployment Leader to join our TEAM. The role is based in Diegem (Belgium).

About J&J MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalized.

Summary

Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. is recruiting for a Director, Deployment Leader to be located in Belgium, Switzerland, Italy or United Kingdom. Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 125 years. We embrace research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products, and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world. Johnson & Johnson is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for the consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices and diagnostics markets. Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

The Deployment Leader will be a part of the MedTech Supply Chain Digital Transformation Program and will be accountable for the delivery of Transcend Transformation Programs, a series of highly complex multi-year business and technology transformation initiatives. Over the next 2 years we plan to enable order to cash business processes enabled by S4 Hana to countries across Europe in support of our MedTech Supply Chain Business transformation.

Major Responsibilities:

- Responsible for leading, shaping, and influencing all Project Management Office related activities and team members. Ensure Final Project Objectives (FPOs) are met by release while delivering on quality, scope, schedule, and budget.
- Lead overall PMO cadence, mechanics, and day-to-day execution of the program across all workstreams.
- Partner closely with the Portfolio and Program Management peers to ensure appropriate communication of key interdependencies, risks, and performance metrics.
- Active member of the Program Leadership Team and share the responsibility of making the overall effort a success. You will bring in your thought leadership, holistic thinking, action orientation, creative problem solving, and listening skills. You are a role model for the other members on the project team.
- Forge robust working relationships with all key business partners and interdependent programs.
- Be a role model of the deployment methodology and agile way of working.
- Ensure the project follows deployment best practices and stage-gate governance processes to ensure a quality solution is delivered on-time, on budget, and on-quality. Ensure the Agile methodology is applied both in the development work but more broadly across the project as well so that the drumbeat / rhythm is followed in all areas and by all teams on the project.
- Develop and deliver program presentations for senior-level MD stakeholders.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree required
- Requires a minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs.
- Requires a minimum of 5 years of Program Management leadership experience on large complex business transformation programs
- Requires strong knowledge of MedTech, Medical Devices, Supply Chain or Commercial Operations
- Demonstrated hands-on project management/delivery required
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result
- Requires people management and development experience
- Strong customer focus (internal & external), including development and management of stakeholders
- Certification in areas of expertise (e.g., PMP, APICS, Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence, etc.) is helpful
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication and presentation skills are required.
- Strength in interdependent partnering and team management is required.
- The ability to effectively manage projects, timelines, and change management is required.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms is required.
- Ability to embed a culture of harmonization and process improvement and value creation across the business is required.- Position Location can vary.