Senior Manager, A&D Program and Portfolio Management

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Job Function:
Strategy & Corporate Development
Job Sub Function:
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for an Senior Manager, A&D Program and Portfolio Management to be located in New Brunswick, NJ

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, A&D Program and Portfolio Management role for the J&J Technology Acquisitions & Divestitures (A&D) team reports into the Director of A&D Program and Portfolio Management and is responsible for supporting and enabling the team's strategy to drive effective, efficient and compliant execution of the J&J A&D portfolio consisting of acquisitions, divestitures and licensing deals across the business sectors.

The role is responsible for establishing and managing program governance across the entire A&D portfolio with a focus on driving consistent process and deal artifacts, articulating clear value statements on deals, managing budgets and financial forecasts, managing portfolio, resource allocations, ensuring organizational milestones are met and reporting on team progress to leadership across the organization. This role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration with the deal leads and their teams to achieve project milestones, mitigate risks, and deliver results within scope, budget, and timeline.

This role should be well versed in the approach, process and toolsets, necessary to execute an A&D deal and will be in a leadership role to train and support the overall organization in meeting a high standard for compliance, consistency and efficiency on all deals. This role will also be responsible for highlighting and driving improvement opportunities across JJT A&D with the goal of driving them to completion with clear measurements of improvement against the overall organizational effectiveness.

This role will also require some depth in reporting and data analytics to be able to clearly articulate the organization's deal value proposition.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Alignment of JJT A&D Business Value Statements and Measurements - Monitoring, Value, and Metrics Reporting

• Implement performance monitoring tools to track project progress against benchmarks.
• Conduct monthly portfolio reviews and weekly project status updates to ensure alignment with goals.
• Use financial management reports and lessons learned sessions to refine processes.
• Define and document the project end state, including lessons learned and final metrics.
• Align business separation strategies with workstream objectives to substantiate value impact.
• Utilize Nexus and Polaris reporting platforms to highlight delivery against OKRs. Support the A&D organization in establishing and driving key deal value performance metrics in support of ongoing OKRs.

Guidance and Structure Across A&D Deals including standardized processes and artifacts

• Develop a consistent framework for planning, execution, and closeout phases across the deal portfolio.
• Align reporting formats and cadence for all workstream project plans in Nexus and Devensoft.
• Utilize tools like the RAID Log and dashboards for tracking risks, actions, issues, and decisions.
• Create a consistent data model, templates, and insights across the end-to-end process.
• Enhance playbook…