Director Deployment Lead

Project/Program Management Group

Project/Program Management

Professional

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

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Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. is recruiting for a Director, Deployment Leader to be preferably located in located in Raritan, NJ.

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 Med Tech 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. The candidate will be accountable for overall project governance, project planning, project management, risk management, resource management, project communications, solution readiness, business readiness, and transition to steady-state.

Furthermore, the candidate will act as the primary leadership conduit partnering closely alongside the Business Lead, Technology Lead, and Value Stream Leads to ensure all program objectives are met as well as partner across interdependent programs to ensure dependencies are managed and risks mitigated.

• 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 work streams.
• 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.

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or MBA is desirable
• Requires a minimum of 8 years of progressive…