Senior Manager PMO - Transcend Global

Ethicon, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is currently recruiting for a Senior Manager PMO – Transcend Global for a duration-based role with an anticipated end date on or around August 2028 to join the team!

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 Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, profoundly impacting health for humanity.

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• End-to-End PMO Leadership:
  Serve as the right hand to the Transcend Director, managing the full program lifecycle—from initiation through deployment—across multiple global regions and functions.
• PMO Governance:
  Establish, maintain, and continuously improve governance standards, cadence, and artifacts (e.g., steering materials, RAID management, KPIs, and dashboards) to ensure disciplined program execution.
• Integrated Planning & Execution:
  Develop and manage master schedules, interdependencies, and resource alignment across technical, functional, and business work streams.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Partner closely with senior leaders, regional program leads, and workstream owners to facilitate informed decision‑making, risk mitigation, and timely escalation.
• Performance Visibility:
  Drive reporting consistency and end‑to‑end visibility into financials, milestones, and health metrics through partnership with Finance, Digital, and Business stakeholders.
• Change & Transformation:
  Support alignment and adoption across stakeholder groups by ensuring clarity of scope, value, and business impact of key program decisions.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Identify opportunities to streamline governance, enhance data integrity, and improve efficiency of PMO operations.

• Education:
  
  A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent University degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience.
• Experience managing large‑scale, cross‑functional transformation programs within a global or highly matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience standing up and leading PMO frameworks, governance models, and performance dashboards.
• Proven ability to operate at multiple organizational levels—comfortable engaging with executives and driving detail‑level accountability.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder‑influence skills; ability to manage ambiguity and drive structure in complex environments.
• Experience managing both waterfall and agile development methodologies.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Strong Microsoft Project experience.

• Experience working with or within ERP or large-scale digital transformation programs.

• May require up to 25% of domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites.

• Agile Decision Making
• Agility Jumps
• Analytics Insights
• Business Alignment
• Continuous Improvement
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Leadership
• Organizational Project Management
• Organizing
• Program Management
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Management Tools
• Project Reporting
• Statement of Work (SOW)
• Technical Credibility

Anticipated base pay range: $ – $.

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long‑term incentive program.

Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year.

Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours for Colorado residents, 56 hours for Washington residents).

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year.

Work, Personal and Family Time – up to 40 hours per calendar year.

Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child.

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.

Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period (10 days).

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year.

Military Spouse Time‑Off – 80 hours per calendar year.

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