IM Transcend Global Delivery Leader

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, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
Project/Program Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country that aligns with your preferred location:

• Belgium – Beerse;
  Ireland - Cork | Requisition Number: R-095872

• United States – Titusville, New Jersey | Requisition Number: R-094310

• Switzerland – Zug | Requisition Number: R-095871

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

We are searching for the best talent for the IM Transcend Global Delivery Leader role to be based in Beerse, Belgium;
Cork, Ireland;
Titusville, New Jersey, United States; or Zug, Switzerland.

Purpose

The Global Delivery Leader will provide end-to-end leadership for the business transformation and delivery stream of a multi-year global SAP S/4

HANA implementation program. This leader will drive global deployment and business readiness across regions and functions, ensuring alignment with business strategy, process standardization, and value realization.

As a key member of the IM Transcend Leadership Team, this individual will partner with business leaders, executive sponsors, technology teams, implementation partners, and functional stakeholders to enable successful delivery of a large-scale business transformation program.

IM Transcend is a multi-year global business transformation initiative designed to modernize end-to-end digital capabilities by harmonizing technology platforms, standardizing core business processes across Commercial, R&D, Plan, Source, Make, Quality, Deliver and Data, and enabling an integrated data strategy through a single SAP S/4

HANA environment.

You will be responsible for:

Program Leadership & Governance

• Provide business leadership for a global SAP S/4
  
  HANA transformation program in partnership with key transformation leaders.

• Guide regional and local deployments to ensure alignment with global standards, governance, and operating models.

• Drive strategic decision-making and execution across multiple work streams and stakeholder groups.

Planning & Execution

• Own the integrated business deployment strategy across markets and business units.

• Lead business readiness activities, including process design, scenario planning, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.

• Partner with technology teams to ensure business requirements are understood, solution designs meet business needs, and deviations are appropriately assessed.

• Ensure testing, training, and change management activities are effectively embedded within each deployment wave.

Risk & Issue Management

• Proactively identify and manage business risks, issues, and dependencies across functions and geographies.

• Escalate critical decisions and providing transparent reporting to leadership and governance forums.

• Drive disciplined execution to maintain program objectives and timelines.

Executive Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a key liaison between business leadership, global process owners, and implementation partners.

• Build alignment across executive sponsors, governance bodies, and operational stakeholders.

• Lead structured stakeholder engagement to drive adoption, readiness, and sustained business value.

Enterprise Leadership

• Lead cross-program initiatives such as testing, cutover, hypercare, and continuous improvement activities.

• Develop organizational capabilities and fostering collaboration across Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, Technology, and other enterprise functions.

• Build strong…