Transcend Deployment Senior Manager

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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. Learn more at is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one clean ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

This program will simplify the Innovative Medicine ERP landscape from 7 to 1 standardizing processes to have a cost-effective fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Innovative Medicine business with agility. Additionally the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

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(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States - Requisition Number:R-059099

Belgium- Requisition Number:R-061284

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 a Transcend; Deployment Senior Manager! This hybrid position will be located in Titusville New Jersey. Alternate hybrid locations may be considered in Raritan NJ and Brussels Belgium.

The Manager plays critical leadership role with the J&J Innovative Medicine (IM) Transcend team and serves as a member of the Deployment team. The Manager is accountable for serving as a Deployment lead for one of the planned releases over all aspects of project planning project management risk management resource management stage gate readiness. They will also ensure appropriate project management tools are implemented and used by the collective team.

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• Administers day-to-day operations to support Deployment projects activities based on the different Deployment phases i.e.. Discovery Mobilization Solution confirmation Testing Cutover or Hypercare.

• Support the implementation of program methodology based on the new operating model including relevant templates tools controls and cadence. Scale existing assets and standard processes to the new operating model.

• Lead daily and weekly program team cadence and meetings and reporting. Ensure program timeliness are appropriately handled identify and raise risks an appropriate

• Handle cross-program interdependencies issues and challenges by working with respective collaborators to implement controls cadence and risk mitigations.

• Ensure cross-program workstreams like Testing Cutover Hypercare etc. are coordinated and performing per plan. Drive standard methodologies scale leveragability and resource optimization.

• Work with the Cutover Hypercare and Testing Leads to ensure system deployments are in line with Business testing Compliance validation and qualification protocols.

• Build specific release communication content to be integrated into broader Program communications

• Enthusiastically seek to promote standard methodology and continuous improvement principles across Functional system deployments.

• Work across multiple teams to align on timelines milestones & results to enable overall release readiness.

• Exhibits excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills with consistent track record to influence/collaborate to get the desired result.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Exhibits strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly making the sophisticated clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms.

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• Minimum of a Bachelors degree.

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• Minimum of 3-5 years of Program Management experience on large complex business transformation programs

• Demonstrated hands-on project management/delivery experience.

• Strong customer focus (internal & external.)

• Experience with Agile Methodology.

• Experience effectively manages projects timelines and change management.

Preferred:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations Supply Chain or large transformation programs

• People management and development experience preferred.

• Knowledge of Supply Chain Operations

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• Position requires up to 25% domestic and international.

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