Manager R&D PMO

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We are searching for the best talent to join our Vision team as a Manager R&D PMO located in Irvine CA.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were developing the next generation of smarter less invasive more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of vision treatments Ready to join a team thats reimagining how vision is improved Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights science technology and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs from the pediatric to aging eye in a patients lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at The Project Manager is responsible for the endtoend leadership and delivery of global new product development programs. This role serves as the execution owner and integrator guiding highly matrixed crossfunctional teams to ensure projects are strategically aligned delivered on schedule and within budget and meet rigorous quality reliability and regulatory requirements. This role operates within a highly regulated innovationdriven healthcare environment and requires a technically strong project manager who can translate strategy into disciplined execution. The Project Manager partners closely with Technical Leads Functional Managers and Business Leaders to identify assess and resolve technical program and organizational risks while maintaining focus on outcomes that benefit patients customers and the alignment with Johnson & Johnsons leadership expectations this role demonstrates strong business judgment fosters collaboration upholds compliance and quality standards and leads with a Credobased patientcentric mindset.

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EndtoEnd Program Leadership

• Lead global crossfunctional new product development programs from early concept through commercialization.
• Own overall program execution ensuring clear alignment to business strategy platform objectives regulatory standards and quality expectations.
• Apply disciplined project management practices tools and governance to deliver predictable highquality outcomes.

Planning Execution & Governance

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans including: project charter and scope detailed schedules and milestones budget and resource forecasts and risk issue and dependency management plans
• Ensure all project and technical deliverables are well understood owned and executed by the core team.
• Prepare and deliver highquality confident and impactful updates and presentations to senior leadership including Global New Product Process (GNPP) stagegate reviews.
• Constantly advocate for time-to-market and sense-of-urgency challenging schedule assumptions and looking for opportunities to accomplish goals early.

CrossFunctional Leadership & Influence

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned programs partnering closely with: Technical Leads on technical strategy execution and risk mitigation; Functional Managers on resource planning and commitments; and Executive Sponsors on program status risks tradeoffs and decision making
• Facilitate seamless collaboration across R&D Marketing Operations Quality Regulatory and Clinical organizations.
• Lead effective project team meetings driving clarity accountability and timely closure of action items.

Risk Issue & Problem Resolution

• Challenge assumptions and lead the team in proactively identifying project technical regulatory and operational risks.
• Resolve issues conflicts and resource constraints through influence negotiation and datadriven decision making.
• Lead recovery and mitigation plans to protect program commitments when challenges arise.

Quality Compliance & Enterprise Mindset

• Ensure projects execute in compliance with Design Control Regulations quality systems and all applicable corporate divisional and regulatory requirements.
• Advocate for appropriate resources and budget aligned to program priorities and enterprise value.
• Regularly update budget-vs-actual spend analyses with finance and support annual business cycle budget planning delegating purchasing invoicing and reconciliation tasks when possible
• Model Johnson & Johnson leadership behaviors including integrity accountability collaboration and inclusive leadership.
• Adhere to environmental health safety and sustainability policies and actively support departmental objectives.
• May provide guidance coaching or oversight to junior project managers or team members.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a Sciencerelated field required
• Advanced degree and/or Project Management certification (PMP or equivalent) preferred

Experience

• 8 years of professional experience in project or program management in a regulated environment (medical devices preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years supporting R&D new product development in a technologydriven manufacturing organization (capital equipment)
• 5 years of meaningful engineering and/or operational experience
• Demonstrated success leading complex crossfunctional technical teams through influence rather than direct authority
• Experience managing procurement contracting or external partners is required

Capabilities & Leadership Attributes

• Strong understanding of product development lifecycles design controls and regulatory expectations
• Excellent communication collaboration and stakeholdermanagement skills
• Ability to operate effectively across a global matrixed organization
• Proven ability to balance speed quality compliance and cost
• Track record of consistent performance problem solving and tangible project results
• Demonstrates sound judgment resilience and a continuousimprovement mindset

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• Ability to travel up to 10%

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