Associate Director, Program Management Launch Excellence

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 MedTech, 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. Learn more athttps://www.jnj.com
Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
Project/Program Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:
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.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results. 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 athttps://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an

Associate

Director, Program Management Launch Excellence for Solid Tumor Oncology U.S. Medical Affairs (USMA) located in Horsham, PA . This individual is responsible for driving product launches through robust project management for US Medical Launch Readiness Teams.
Drives launch planning & execution:

In close collaboration with the Therapeutic Area Strategic Lead(s) & Medical Directors, this role will be responsible for driving cross-functional integration of launch activities, including coordinating deliverables across workgroups, leading decision-making activities and identifying risks requiring problem solving and prioritization.
Coordinates launch team meetings, suggests agenda items; works closely with launch team to provide content and co-leads and facilitates meetings with launch leaders
Creates and maintains all relevant project documentation, such as project plans, presentations, dashboards, spreadsheets, etc.

Launch Excellence Framework:

Ensure close adherence to the Medical & Commercial LaunchEx framework in partnership with counterpart in New Products Business Development. Owns governance (Launch Challenge Sessions, ACE Sessions & Launch Readiness Reviews) for Launch Readiness Teams leveraging the Launch Excellence guidance document, tools & resources.
Defines/improves processes:

Drive continuous improvements and innovation. Establish best practice sharing touch points across TAs & with peers to drive standardization, efficiencies & launch learnings. Facilitate After Action Reviews (AARs) post launch reviews with stakeholders & leadership.
Qualifications
This position requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree; a post-graduate degree is preferred. Professional project management (e.g. PMP), change management (e.g. ProSci), or Six Sigma (e.g. Green Belt) certification is preferred.
7 years of related project and/or change management industry work experience is required.
5 years of experience in a commercial or R&D pharmaceutical field and a detailed knowledge of the drug development and launch process is preferred.
Detailed knowledge of project planning, tracking, resource management, project planning, scheduling tools, and cross-project analytics is required. Demonstrated project management skills to handle a high volume of work under demanding deadlines are required
Strong decision-making skills are required. Applicant must understand how and when to make informed choices, when to escalate issues, and understand how analyzed risks may affect the decision-making process.
Applicant must be a self-starter, taking timely independent action in response to priorities in flux.
Applicants must have strength and a track record of influencing and impacting others cross-functionally through strong leadership, collaboration, constructive challenge, and stakeholder change management techniques.
Applicants must be comfortable and capable with conveying any message, quickly and easily, utilizing clear, positive, and persuasive communication (verbal and non-verbal). Written communications must be targeted to the audience, have logical flow, and utilize appropriate grammar and syntax.
Strong presentation generation (e.g. PowerPoint, Prezi, Sway, etc.) skills as well as effortless delivery of presentations to various stakeholders, including senior leaders is required.
Strength and track record in building coalitions and aligning strategies among diverse organizations is required.
Applicants must have the ability to manage multiple large-scale initiatives simultaneously, triaging key priorities appropriately.
Demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve complex project issues.
Ability to navigate a highly matrixed environment.
This position will be based in Horsham, PA and will require up to 20% domestic travel
Preferred:
Oncology (Solid Tumor) knowledge and experience;
Knowledge of J&J businesses and customers is a strong preference;
Experience with visualization tools (e.g. Tableau) and business intelligence tools is preferred.
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $120,000 - $207,000.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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