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Job Function:
Technology Product & Platform ManagementJob Sub Function:
Technical Product ManagementJob Category:
Scientific/TechnologyAll Job Posting Locations:
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, São Paulo, BrazilJob Description:
We are recruiting for the Product Manager, Growth & Performance, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil or Bogota, Colombia.
HR Digital enables Johnson & Johnson’s people strategy through product-led innovation, intelligent automation, and scalable digital capabilities that strengthen enterprise agility and employee experience.
As the pace of workforce and business change accelerates, the ability to deliver intuitive, data-informed, and globally consistent employee experiences is a strategic differentiator. HR Digital advances this shift by evolving HR from a traditional service model to a product-centric, insight-driven operating model that delivers measurable business value, operational efficiency, and resilience at scale.
Within this context, the Growth & Performance portfolio focuses on the digital products, workflows, and experiences that enable learning, capability building, goal setting, feedback, and performance processes across the enterprise. The portfolio is responsible for advancing intuitive, scalable, and user-centered capabilities that strengthen employee growth, manager effectiveness, organizational capability, and performance outcomes.
The Product Manager, Growth & Performance supports the development and execution of product strategy for the Growth (Learning) & Performance domain, translating enterprise priorities into practical employee, manager, and HR outcomes. This role is responsible for managing roadmap execution and value delivery across assigned capabilities, with a focus on adoption, experience, compliance, efficiency, and operational performance.
Operating within the HR Digital product model, this role partners across Learning & Development, Talent Management, HR COEs, Global Services, Digital, Data, Engineering, and Delivery teams to drive end-to-end product outcomes across growth, learning, and performance journeys. The role serves as a product manager for the assigned domain capabilities, with accountability for backlog health, execution quality, adoption, and operational readiness, roadmap alignment, prioritization, and delivery tradeoffs.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Strategic Product Ownership (45%)
Support development and execution of the product roadmap for Growth & Performance, aligned to enterprise HR vision and portfolio priorities.
Translate business needs, policy requirements, and user insights into cohesive product requirements and end-to-end digital experiences across learning, development, goals, feedback, and performance workflows.
Define and monitor outcome-based success metrics related to adoption, completion, experience, efficiency, data quality, and service performance.
Manage assigned capabilities across the product lifecycle, identifying opportunities to simplify, automate, scale, or retire capabilities.
Contribute to business case development, value hypotheses, and benefits realization for domain-level initiatives.
Delivery & Cross-Functional Leadership (35%)
Lead cross-functional work across Product Delivery, Experience Design, Data, Engineering, Learning Operations, Talent Management, and HR Operations to deliver domain outcomes.
Own backlog prioritization, dependency management, and delivery sequencing for assigned capabilities.
Partner with HR COEs, Global Services, and process owners to balance global standards, local needs, compliance requirements, and user experience.
Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery tradeoffs, escalating as appropriate to the Senior Manager or Product Line Leader.
Ensure high-quality execution, testing readiness, change readiness, and operational readiness of delivered capabilities.
Continuous Improvement & Enablement (20%)
Represent the voice of employees, managers, HR partners, and service teams through discovery and feedback loops.
Drive continuous improvement through user insights, service performance trends, and operational learning.
Support product adoption and enablement by helping stakeholders understand new capabilities, changes, and expected outcomes.
Contribute to product standards, patterns, and ways of working across HR Digital.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required.
A minimum of 5–7 years of experience in product management, HR technology, digital product delivery, or related roles is required.
A minimum of 3 years of HR or HR-adjacent experience is required.
Experience managing product delivery for domain capabilities, with accountability for measurable business, operational, and experience outcomes.
Strong understanding of HR operating models, learning and performance processes, and digital platform ecosystems.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex, matrixed environments and influence across organizational boundaries.
Proficiency in modern product management and agile delivery practices, including backlog management, prioritization, and iterative value delivery.
Ability to translate complex process and technology concepts into clear product direction, decisions, and execution priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience with Workday, learning platforms, talent management, performance management, and broader HR digital ecosystems is preferred.
Experience in applying automation, analytics, or AI to learning, growth, performance, or related HR service workflows is preferred.
Leadership Behaviors
Enterprise-minded: Prioritizes enterprise outcomes over local optimization.
Outcome-obsessed: Measures success through impact and experience.
Strategic simplifier: Reduces complexity and friction.
Inclusive collaborator: Elevates diverse perspectives and shared ownership.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Coaching, Cost Management, Critical Thinking, Give Feedback, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Organizing, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Improvements, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Technical Credibility, Technical WritingSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 5-7 years in product management, HR technology, digital product delivery, or related roles
- Minimum 3 years of HR or HR-adjacent experience
- Experience managing product delivery for domain capabilities with accountability for measurable business, operational, and experience outcomes
- Strong understanding of HR operating models, learning and performance processes, and digital platform ecosystems
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex, matrixed environments and influence across organizational boundaries
- Proficiency in modern product management and agile delivery practices, including backlog management and iterative value delivery
- Ability to translate complex process and technology concepts into clear product direction and execution priorities
- Hands-on experience with Workday, learning platforms, talent/performance management systems
- Experience applying automation, analytics, or AI to learning, growth, or HR workflows
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The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson & Johnson and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson & Johnson.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is characterized as comprehensive across medical, dental, and vision, with added supports like onsite clinics, fitness centers, and Employee Assistance resources. Mental-health services and wellbeing reimbursements are also described as meaningful components of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are portrayed as a major differentiator, combining a 401(k) with employer matching and an employer-funded pension plan. Stock options and other long-term financial supports are also positioned as part of the broader rewards mix.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are presented as notably strong, including paid parental leave for all new parents and additional leave types for caregiving and bereavement. Financial assistance for adoption, fertility treatment, and surrogacy is highlighted as a significant support.
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