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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Tampa, Florida, United States of AmericaJob Description:
Ethicon, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is currently recruiting for a Senior Manager PMO - Transcend Global for a duration based role with an anticipated end date on or around August 2028 to join the team!
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 at https://www.jnj.com/
The Senior Manager PMO - Transcend Global serves as the end-to-end program management lead supporting the Transcend Director in driving execution excellence and governance discipline across the global Transcend program. This individual will oversee integrated planning, delivery tracking, and governance processes across multiple workstreams to ensure coordinated, transparent, and compliant execution of one of Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s most complex, multi-year transformations.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End PMO Leadership: Serve as the right hand to the Transcend Director, managing the full program lifecycle—from initiation through deployment—across multiple global regions and functions.
- PMO Governance: Establish, maintain, and continuously improve governance standards, cadence, and artifacts (e.g., steering materials, RAID management, KPIs, and dashboards) to ensure disciplined program execution.
- Integrated Planning & Execution: Develop and manage master schedules, interdependencies, and resource alignment across technical, functional, and business workstreams.
- Stakeholder Management: Partner closely with senior leaders, regional program leads, and workstream owners to facilitate informed decision-making, risk mitigation, and timely escalation.
- Performance Visibility: Drive reporting consistency and end-to-end visibility into financials, milestones, and health metrics through partnership with Finance, Digital, and Business stakeholders.
- Change & Transformation: Support alignment and adoption across stakeholder groups by ensuring clarity of scope, value, and business impact of key program decisions.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline governance, enhance data integrity, and improve efficiency of PMO operations.
Qualifications:
Education: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent University degree is required; Advanced degree preferred
Required:
- Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience
- Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional transformation programs within a global or highly matrixed organization.
- Demonstrated experience standing up and leading PMO frameworks, governance models, and performance dashboards.
- Proven ability to operate at multiple organizational levels—comfortable engaging with executives and driving detail-level accountability.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-influence skills; ability to manage ambiguity and drive structure in complex environments
- Experience managing both waterfall and agile development methodologies
- Project Management Professional certification
- Strong Microsoft Project experience
Preferred:
- Experience working with or within ERP or large-scale digital transformation programs
Other:
- May require up to 25% of domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Business Alignment, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Statement of Work (SOW), Technical CredibilityThe anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$122,000.00 - $212,750.00Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
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