Technical Project Manager (18-months contract)

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Ryde, New South Wales, AUS
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Healthtech • Biotech • Pharmaceutical • Manufacturing
The Role
Drive delivery coordination across a complex, multi-workstream technology program spanning technical, data, integration, AI, and external systems workstreams. Maintain integrated plans, dependencies, RAID logs, risks, decisions, dashboards, and executive reporting. Facilitate meetings, coordinate vendors and stakeholders, support sprint tracking, testing, release readiness, cutover, governance, and post-go-live activities. Ensure deliverables remain aligned, visible, accountable, and on schedule.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Technology Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Job Description:

About Us

At Johnson & Johnson, we're passionate about empowering people to grow their careers while making a meaningful impact on healthcare. As part of our TS APAC Digital and Connected Commerce team, you'll be at the forefront of innovation—building scalable, AI-powered platforms that connect healthcare

professionals with J&J products and ultimately improve patient outcomes at scale.


Position Summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to drive delivery coordination across a complex, multi-workstream technology programme. You will focus on managing integrated schedules, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications across Business, Technical, External Systems, and AI workstreams. You will bring structure, clarity, and momentum to cross-functional teams, ensuring delivery activities remain aligned, visible, and on track.


Key Workstreams

  • Technical Workstream: Track solution design, build progress, development dependencies, testing readiness, release milestones, and technical risks.
  • Closely Coupled Systems Workstream: Track as-is integration capabilities across 5 closely coupled systems (Digital, MDM, Data & Insights, AI, Content) and coordinate market rollout dependencies and schedules
  • AI Workstream: Support planning and delivery coordination for AI-enabled capabilities, including use case alignment, data dependencies, validation activities, and governance checkpoints.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain an integrated project plan covering milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and key decisions focusing on the technical workstreams – Tech Common Core, Data, Integration and Closely Coupled Systems workstreams
  • Facilitate workstream meetings, planning sessions, and stakeholder updates with clear agendas, outcomes, actions, and follow-ups.
  • Partner with business stakeholders, technology teams, AI teams, vendors, and external system owners to sequence activities effectively and resolve delivery dependencies.
  • Maintain accurate RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, meeting notes, status dashboards, and executive-level reporting materials.
  • Proactively identify delivery risks, blockers, scope impacts, and cross-workstream dependencies, escalating critical items with clear recommendations and mitigation options.
  • Support sprint or milestone tracking, testing coordination, release readiness, cutover planning, implementation activities, and post-go-live follow-up.
  • Ensure deliverables are clearly defined, assigned, tracked, reviewed, and accepted in line with agreed project governance and quality standards.
  • Promote disciplined delivery execution, transparent communication, and consistent follow-through across all workstreams.

Qualifications

  • Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 8-12 years of project management experience, preferably within complex technology, digital transformation, systems integration, data, automation, or AI-enabled programmes.
  • Strong experience coordinating multiple workstreams, stakeholders, vendors, dependencies, and delivery timelines in a structured project environment.
  • Good understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, project governance, release management, testing coordination, and change control practices.
  • Ability to convert high-level objectives into practical plans, workback schedules, RAID logs, dependency trackers, and stakeholder-ready status updates.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage business users, technical teams, vendors, external system owners, and senior leaders.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with strong facilitation, problem-solving, and follow-through capabilities.
  • Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical technology, regulated industries, or regional enterprise environments is preferred.
  • PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification is advantageous.

Tools and Ways of Working

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and project reporting templates.
  • Experience using project delivery and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Planner, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms.
  • Comfortable creating and maintaining integrated plans, workstream trackers, RAID logs, action logs, decision records, dependency maps, and leadership dashboards.
  • Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with parallel priorities, evolving requirements, and multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Brings a structured, pragmatic, and collaborative approach to delivery coordination, ensuring transparency, accountability, and timely follow-through.



Required Skills:



Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Coaching, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Information Technology Project Management, Interpersonal Influence, Market Savvy, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Process Improvements, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Control (QC), Technical Credibility

Skills Required

  • Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline
  • 8-12 years of project management experience, preferably in complex technology, digital transformation, systems integration, data, automation, or AI-enabled programs
  • Experience coordinating multiple workstreams, stakeholders, vendors, dependencies, and delivery timelines
  • Understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, project governance, release management, testing coordination, and change control
  • Ability to create practical plans, workback schedules, RAID logs, dependency trackers, and stakeholder status updates
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong facilitation, problem-solving, organization, detail orientation, and follow-through capabilities
  • Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical technology, regulated industries, or regional enterprise environments
  • PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and project reporting templates
  • Experience with project delivery and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Planner, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms

Johnson & Johnson Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: New Brunswick, NJ
143,612 Employees
Year Founded: 1886

What We Do

Profound Change Requires Boldness. Johnson & Johnson is the largest and most broadly based healthcare company in the world. We’re producing life-changing breakthroughs every day, and have been for the last 130 years. The combination of new technologies and your expertise enables amazing things to happen. Teams from J&J’s consumer business are creating digital tools to help people track the health of their skin. Those working in medical devices are 3-D printing artificial joints personalized for each patient, while researchers in pharmaceuticals use AI to discover lifesaving drugs. Imagine what the rest of our team of 134,000 people at 260 companies in more than 60 countries across the world is accomplishing. We redefine what it means to be a big company in today’s world. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://www.jnj.com/social-media-community-guidelines

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