About the vacancy
Drug Development
Production planning
Strategic planning
Enterprise Applications & Systems
Project Management
About Your Next Job
- This role is part of the IM Transcend global business transformation program at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, aiming to modernize foundational transactional processes by harmonizing the ERP landscape into a single SAP S/4 HANA instance.
- The position involves leading the deployment of digital capabilities, partnering with senior leaders in IM supply chain to align business requirements with optimal digital solutions.
- Responsibilities include establishing deployment roadmaps, refining product backlogs, driving testing strategies, ensuring compliance, and measuring capabilities against business challenges.
About Your Next Colleagues
- Part of the IM Transcend JJT Leadership team and the global business transformation initiative.
- Works closely with senior leaders within IM supply chain, Product Owners, Engineering teams, Technology Services, and global process owners.
- Collaborates with business stakeholders across Plan, Source, Make, Quality, Deliver, Finance, and Data value streams.
About Your Tasks and Responsibilities
- Establish deployment roadmaps to deliver business and customer value for assigned products/platforms.
- Balance business value with technical feasibility, prioritize features, and optimize cost and delivery efficiency.
- Refine the backlog by adding technical features and epics; help Product Owners prioritize backlogs and resolve cross-team dependencies.
- Lead demand intake and handle risk in the backlog in partnership with Product Owners and Engineers.
- Drive automation testing, regression testing, and load testing strategies; ensure non-functional requirements are tested.
- Accountable for leading the integrated build with the Product team to ensure end-to-end compliance and functionality.
- Plan and execute technical testing by the Engineering team; support business workstream leads in User Acceptance Testing.
- Ensure compliance requirements are met within scope, including SDLC documentation, system configuration, and compliance activities.
- Drive continual measurement of capabilities against demand volume, complexity, business challenges, and improvements within value streams.
- Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders at different organizational levels to understand needs and priorities.
About Your Skills and Experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree required.
- At least 15 years of experience required.
- Knowledge and understanding of standard practices, technology, functions, and supporting industry principles in SAP ERP and the Pharma Industry.
- Experience gathering requirements and translating them into a product vision through expertise in product development, engineering, operations, and UX.
- Deep understanding and experience in high-quality product delivery, including planning, dependency management, delivery execution, and governance.
- Demonstrated experience in leading a product backlog/release plan, supervising team-level metrics, leading product team ceremonies, and removing blockers (e.g., burndown charts, release burn-up).
About Your Benefits
- Annual bonus based on pay grade/location and company/employee performance.
- Vacation days, parental leave (minimum 12 weeks), bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave.
- Well-being reimbursement and programs for financial, physical, and mental health.
- Service anniversary and recognition awards.
- Access to insurance plans (subject to terms and location).
Where Molecules Meet Opportunities
- Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine aims to create a world without disease by transforming lives through new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat, and cure disease.
- The company brings together the best minds to pursue promising science and collaborates globally for health.
- IM Transcend is a global business transformation program modernizing foundational transactional processes into a single, standardized ERP platform (SAP S/4 HANA) to support growth, efficiency, and compliance.
- The program simplifies the ERP landscape, standardizes processes, and remediates end-of-life system exposure.
- Aligns with Johnson & Johnson’s Credo, emphasizing responsibility to employees, inclusivity, and respect for diversity and dignity.
Only apply if...
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree.
- At least 15 years of experience.
- Knowledge of SAP ERP and the Pharma Industry.
- Experience in product development, engineering, operations, and UX.
- Deep understanding of high-quality product delivery, including planning, dependency management, and governance.
- Experience leading a product backlog/release plan and removing blockers.
Contact person
Frank Helmus
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