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MSAT Strategy & Development Director

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About the vacancy

R&D
Drug Development
Engineering
Process Engineering
(Bio) Process
Quality
Quality Assurance
Staff
Project Management
Sr Manager Master’s Degree (WO) Permanent Full time €101,000.00 - €174,800.00 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

About Your Next Job

  • Defines and owns the platform-based advanced manufacturing strategy for Biotherapeutics.
  • Translates business and manufacturing priorities into technology roadmaps.
  • Deploys standards and capabilities across platforms.
  • Provides technical leadership for product life-cycle management, network reconfiguration, new product introduction, capacity expansion, and major cost-improvement initiatives.
  • Operates in a global, matrix environment, building strong partnerships across Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, Value Chain Management, and Biotherapeutics platform and site leadership.

About Your Next Colleagues

  • Directs managers and/or senior individual contributors within a matrix environment.
  • Builds and sustains relationships with Global Platform Leads, Site General Managers, R&D, Quality, Value Chain Leads, and External Manufacturing.
  • Serves as the single point of contact for platform technology and innovation to MSAT platform leads.
  • Partners with Process Science and Modeling leadership, GET Process Engineering & Automation, and other internal stakeholders.

About Your Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Strategy & Business Planning:

    • Define and own the platform-based advanced manufacturing strategy, including technology roadmaps, governance, capability building, and value capture.
    • Drive business planning decisions, including the long-range financial plan, in partnership with Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Leadership.
    • Align the Advanced Manufacturing strategy with New Product Introductions, Technology Transfers, Product Strategy Roadmaps, Lifecycle Management, and network reconfiguration projects.
    • Partner with Emerging Technologies leaders to guide the intake of new technologies onto platform roadmaps.
    • Research emerging technology and regulatory trends to maintain competitive advantage.
  • Technology Development & Deployment:

    • Evaluate and deploy technologies, technology standards, and their applications through platform assets and products.
    • Support new technologies and applications, including proof-of-concept development, prototyping, systems algorithm development, and project management protocols.
    • Lead major cost-improvement programs and the implementation of new capabilities and capacity.
    • Provide technical leadership for technology life-cycle management.
    • Partner with Process Science and Modeling leadership to deploy process-science and data-science solutions into the platforms.
    • Communicate key requirements and coordinate Digital Architecture and Automation readiness with GET Automation & JJT.
  • Stakeholder & Platform Leadership:

    • Partner with R&D on manufacturing strategy and new development platforms.
    • Build and sustain relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.
    • Serve as the single point of contact for platform technology and innovation to MSAT platform leads.
    • Allocate resources appropriately, prioritize projects, and drive realization of platform goals.
  • People, Operations & Organizational Capability:

    • Direct managers and/or senior individual contributors within a matrix environment.
    • Conduct career-development conversations, provide coaching, feedback, mentoring, and developmental opportunities.
    • Manage operational aspects of the organization, including budget, performance, and compliance.
    • Implement workforce and succession plans aligned with business needs.
    • Evaluate performance and initiate corrective action when necessary.

About Your Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Technology, or a related discipline).
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience is required.
  • Master’s degree or relevant certifications are a plus.
  • Experience in a global, matrix environment across different time zones.
  • Required Skills: Agile Decision Making, Coaching, Collaboration, Crisis Management, Developing Others, Disruptive Innovations, Emerging Technologies, Inclusive Leadership, Intellectual Property Licensing, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Process Control, Process Engineering, Product Costing, Program Management, Project Schedule, Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Talent Management, Technical Research.
  • Preferred Skills: Adaptability to a dynamic and fast-paced environment, strong drive for continuous learning and improvement.

About Your Benefits

  • Annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade/location, based on performance of the previous calendar year.
  • Vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave.
  • Well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical, and mental health.
  • Service anniversary and recognition awards.
  • Participation in insurance plans (subject to terms and respective plans), including for eligible dependents in some locations.

Where Molecules Meet Opportunities

  • Johnson & Johnson is committed to improving access and affordability, building healthier communities, and putting a healthy mind, body, and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere.
  • The company blends heart, science, and resourcefulness to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.
  • Operates in a global, matrix environment with over 130,000 employees worldwide.
  • Focuses on innovation across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions, from prevention to cure, with a strong emphasis on patient insights and science-based advancements.
  • Guided by Our Credo, fostering an inclusive work environment where individual merit is recognized and diversity is respected.

Only apply if...

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Technology, or a related discipline).
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience.
  • Fluent in written and spoken English.
  • Experience in a global, matrix environment across different time zones.

Contact person

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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



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