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About Your Next Job
- Own and drive end-to-end New Product Introduction (NPI) projects for intraocular lenses (IOL), including project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource planning.
- Lead virtual, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.
- Ensure full compliance with Design Control, Risk Management, and Change Management requirements.
- Oversee the creation, maintenance, and approval of project documentation throughout the development lifecycle.
- Ensure adherence to GMP, QSR, ISO 13485, and applicable internal procedures.
- Support regulatory submission activities in close collaboration with Regulatory Affairs and Quality.
- Maintain clear and consistent communication with global stakeholders, including regular interaction with teams based in the EU, US, and APAC.
- Facilitate effective governance, escalation, and decision-making within a matrix organization.
About Your Next Colleagues
- You will join Johnson & Johnson Vision Groningen, a facility specializing in the development, improvement, and manufacturing of state-of-the-art surgical ophthalmic products, primarily intraocular lenses.
- The role involves frequent collaboration with stakeholders, including teams in the United States, and requires interaction with R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Supply Chain Operations, Clinical, Marketing, and external partners.
About Your Tasks and Responsibilities
- Own and drive end-to-end NPI projects for intraocular lenses, including project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource planning.
- Lead virtual, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.
- Ensure full compliance with Design Control, Risk Management, and Change Management requirements.
- Oversee the creation, maintenance, and approval of project documentation throughout the development lifecycle.
- Ensure adherence to GMP, QSR, ISO 13485, and applicable internal procedures.
- Support regulatory submission activities in close collaboration with Regulatory Affairs and Quality.
- Maintain clear and consistent communication with global stakeholders, including regular interaction with teams based in the EU, US, and APAC.
- Facilitate effective governance, escalation, and decision-making within a matrix organization.
About Your Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Physics, Optics, or a related technical discipline.
- 5 – 10 years of relevant project management experience in a regulated, technology-driven environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing medical device NPI projects, preferably involving implantable or ophthalmic products.
- Proven ability to lead global, virtual project teams across multiple time zones.
- Strong knowledge of project management, Design Control, and Risk Management principles.
- Working knowledge of GMP, QSR, ISO 13485, and medical device development processes.
- High proficiency in MS Project and Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, for project planning, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Experience with project management tools and structured reporting methodologies.
- Fluent in English; Dutch language skills are an advantage.
About Your Benefits
- An annual bonus with a set target percentage of pay, depending on pay grade and location, where the actual amount is based on employee and company performance during the previous calendar year.
- Vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave.
- Well-being reimbursement and programs that support financial, physical, and mental health.
- Service anniversary and recognition awards.
- Participation in several insurance plans (subject to the terms of their respective plans).
- The annual base pay includes an 8% holiday allowance.
Where Molecules Meet Opportunities
- 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.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Groningen specializes in the development, improvement, and manufacturing of state-of-the-art surgical ophthalmic products, primarily intraocular lenses. The facility consists of integrated Research, Development, and Manufacturing teams with strong track records of innovation and delivery.
- Fuelled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
- The Vision team addresses some of the toughest health challenges by combining cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to help eye care professionals and patients protect, correct, and enhance healthy sight throughout life.
Only apply if...
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Physics, Optics, or a related technical discipline.
- 5 – 10 years of relevant project management experience in a regulated, technology-driven environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing medical device NPI projects, preferably involving implantable or ophthalmic products.
- Availability to work 100% on site in Groningen, the Netherlands, with occasional international travel.
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