Program Delivery Leader, XTA

Johnson and Johnson is currently seeking a Program Delivery Leader, XTA located in Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; Horsham, PA; Spring House, PA; La Jolla, CA; Beerse, Belgium; Basel, Switzerland; High Wycombe, United Kingdom; Ireland; Leiden, Netherlands; China; Japan; OR Singapore. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the company. 

 

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 Program Development Leader (PDL) is accountable for the operational execution of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP).  As a disease area thought partner, the PDL is responsible for the development of the program-level strategy and ensuring cross-functional alignment, identifying, and resolving program-level risks that may impact timelines or budgets.

Primary responsibilities:

·       Responsible for the development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring alignment across functions, Delivery Units and Therapeutic Areas (TA) / portfolio (e.g., E2E connectivity from Global Development and non-Global Development partners, share lessons learned for program-level consistency, and monitor KPIs to track program-level success)

·       Accountable for the delivery of the operational strategy in alignment with the Clinical Development Plan, ensuring alignment with business goals and TA / clinical delivery and trial delivery objectives (including resourcing, budget, and change control, partnering with Compound Development Team (CDT) sub-teams, timeline creation).  Attend CDT and co-lead Clinical Team in collaboration with clinical leader.

·       Lead scenario planning and mitigate program-level risks that may impact timelines / budget, ensure appropriate quality oversight, and appropriately escalate issues on clinical teams and to CDT, Quality and functional leadership.

·       Ability to effectively communicate the operational strategy, and defend the operational plan and costs associated to CDT, TA leadership and at governance meetings

·       Leads and ensures inspection readiness for program through risk identification and readiness review. 

·       Provides leadership during Health Authority inspections and on the identification of risks and mitigation plans at the program level for key issues.

·       Support Licensing & Acquisitions activities when appropriate

·       Mentor & support onboarding of new teams members, particularly those in Trial Management

·       Foster employee engagement and inclusion