Senior Director, MedTech JJT ERP & Digital Product Leader

Johnson and Johnson is currently recruiting for a Senior Director, MedTech JJT ERP & Digital Product Development Group Leader within the Johnson & Johnson Technology (JJT) organization. This role will be based in Bridgewater NJ, Raritan NJ, New Brunswick, NJ or Zug, Switzerland.  

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 Senior Director, J&J Technology MedTech ERP & Digital Product Development Group Leader will play a pivotal role in leading a multi-disciplinary team of professionals in the development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software products. This leader will be responsible for shaping the strategic vision, overseeing the entire product development lifecycle, and ensuring the successful delivery of standard ERP business processes template solutions. This role is critical in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of ERP solutions that meet customer requirements and business transformation objectives. This position requires a deep understanding of ERP systems, strong leadership skills, and a focus on innovation and quality.

The role will fundamentally lead all aspects of platform governance, continuous improvement & efficiencies across MedTech Supply Chain, enabling strategic capabilities, human centered design, and platform integration across our digital ecosystem.  This role will partner closely with the MedTech supply chain Transcend Product Owner,  business process owners,  global product owners, SCT ecosystem owners, Technology Services and various vendor partners to ensure end to end capabilities are supported and evolved. This role will operate closely with the execution of MT TranSCend deployment organization to grow and evolve the capabilities as business and regional deployments are implemented.

This individual must demonstrate a refined, multi-functional toolset of expertise with the SAP S4 and family of products, supply chain business expertise, process improvement, execution of ground-breaking initiatives, global deployments, and digital skills to effectively interact with a breadth of business partners and global process owners.  This role will partner closely with senior leaders within the MedTech supply chain to ensure the evolving business requirements are being considered and met thru optimal use of digital capability. This role will be responsible for enterprise reporting and collaboration across program participants in Business and JJT including Commercial JJT. 

Additional responsibilities will include and may not be limited to:

Leadership & Strategic Direction:

·         Provide leadership and strategic guidance to the ERP product development group.

·         Define and communicate a clear vision, strategy, and goals that align with the company's overall objectives.

·         Mentor, coach, and develop team members, fostering their professional growth and leadership skills.

·         Create a collaborative and high-performance work environment.

·         Lead a People Capabilities and Enablement team within the overall structure to oversee all aspects of continuous platform community learning, persona-based capabilities building and training, platform partner engagement and communications.

·         Develop and implement a Global Template governance framework as part of the continuous design, build, test, and deploy methodology framework (eg. TranSCend Global Implementation Framework)

·         Collaborate closely with product managers, business analysts, quality assurance teams, and other departments to align product development with customer needs and market dynamics.

·         Cultivate strong communication and collaboration across different teams, ensuring a unified approach to product development.

Strategy & Execution: 

·         Develop and implement the product development roadmap, considering market trends, customer needs, and business goals.

·         Collaborate with executive leadership to define and align product strategies with the company's long-term vision.

·         Ensure efficient resource allocation to meet project timelines and budgets.

·         Identify potential risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies.

·         Deploy and oversee the operating model that extends across all regions and MedTech franchises globally, inclusive of demand intake (deployments, global interdependencies governance and ownership of global backlog prioritization and capacity management

·         Partner with Global Product Owners and Business Process Owners for the ongoing global template evolution, business process scenario catalog, and product capability delivery for the platform

·         Oversee the development and deployment of globally supported and standardized capabilities in the MT Transcend S4 platform

·         Ensure integrity of E2E MedTech processes through integrations across ERP,  WMS, MES, Quality & other key Supply Chain systems to enable end to end business operations

·         Responsible for the budget for ERP product development, including cost analysis and resource allocation.

·         Optimize resource utilization to achieve project objectives effectively.

Product Development & Innovation:  

·         Lead the end-to-end design, development, testing, and deployment of ERP software products.

·         Oversee the software development life cycle (SDLC), ensuring the use of industry standard practices.

·         Promote a culture of innovation, driving the development of innovative features and technologies.

·         Evaluate and recommend the adoption of new tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance product development efficiency and quality.

·         Enable ongoing continuous improvement of business process effectiveness & efficiency for J&J MedTech Implement and maintain thorough testing and quality control procedures.

·         Address and resolve issues identified during testing, ensuring the delivery of a robust and reliable product.

·         Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and security protocols.

·         Maintain comprehensive documentation of project plans, technical specifications, and development progress.

·         Provide regular and transparent status updates and reports to the Vice President of Product Development and other key partners.