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 **Job Function:** Project/Program Management Group **Job Sub** **Function:** Project/Program Management **Job Category:** Professional **All Job Posting Locations:** Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium **Job Description:** **About Innovative Medicine** Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. **Learn more at** **https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine** We are searching for the best talent for a Transcend: Senior Manager, ERP Deployment Program Manager to join our Team! This is an onsite/hybrid role. Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s): Titusville, NJ United States - Requisition Number: **R-012993** Antwerp, Belgium - Requisition Number: **R-015985** Zug, Switzerland - Requisition Number: **R-015993** Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission. Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains. This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade. The Senior Manager plays a critical leadership role with the J&J Innovative Medicine (IM) Transcend team and serves as a member of the Project Management Office. The Senior Manager is accountable for serving as a program lead for one of the planned releases over all aspects of project planning, project management, risk management, resource management, stage gate readiness. They will also ensure appropriate project management tools are implemented and used by the collective team. **Key Responsibilities:** + Build and lead project milestones, plan, RAID/Cardio log, rhythm, and cadence + Lead daily and weekly program team cadence and meetings and reporting + Partner with peers to ensure resources, timelines, and budget objectives are met for program + Drive implementation of program methodology, including relevant templates, tools, methodology, controls, and cadence + Leverage and scale existing assets and standard processes + Ensure program timeliness and financial health are appropriately handled + Lead one more sub-phases of program delivery as needed (i.e. Testing, Business Sim, Cutover, etc.) + Handle cross-program interdependencies, issues, and challenges by working with respective collaborators to implement controls, cadence, and risk mitigations + Ensure cross-program workstreams (Testing, Cutover, Hypercare, etc.) are coordinated and performing per plan + Drive standard methodologies, scale, leveragability, and resource optimization + Work with the Business Cutover, Hypercare and Business Test Leads to ensure system deployments are in line with Business testing, Compliance validation, and qualification protocols + Enthusiastically seek to promote standard methodology and continuous improvement principles across Functional system deployments + Work across multiple teams to align on timelines, milestones & results to enable overall release readiness **Qualifications:** **Education:** + Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent University degree is required + Certification such as PMP / FPX, APICS, and/or Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence are preferred **Experience and Skills:** **Required:** + Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience + Proven experience and strong knowledge within Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, or large transformation programs + Minimum 2 years of Program Management experience (preferably on large, sophisticated business transformation programs) + Hands-on project management/delivery experience, including experience leading projects, timelines, and organizational change + Experience with Agile Methodology + Experience leading/managing/developing people (direct or indirect reports) + Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate to reach a desired result + Strong communication to create clear and concise messaging to leadership and the ability to work well in teams, cross-functionally, and with all levels of the organization, as well as both internally and externally **Preferred:** + Experience in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, or related industry + Experience with JIRA or equivalent project management tools + SAP or other major ERP implementation experience **Other:** + Requires proficiency in English (written and verbal) to communicate effectively and professionally + Requires up to 25% domestic and international travel + Requires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option for two remote workdays each week