Project Head

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. is hiring a Project Head in Raritan, NJ. This role involves driving cross-functional collaboration in R&D project management, ensuring program delivery, and addressing issues with leadership. The candidate must have strong technical expertise in medical device development and work closely with various departments like marketing, regulatory affairs, and supply chain. The position emphasizes teamwork, accountability, and effective decision-making.
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Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
R&D Project Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Project Head located in Raritan, NJ.

Purpose: The Project Head will report into the PPMG (Product and Portfolio Management Group) and be the DRI responsible for driving cross-functional collaboration, ensuring the group acts as a team, ensuring delivery of all aspects of their NPD program, and raising issues to Platform leadership as necessary. The Project Head will have accountability for delivery of the program as guided by the Head of PPMG & Development Strategy.

This role requires collaboration skills and partnership with R&D, Global Strategic Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality and Finance. The role also requires strong technical expertise in medical device development including a strong understanding of global regulatory and clinical requirements.

You will be responsible for:

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:
• Responsible for all executional aspects of their program.
• Accountable for program tracking, acceleration, and risk identification and mitigation for R&D programs.
• Identifies and raises issues to ensure they are addressed at the appropriate level.
• Owns input and operational expertise to represent the program for management reviews, including scenario development, trade-off implications and the evaluation/assessment of improvement opportunities.
• Operates as the cross functional technical leader of the program with experience in all aspects of complex device development (including Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory and Clinical).
• Leads program development, ensuring alignment amongst cross-functional partners
• Develops project team charter, and meeting agendas and cadence. Ensures agenda driven membership, meetings and efficient/effective decision making.
• Monitors and tracks action items and plans to ensure rapid follow-through and progress against commitments.
• The role is accountable for securing trade-off decisions to help the team manage the triple constraint (time, scope, resources) and for appropriate escalation of challenges cross-functionally.
• Collaborates with functional leadership to champion team effectiveness, driving a culture of empowerment, urgency, accountability, achievement, and decision making. The role ensures an environment of cross functional open/safe challenges and risk discussions.
• Foster teamwork, diversity, and inclusion within team, between teams and other groups.
• The role builds and champions a collaborative team culture and continuous team integration. The role inspires and provides team member motivation and recognition.

Education:
• Bachelor’s/undergraduate degree in an engineering or scientific discipline is required.

Required Skills & Experience:
• A minimum of 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Previous regulated industry experience
• Deep understanding and demonstrated success in leading a medical device project from concept through market introduction
• Medical device experience with Class II or III device development
• Demonstrated success in partnering and influencing across a matrix environment
• Strong ability to drive strategic planning and operational excellence
• Demonstrated effective change leadership and management skills
• Demonstrated comfort with ambiguity
• The ability to actively develop talent and culture to achieve results

Preferred Skills & Experience:
• At least 4+ years of experience leading R&D teams (inclusive of indirect or direct reports)
• Understanding of Global Regulatory/Clinical requirements of complex medical devices
• Strong technical expertise and business acumen within strategic planning and execution

Other:
• This position is based in Raritan, NJ, and requires up to 20% travel

The anticipated base pay range for this position is [$174,500] to [$235,000]

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

Eligible for benefits to include medical, dental, vision and time off as well as any others as provided for in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is [$174,500] to [$235,000]

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

Eligible for benefits to include medical, dental, vision and time off as well as any others as provided for in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.