Software Project Manager

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 Med Tech, 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.

Job Function: Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function: R&D Project Management

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Staff Software Project Manager for New Product Development to join our Med Tech Surgery (JJMT) team in Cincinnati, OH.

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Our team of engineers, developers, and technical specialists are in the forefront of technology in the medical device industry. As a Project Manager, you will make vital contributions to the New Product Development (NPD) and NPI (New Product Introduction) pipeline and transform patient care through innovation. This position places an emphasis on working closely with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to develop complex capital equipment and software-enabled medical devices.

Candidates must be self-motivated, independent and have an eagerness to learn and work as a team, and a desire to thrive in a dynamic environment. In this position, you are expected to demonstrate core Project Management and Team Leadership skills and able to independently resolve intra-team problems and communicate broadly across development teams and associated management.

• Develop and own the cross-functional timeline for new product development projects, including Requirements Documentation, Prototyping, Software Design, Verification, Validation, and Product Quality and Regulatory documentation.
• Work with project teams and management to resolve resource gaps.
• Identify critical paths and roadblocks within the project and offer solutions to roadblocks.
• Assist in identifying appropriate project strategies to deliver scope or improve delivery as appropriate. Follow the software product development process with a focus on quality.
• Assist in managing project risk through comprehensive mitigation assessment and planning techniques.
• Communicate project status to all project stakeholders. Communication includes project meeting minutes, dashboards and project deep-dives as required.
• Assist in identifying key project constraints such as scope, schedule, budget, human and equipment resources.
• Develop and maintain the project team budget, liaising with functional managers or internal partners as needed to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Partner with Product Owner to manage the SW backlog, supporting grooming sessions to organize and plan SW release plans and sprint planning activities.
• Lead all associated scrum ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Science or Business fields.
• 6+ years of experience in Software Development.
• 1+ year experience in the Medical Device Industry.
• Experience with project management tools or Agile project management software.
• Proficiency utilizing the MS Office Suite (Project, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, SharePoint).
• Experience leading team meetings and documenting outcomes.
• Problem-solving ability and proficiency in verbal, written, and presentation communications.
• Ability to work independently, provide multiple solutions to problems and effectively communicate options and trade-offs.
• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Well organized, self-motivated, upbeat, creative, and resourceful.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, management, and collaboration qualities.

• Advanced Degree.
• Demonstrated success in leading a project from concept through market introduction.
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Experience with Smartsheet Software.
• Experience with SW-Enabled Medical Devices.
• Project…