SR Manager, RTE​/Program Management

Overview

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.

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Job Function
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Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function
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Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Job Category
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Professional

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

The IT Senior Manager, Development Systems, RTE/Program Management, is a strong leader who combines modern Information Technology expertise, agile methodology, and program/process leadership to drive and transform major initiatives within Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.

This role acts as a strategic partner to Development Systems teams, working closely with business leaders (VPs/Sr. Directors/Directors), Platform Leaders, and Product Group Owners to manage the overall portfolio within the respective domains.

The IT Senior Manager will oversee all Program/Portfolio management and Release Train Engineer (RTE) activities, ensuring the Agile Release Train (ART) stays on course by facilitating events and processes, assisting the teams in delivering value, and driving continuous improvement. This position maintains close relationships with all key stakeholders, including platform technical leaders, business leaders, procurement/finance stakeholders, and TS/AS/vendors partners. The role also serves as a key participant in developing the overall strategy and approach for the respective domain.

• Program Management of overall IT portfolio within a Development Systems domain ($20+ Million, complex, multi-year, enterprise-wide programs). Collaborate with Platform Leaders and Product Group Owners to manage release priorities, execution of capabilities, and product roadmaps. Ensure the successful delivery of releases/capabilities to their final program objectives.
• Work with IT Platform Leaders, Product Owners, Tech Leads, and other stakeholders to communicate objectives, risks, dependencies, and ensure alignment. Partner with key stakeholders to facilitate the creation and optimization of domain strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Manage domain budget of $20+ Million. Monitor committed spend, actuals reconciliation, variance reporting, and facilitate budget reviews and close activities in partnership with Finance. Provide oversight of investment planning schedules, deadlines, and ensure cross-partner engagement and contribution.
• Leadership and facilitation of cross-domain governance councils and communities of practice (e.g., GMS Technology Governance Council, IM R&D HPT Community of Practice).
• Monitor the progress of release/program components to ensure overall goals, schedule, budget, and benefits of the program are achieved. Perform overall risk assessments, develop contingency plans, and recommend mitigations as needed. Manage relevant team communications, governance, and engagement forums. Own program updates to executive leadership.
• Ensure implementation of governance processes: RAID logs, demand management, value realization, resource planning/allocation, metrics, monitoring, and reporting. Lead review meetings with key stakeholders and hold sufficient reviews to create appropriate exposure and engagement. Lead Executive Management status reviews.
• Coordinate contract/vendor management with Procurement and domain stakeholders. Experience with procurement processes including contract types, multiple vendor engagements, and PO/invoice management is required.
• Encourage collaboration across teams, systems, solution architects, and UX designers. Aggregate team objectives into program objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency. Help manage risks and dependencies. Drive continuous improvement.
• Identify process improvement…