Transcend; Business Test and Validation Senior Manager

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Project/Program Management Group

Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Professional

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America;
Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

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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.

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).

United States - Requisition Number: R-059117

Colombia - Requisition Number: R-061999

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Transcend Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Sr Manager Business Test & Validation Lead. This position will be in Titusville, NJ. Alternate locations may be considered in Raritan, NJ and Bogota, Colombia.

• Build and lead formal program test strategy
• Integrate and coordinate cross‑program interdependencies, issues, and challenges by working across functional areas to ensure efficient end‑to‑end testing and controls
• Handle all activities related to the preparation and readiness for testing execution
• Ensure test data set up is completed, and route for pre‑execution review and approval
• Drive standard processes, scale, leveragability, and resource optimization to ensure cross‑program end‑to‑end testing is implemented per plan
• Develop and deliver test and validation progress through established metrics to senior‑level IM leaders and collaborators
• Establish and implement exit criteria for each Test Cycle
• Lead all post‑execution testing requirements and approvals, including formal Traceability Matrix enablement
• Enthusiastically seek to promote standard methodology and continuous improvement principles across Functional system deployments

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s/University or equivalent degree is required

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 8 – 10 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs/deployments
• Program Management experience (preferably on large, sophisticated business transformation programs)
• Experience leading/developing people (direct or…