Senior Programme Manager

Senior Program Manager

Location: Remote 

Duration: Until December 2024

Hours: 39 hours

We are accepting applications from Ireland only.

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for an experienced Senior Program Manager in the Johnson and Johnson Medtech division. This is an exciting role involving the integration of a new acquisition into J&J and ensuring support for their Quality Management System compliance to large MedTech regulations. This position requires a highly motivated, organised and process-minded individual, with strong stakeholder management and excellent communication skills.

As a Senior Program Manager, you will join Johnson and Johnson’s Emerging Standards and Regulations Integration (ESRI) team supporting the integration of standards and regulations for a key MedTech business, ensuring supply continuity to our customers and patients.  

The role is responsible for program governance, planning, execution, and leadership reporting needs for the ESRI Program. This role will work with key senior business leads across Johnson & Johnson MedTech to support the newly acquired company on their path to compliance and to build robust processes for adopting large regulations such as UKCA, Swiss MedDO and EU MDR as well as ongoing Standards management.

roles and responsibilities

• Coordinating and leading the compliance and integration activities for specific regulations by defining clear objectives, deliverables, milestones, and timelines 

• Ensuring that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, and quality standards

• Using expert executive level communication, influencing, and leadership skills to remove ambiguity, establish clear actions plans, and drive alignment for decisions

• Supporting the assessment and implementation of major global standards and regulations

• Preparing and presenting impactful PowerPoint presentations that put forward proposals in a clear manner and aid decision making

• Collating monthly updates and reports for senior leadership

• Managing risks, mitigations and issues for the Program along with the establishment of a cadence of meetings for review and a path for escalation

• Promoting a delivery focused culture, ensuring deliverables are tracked, managed and reported accordingly

• Working creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence

• Understanding interdependencies between project, operations and business needs

• Developing a trusted advisor relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and business leads

• Acting as the deputy for the J&J ESRI Senior Project Lead when needed

how to succeed

• 10+ years’ experience in Program management in a multinational corporate environment influencing or managing Quality, Regulatory or Business Transformation project teams and driving change

• Recognised Qualification or Certification in Project Management is preferred

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Business, Operations, Business Strategy, Supply Chain is preferred

• Proven experience in consulting, program/project management, business process management and improvement, gained from working in large programs

• Require extensive experience in preparing and presenting PowerPoint presentations that include high-level synopsis’ of detailed information, business insights, strategies and recommendations to assist governance forums with decision making 

• Excellent change management, organisational, analytical, written, conceptual, communication, and interpersonal skills while working in a dynamic, cross-functional team environment

• Working knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g. EU MDR, FDA, UKCA, etc.) and their impact on Quality Management Systems and associated processes is a plus

• Experience working within end-to-end systems and processes

• Experience working across multiple time zones (global)

• Confirmed ability to get results through leading others, organising, prioritising, and delegating workload is required

• Outstanding organisational leadership – skilled at people leadership and/or organisational change 

• Outstanding ability to collaborate with peers, leaders, and senior executives to build and implement strategies and drive decision-making is required.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

• Certifications: PMP, FPX, Lean/Six Sigma are preferred.

benefits

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. This contract will run until December 2024. 

you are welcome here

Johnson & Johnson is working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are.

About Johnson & Johnson MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible.

For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopaedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalised.

https://www.jnj.com/healthcare-products/medtech

application process

We do not accept applications via email. The pay rate for this role will depend on how you are paid. PAYE, LTD & Umbrella options are available. 

We are accepting applications from Ireland ONLY.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Our commitment to respect the dignity and diversity of all is embedded in our Credo.

We know that the success of our business depends on having the best talent in a workforce that reflects the diverse markets we serve around the world and an inclusive culture that values different perspectives and life experiences. That is why we are working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences are valued and each one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson means “You Belong”.