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
MedTech, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com
Job Function
Regulatory Affairs Group
Job Sub Function
Regulatory Product Submissions and Registration
Job Category
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland
Job Description
About Innovative Medicine
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose
insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams
that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from
lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine
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-018114
* Belgium, Netherlands, Poland – Requisition Number: R-021363
* United Kingdom – Requisition Number: R-021364
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your
applications will be considered as a single submission.
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for a Senior Manager,
Strategic Planning and Execution. This position is a hybrid role and can be
located in Leiden, Netherlands; Beerse, Belgium; or Warsaw, Poland.
The Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Execution will be responsible for
translating our long-term vision into actionable goals and programs that reflect
our mission and vision, driving operational excellence, and partnering across
teams to help us grow intentionally and sustainably. Act as a trusted partner to
the Strategy and Operations Director and the broader senior leadership team.
This role will collaborate closely with the internal and external stakeholders
to gather insights, analyze data and develop strategic plans to enhance the
organization’s operational performance. This leader will also serve as a
Strategy and Operations or Business Execution Leader for an Executive Director
of the Regulatory Operations Digital Innovation (RODI) Senior Leadership Team
(SLT). This role will report to the Director, Strategy and Operations RODI and
collaborate closely with the senior leadership team and strategic business
partners.
Principal Responsibilities
* Translate our long-term vision into actionable goals, programs and key
initiatives that align with our vision, mission and objectives in
collaboration with our senior leadership team and people leaders.
* Develop optimal framework to measure progress, impact and value for Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the organization.
* Lead and coordinate strategic initiatives from designing plans and setting
milestones to engaging stakeholders and tracking KPIs and business outcome to
evaluate effectiveness and make recommendations to course correct as needed.
* Co-lead strategic planning cycles, including long-range roadmaps, annual
goals and objectives and quarterly reviews in partnership with the Strategy
and Operations Leader.
* Monitor budget and headcount in partnership with the SLT and key business
partners using data and forecasting to support smart resource decisions.
* Build strong partnerships internally and externally to identify opportunities
for innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
* Develop and grow relationships with internal and external partners to key
opportunities for optimization, securing organizational sponsorship to
effectively implement RODI solutions.
* Conduct market and organizational analysis to uncover insights, trends and
growth opportunities.
* Support change management efforts to ensure smooth transitions and healthy,
thriving organization.
* Prepare reports and presentations to communicate strategic insights and
recommendations to stakeholders.
* Drive continuous improvement by creating and sharing tools, templates and
best practices.
* Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to Executive Director,
providing insight, shaping priorities and gaining stakeholder alignment as
needed.
* Prepare briefings, presentations and key communications to support leadership
decision-making and to drive engagement with key stakeholders internally and
externally.
* Identify ways to streamline operations and decision-making processes for
greater clarity and impact.
* Establish and monitor progress toward KPIs and step in with solutions when
obstacles arise.
* Plan and support leadership meetings including planning agendas to drive key
outcomes and following-up action items as needed.
* Engage in strategic discussions and provides recommendations based on
analysis to drive optimization.
Qualifications
* A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in a scientific or
business discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
* A minimum of 8 years of related work experience is required.
* A minimum of 6 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical or healthcare
industry or Contract Research Organization (CRO) is required.
* Strong project management experience is required.
* Experience leading strategic planning initiatives and managing multiple
complex projects from inception to close-out is required.
* Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation
and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with
complex business deliverables is preferred.
* Six sigma, Lean, and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
is preferred
* Strong knowledge of Regulatory Affairs is required.
* Strong understanding of Regulatory Affairs functions (clinical, nonclinical,
supply chain, etc.) is required.
* Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to
interpret complex data.
* Must have strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
* Must be comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward
innovative solutions.
* The ability to collaborate effectively with all levels across a matrix
organization.
* The ability to build complex cross-group/department plans, drive, track and
report execution progress is required.
* This position will require up to 10% domestic and international travel.
