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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

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

We are searching for the best talent for Director, Program Delivery Leader - Post Approval Delivery Unit, to be located in Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ; or Raritan, NJ.

Purpose:

The Director, Program Delivery Leader (PDL) is accountable for the operational execution of the Clinical

Development Plan (CDP). As a disease area thought partner, the PDL is responsible for the development

of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring cross-functional alignment, identifying, and

resolving program-level risks that may impact timelines or budgets.

You will be responsible for:

• Responsible for the development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring alignment across functions, Delivery Units and DAS areas / TA / portfolio (e.g., E2E connectivity from Global Development and non-Global Development partners, share lessons learned for program-level consistency, and monitor KPIs to track program-level success).
• Accountable for the delivery of the operational strategy in alignment with the Clinical Development Plan, ensuring alignment with business goals and TA / clinical delivery and trial delivery objectives (including resourcing, budget, and change control, partnering with CDT sub-teams, timeline creation).
• Attend CDT and co-lead CT in collaboration with clinical leaders.
• Lead scenario planning and mitigate program-level risks that may impact timelines / budget, ensure appropriate quality oversight, and appropriately escalate issues on clinical teams and to CDT, Quality and functional leadership.
• Ability to effectively communicate the operational strategy and defend the operational plan and costs associated to CDT, TA leadership and at governance meetings (e.g. TA governance, DC/IC).
• Lead and ensure inspection readiness for program through risk identification and readiness review.
• Provide leadership during Health Authority inspections and on the identification of risks and mitigation plans at the program level for key issues. Support L&A activities when appropriate.
• Mentor & support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.
• Foster employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors

Qualifications / Requirements:

• BS degree or equivalent, preferred areas of study include Life Sciences (Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy) is required.
• Minimum of 10 years in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries.
• Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process.
• Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I-IV); must have the ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial.
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
• Experience leading without authority and in muti-functional matrixed and global environments.
• Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills are essential to this position.
• Operate and execute with limited supervision.
• Experience mentoring/coaching others.
• Strong project planning/management, communication and presentation skills are required.
• Travel (domestic and international) up to 15-20% of the time, defined by business needs.

The anticipated base pay range for this position in the US is $160,000 to $276,000. 

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs.  Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan.  The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/ performance year.  Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

This job posting is anticipated to close on October 17th, 2025.  The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Continuous Improvement, Mentorship, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Reporting, Project Scheduling, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Risk Management, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility