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Job Function:

R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Trial Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

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

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for our Director, Program Delivery Leader-XTA position located in Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ, Spring House, PA or San Diego, CA. This role will require at least 3 days/week onsite presence in one of the listed locations.

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

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-041983

Belgium, Netherlands- Requisition Number: R-045428

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

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

Purpose:

The Director, Program Delivery Leader- XTA is accountable for the operational execution of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP). As a disease area thought partner, the Director 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:

• 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).
• 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 leader.
• 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).

Additional Responsibilities may Include:

• 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 is required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process is required.
• Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I-IV); ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial is preferred.
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness is required.
• Experience leading without authority and in muti-functional matrixed and global environments is required.
• Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills are essential to this position is required.
• Operate and execute with limited supervision is required.
• Experience mentoring/coaching others is preferred.
• Strong project planning/management, communication and presentation skills are required.
• Experience leading Late Development programs with Global Trials is required.
• Experience leading or delivering on event-driven trials with sample size measured in thousands is preferred.

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:

Analytical Reasoning, Budgeting, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials Operations, Compliance Management, Consulting, Contract Management, Execution Focus, Fact-Based Decision Making, Laboratory Operations, Process Improvements, Project Integration Management, Research and Development, Research Ethics, Researching, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$164,000-282,900

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The expected base pay range for this position is $164,000-282,900. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. 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. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are 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. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are 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. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. 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 November 26, 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.