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:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

Learning & Instructional Design

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, 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 Associate Director, R&D Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence position, to be located in Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; or La Jolla, CA.

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 Associate Director for the Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence inside Innovative Medicine R&D is part of the Strategy, Portfolio, & Operations organization (SP&O). This role is an active leader in achieving the outcomes for SP&O’s Learning, Development, and Change Readiness strategic pillar: adaptable and empowered R&D teams and team systems, building individual capabilities to enable performance and development, and successful implementation and adoption of R&D transformation.

This role will be responsible for building team-level capabilities and leading the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive team development strategies that enhance team capabilities, team effectiveness, and team performance across Innovative Medicine R&D.

The Associate Director for the Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence (CoE) supports the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of team effectiveness strategies across Innovative Medicine R&D. This role contributes to the Learning, Development, and Change Readiness strategic pillar by helping to build team-level capabilities, enhance team performance, and support the adoption of adaptive teaming practices. The Associate Director partners with cross-functional stakeholders to implement evidence-based approaches and tools that strengthen team effectiveness and collaboration.

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting the implementation of team effectiveness strategies aligned with R&D goals.
• Managing and delivering team capability-building programs and resources.
• Conducting needs assessments and contribute to the design of scalable teaming solutions.
• Collaborating with internal partners (e.g., HR, R&D, GCSO) to align efforts and share best practices.
• Tracking and reporting on key metrics to evaluate program effectiveness and impact.
• Facilitating team development sessions and providing coaching to intact teams.
• Contributing to leadership development initiatives focused on team-based leadership.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Learning & Development, Education, Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 7 years of progressive experience in Learning, Training, Organizational Design, Team Development, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, or Human Resources within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
• Proven experience with programmatic approaches to develop intact teams, cohorts of teams, and teaming systems.
• Expert facilitation skills with team-level interventions, with the adaptability to make agile shifts in-flight
• Proven experience in performance consulting to identify gaps in teams and teaming systems, and recommend solutions.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning principles, instructional design, learning technologies and methodologies, and program evaluation.
• Change Readiness/Change Management: integrates change readiness principles to effectively identify key barriers and implement solutions to achieve change implementation and realization
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver on-time results.
• Ability to analyze data to inform training strategies and improve program effectiveness.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Strong interpersonal and persuasion skills that allow for effective collaboration with stakeholders at all levels

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:

Coaching, Cultural Competence, Facilitation, HR Strategic Management, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Learning and Development (L&D), Learning and Development Operations, Learning Culture, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Organizing, Quality Assurance (QA), Reporting and Analysis, Talent Management, Technical Credibility, Training Delivery Methods, Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$122,000-$212,750

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The expected base pay range for this position is $122,000-$212,750. 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)). 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 December 3, 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.