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.

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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):

Belgium and Ireland - Requisition Number: R-048335

Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-048811

Puerto Rico and United States - Requisition Number: R-048814

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

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Director MSAT Strategic Operations & Packaging role, based in Beerse, Belgium.

Alternate onsite/hybrid locations can be considered at other Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC) sites such as Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Cork, Ireland; Geel, Belgium; Titusville, NJ US; Athens, GA, US; Gurabo, Puerto Rico.

Purpose: The Senior Director MSAT Strategic Operations & Packaging (SO&P) will sit on the Manufacturing Science & Technology (MSAT) Leadership Team. MSAT’s mission is to provide technical leadership for the introduction and lifecycle management of our product portfolio, while creating value through innovative responses to customer and business requirements.

This position leads the Strategic Operations & Packaging group within MSAT and is accountable for supporting MSAT Teams and the greater MTO by enabling the successful leadership and management of both the business and technical processes as well as Packaging Engineering for all internal and external sites.

You will be responsible for :

The Senior Director MSAT SO&P is accountable for ideating, shaping, driving and optimizing business and technical processes, with associated tools that are essential to the business strategy execution within the ever-changing business landscape.

The core of the MSAT SO&P group is focused on ensuring robust process governance, providing a framework for accountability, adherence, and continuous improvement. Its team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and enhance the efficacy of processes to build the required people, process, and systems capabilities.

This leader brings new perspectives, is a change agent, can create and convey this in an aspirational vision and strategy for MSAT, and implements new ways of working embraced by all in MSAT. This role sits on the MSAT LT and is the right hand of the VP MSAT for strategic, business and organizational leadership.

The SO&P team ideates, develops and deploys capabilities and processes (organizational innovation) to make MSAT more efficient, reliable and cost effective.

The Senior Director MSAT SO&P drives a culture of agility, innovation, technical excellence, business acumen and harmonized ways of working across MSAT. This position has a strong people focus to attract, develop and retain top scientific/technical as well as business talent, and develop leaders and talent in the MSAT SO&P.

Key SO&P areas are:

• Business Management: Identify and centralize work & services across MSAT, then optimize and standardize and lastly automate and/or outsource to free up vital time for MSAT’s Scientists and Engineers. Drive Strategic Workforce Planning; training and curricula to upskill the MSAT organization and continuously build and strengthen core capabilities. Provide Communication Services and develop/improve Business Systems used across MSAT.
• Strategy & Performance: Drive MSAT’s Strategy both development and execution and enable Performance Management delivering insights to the different MSAT teams to drive improvements. Project Portfolio Management as well as Project Tracking across MSAT. Manage Budget and Resources for all of MSAT.
• Technical Know How: Drive continuous improvement and harmonized execution across MSAT for MSAT’s core technical processes (TT, LCPV, Cleaning). Deliver governance for MSAT’s Communities of Practices and foster Knowledge Management as Our People and Our Know How are MSAT’s key assets.
• Packaging Engineering: providing secondary and tertiary packaging material design, equipment & transportation related support for new product launches, technical transfers and lifecycle management related activities, incl. projects, for all internal & external packaging sites.

The leader will communicate performance, progress, challenges, and achievements to stakeholders at all levels, including senior management. Identify risks associated and develop proactive mitigation strategies.

Integrate Johnson & Johnson’s Credo into team objectives and decision-making processes.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's/University or equivalent degree required; MSC/MBA preferred
• Minimum of 12-15 years of related experience of which 5-10 years in a technical / manufacturing or support environment, including experience of working with or within technical teams
• Demonstrated senior level management overseeing teams across geographic regions
• Strong business acumen, results oriented, finance/budget understanding and a broader experience in addition to technical / scientific experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of end-to-end supply chain
• Demonstrated competency in developing and communicating a clear vision and strategy for a large team of professionals within a diverse and multicultural environment
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain a diverse leadership team and nurture an inclusive culture to realize the MSAT SO&P mission throughout the entire MSAT organization
• Demonstrated ability in working with external partners leveraging & sharing best practices
• Ability to influence peers and people at higher levels within the organization
• Experience in building strategic alliances with partners
• Strong Change Leadership – demonstrated change agent

Other:

• Requires proficiency in English (written and verbal) to communicate effectively and professionally
• Ability to work internationally across various time zones
• May require up to 20% domestic and/or international travel, depending on business requirements
• Requires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option of two remote workdays each week

Candidates must be currently based near one of the locations listed above to be considered.

Applications are open until 10 January 2026 and will be reviewed after the closing date.

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