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We are searching for the best talent for Senior Director, IMSC Global Strategic Deployment role. The position may be based in United States: Titusville, NJ, Raritan, NJ or Horsham, PA; Switzerland: Zug; Belgium: Beerse or Ireland: Cork.

Purpose

The Sr. Director, IMSC Strategic Programs Deployment owns Global Strategic Programs (GSP) capabilities, scale, and execution across the Global IMSC! They are accountable to drive the process from intake through scoping & business case, mobilization of a team, execution milestones and the hand over to sustainable operations. As the business owner, they will develop & mature standards, tools and playbooks for Strategic Programs including intake, setting up governance & defining workstreams, securing funding, resources and investments and ongoing monitoring to ensure that IMSC’s largest and most complex programs deliver on their targeted outcomes. Program categories will include but are not limited to network footprint changes & product transfers, business integration of acquired companies/new products, emerging issues / reliability, and complex strategic initiatives. They will ensure clear roles & responsibilities, execution according to standards, and reporting KPIs.

They will be accountable to lead execution delivery and monitoring, team leadership and development, and will be a member of the Strategic Operations Leadership Team.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading a global team with responsibility for all aspects of Global Strategic Program Execution in accordance with the GSP Framework. Accountable for the visible and efficient delivery of complex and often ambiguous Global End-to-End Programs in IMSC.

• Setting the vision and strategic value for the GSP team, aligning priorities with IMSC business objectives, enterprise value, risk, and resource capacity.

• Overseeing portfolio execution, value realization, dashboards and reporting, and post-implementation ownership to ensure committed outcomes are delivered and embedded into sustainable operations.

• Serving as the escalation point for cross-functional barriers, trade-off decisions, and enterprise alignment; influencing senior leaders and steering committees to resolve competing priorities and reinforce accountability.

• Providing oversight of portfolio interdependencies, risks, constraints, implementation plans, and milestone commitments, ensuring program strategies are realistic, integrated, and aligned with enterprise priorities and financials.

• Building strong cross-functional partnerships to ensure robust business case development and realistic execution plans. Securing and managing sponsorship, funding, portfolio spend, resource utilization, and capacity to enable disciplined decision-making, effective execution, and sustainable outcomes.

• Ensuring that GSP Program resources, including investment and headcount, are included in the business plan and strategic financial plans.

• Delivering robust data, metrics, and analytics regarding execution and integration with IM Portfolio Management processes.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Business, Supply Chain or Engineering required. MBA, or equivalent, highly preferred.

Experience & Skills

• 12+ years of experience leading a portfolio of Programs / Projects delivering results and outcomes including direct and indirect people management experience leading cross-functional leaders.
• Experience creating and delivering end-to-end strategy across supply chain.
• Proven track record of influence, tradeoffs, decision making and collaboration across functions and at the executive level.
• People leadership experience and strong talent development skills, mobilization & management of global teams within a complex and ambiguous environment.
• Experience in shaping, developing and operationalizing strategy across critical E2E Supply Chain and business variables including organizational development to optimize opportunities.
• Strong ability to articulate a case for change and leading the team and the org through change-management required for sustained benefits.
• Prior Program management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in formal Global Programs is preferred. Formal certification in Project Execution (PMP, FPX) strongly preferred.

Other

• This is a hybrid position requiring three days per week on site.
• The role may require up to 25% domestic and international travel.

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 should contact Johnson & Johnson Careers, and internal employees should contact AskGS to be directed to the appropriate accommodation resource.

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