Transcend: IM Deployment Manager

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Digital Strategy & Deployment

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, 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 a Transcend: Innovative Medicine (IM) Deployment Manager!

This hybrid position will be located in Titusville, New Jersey (USA). Alternate hybrid locations may be considered in other Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC) hubs such as Raritan, New Jersey (USA).

Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains. This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

The IM Transcend Deployment Manager is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and execution of global ERP deployment releases across multiple functional workstreams. They partner with business, technology, testing, cutover, hypercare, change management, and program leadership teams to ensure successful deployments that meet program standards, timelines, quality requirements, and governance expectations. The Deployment Manager drives deployment readiness, manages risks and dependencies, coordinates release activities, and supports execution across the full deployment lifecycle.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Deployment Planning & Execution

• Lead deployment execution across global ERP releases and functional workstreams, developing and managing integrated deployment plans, KPIs, deliverables, and readiness activities.

• Monitor deployment progress, identify risks and issues, and drive resolution to ensure successful delivery against program objectives and timelines.

Governance & Readiness

• Support deployment governance, stage-gate reviews, and release readiness assessments while ensuring adherence to Transcend methodologies, standards, and operating procedures.

• Coordinate status reporting, executive communications, and leadership updates, maintaining transparency of risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with business, technology, testing, compliance, change management, training, cutover, and hypercare teams to ensure coordinated deployment execution.

• Influence stakeholders and facilitate decision-making across highly matrixed global teams to drive alignment and achieve deployment objectives.

Risk & Dependency Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate deployment risks and cross-functional dependencies, raising critical issues and driving timely resolution.

• Maintain executive-ready reporting and deployment health metrics to support informed decision-making and effective governance.

Continuous Improvement

• Promote standardization, simplification, and adoption of deployment best practices across releases and workstreams.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance deployment efficiency, scalability, operational excellence, and future release success.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s/University or equivalent degree is required; MBA or advanced degree, or focused degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred

• Certifications preferred: Project Management (PMP, FPX, or equivalent), Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, or SAP

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Required:

• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience

• Demonstrated experience in Project Management and/or Program Management

• Experience with an ERP deployment and/or business transformation

• Experience in Supply Chain, Operations, or related leadership role

• Proven track record to lead complex initiatives in highly matrixed organizations, influencing stakeholders and driving alignment across teams through strong communication and presentation skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on execution and results delivery

• Experience within pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical device, or other highly regulated environments (e.g., cGMP, SDLC)

Preferred:

• Experience in testing processes, cutover planning, and hypercare support

• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies

• Experience leading global teams and collaborating across regions and cultures

OTHER:

• Requires proficiency in English (written and verbal) to communicate effectively and professionally ; proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, or German are helpful

• May require up to 35% domestic and international travel

• Requires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option for two remote workdays each week

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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.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Alliance Formation, Analytical Reasoning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Business Case Modeling, Business Savvy, Change Management, Collaboration, Digital Applications, Digital Channels, Digital Fluency, Digital Strategy, Disruptive Innovations, Innovation, Process Improvements, Strategic Change, Technical Credibility, Web Usability

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$102,000.00 - $177,100.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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 Colorado –48 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
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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