Pharmaceutical Development Program 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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

• Position Summary:
• The Pharmaceutical Development Program Manager (PDPM) is part of the Delivery Operations Function within PMO and has the following key areas of responsibility to deliver program outcomes: 
• Provide insights into project timelines and resources, exhibit proactive risk and issue management, and enhance the asset value for pharmaceutical development and lifecycle management programs within the Therapeutics Development & Supply (TDS)​ and Preclinical Sciences & Translational Safety (PSTS)​ areas of expertise 
• Drive strategic decisions and achieve key deliverables of the TDS team, PSTS team, and Project Management teams (PMT), based upon available data, assumptions, scenario development and critical path analysis
• Provide advice on seamlessly delivering the development plan in line with key decision points and risk mitigation and avoidance activities
• Represent TDS and PSTS in PMTs to contribute to cross-functional planning, budgeting, and risk management, and act as key liaison towards finance
• Participate in initiatives for continuous improvement and simplification across PDPM, PRP and PMO to provide project management support in a more efficient and effective manner

Principal Responsibilities:

• Provide program management support to pharmaceutical development and lifecycle management programs from late lead optimization up to and including transfer of ownership
• Work closely with functional experts on the TDS and PSTS teams to translate compound development strategies into end-to-end operational TDS and PSTS plans, scenarios, budgets, and risk management approaches, while considering, documenting, and communicating assumptions and opportunities
• Be an active member of assigned TDS teams, PSTS teams, and PMTs and key communication bridge between TDS functions, PSTS functions, CDT, and finance

Principal Relationships:

• Internal: TDS and PSTS teams and functions, PMTs, Finance, Innovative Medicine Supply Chain, PRP, and Global Development 
• External: External collaboration partners for pharmaceutical development projects
• Education and Experience Requirements: 
• Required minimum education and related experience: 
• Bachelor’s degree in scientific discipline (master’s degree preferred)
• Hands-on knowledge of CMC and nonclinical aspects of pharmaceutical development is required
• Stakeholder management, influencing without formal authority, conflict resolution, and clear and transparent communication are required skills and abilities
• Experience in project management in a matrix organization or process excellence is preferred

Experience with clinical development and regulatory affairs is preferred

Other:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or another project management certification is preferred 
• Up to 10% international travel may be required