Deployment Manager EMEA OTC

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Job Function:Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:Project/Program Management

Job Category:Professional

All Job Posting Locations:Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. is recruiting for aDeployment Manager EMEA OTCto be located in Diegem, Belgium, Zug, Switzerland, Madrid, Spain, Pinewood, United Kingdom or Rome, Italy.

The Deployment Manager will be a part of the MedTech Supply Chain Digital Transformation Program and will support the delivery of individual deployment waves (Countries or sites) as part of the Transcend Transformation Programs, a series of highly complex multi-year business and technology transformation initiatives. Over the next 2 years we plan to enable order to cash business processes enabled by S4 Hana to countries across Europe in support of our MedTech Supply Chain Business transformation.

The candidate will be accountable for overall project governance, project planning, project management, risk management, resource management, project communications, solution readiness, business readiness, and transition to steady-state for the deployment wave assigned.

Furthermore, this role acts as the primary leadership conduit partnering closely alongside the Business Lead, Technology Lead, and Value Stream Leads to ensure all program objectives for the assigned wave are met as well as partner across interdependent programs to ensure dependencies are managed and risks mitigated.

Major Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading, shaping, and influencing all Project Management Office related activities and team members. Ensure Final Project Objectives (FPOs) are met by release while delivering on quality, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Lead wave PMO cadence, mechanics, and day-to-day execution of the program across all workstreams.
• Partner closely with the overall EMEA deployment lead, Portfolio and Program Management peers to ensure appropriate communication of key interdependencies, risks, and performance metrics.
• Active member of the EMEA Program Leadership Team and share the responsibility of making the overall effort a success. You will bring in your thought leadership, holistic thinking, action orientation, creative problem solving, and listening skills.
• Forge robust working relationships with all key business partners and interdependent programs.
• Be a role model of the deployment methodology and agile way of working.
• Ensure the project follows deployment standard methodologies and stage-gate governance processes to ensure a quality solution is delivered on-time, on budget, and on-quality. Ensure the Agile methodology is applied both in the development work but more broadly across the project as well so that the drumbeat / rhythm is followed in all areas and by all teams on the project.
• Develop and deliver program presentations for senior-level MD stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree required
• Requires a minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs.
• Fluent in business English is essential.
• Requires a minimum of 3 years of Program Management experience on large complex business transformation programs
• Requires strong knowledge of MedTech, Medical Devices, Supply Chain or Commercial Operations
• Demonstrated hands-on project management/delivery required
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result
• Requires people management and development experience
• Strong customer focus (internal & external), including development and management of stakeholders
• Certification in areas of expertise (e.g., PMP, APICS, Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence, etc.) is helpful
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication and presentation skills are required.
• Strength in interdependent partnering and team management is required.
• The ability to effectively manage projects, timelines, and change management is required.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms is required.
• Ability to embed a culture of harmonization and process improvement and value creation across the business is required.
• Clear understanding of external Supply Chain trends and emerging best practices. Strong influencing role in shaping the journey for future of our Digital Transformation Roadmap is preferred.
• Position Location can vary. Other J&J MD office locations in EU may be considered.
• Requires Travel: up to 25% intra-Europe Travel

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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