Director, Transcend PMO Operations Director

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.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Job Description:

Job Description

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, .​ This position can be based in Titusville, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal or Switzerland.

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)

Titusville, New Jersey, US - Requisition Number: R-073491

Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal- Requisition Number: R-073491

Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-075170

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

Position Summary:

The PMO Operations Director will lead PMO activities for Transcend—a global program driving standard ways of working and consolidating 7 ERP systems into 1 standardized S/4 HANA platform supporting the Innovative Medicine business. With a committed investment of $1.6B, there is a significant opportunity to drive a lasting transformational impact that enables significant efficiency, effectiveness, and experience gains for our innovative medicine business.

This role is accountable for how the program runs day-to-day including planning, governance, risk management, and decision support across functions, regions, and multiple parallel releases.

The role will work closely with Global Program Managers and senior stakeholders across business and technology to keep the program aligned, transparent, and on track.

The successful candidate is accountable for how the program runs day-to-day including planning, governance, risk management, and decision support across functions, regions, and multiple parallel releases.

They will work closely with Global Program Managers and senior stakeholders across business and technology to keep the program aligned, transparent, and on track.

Position Responsibilities:

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• Own end-to-end PMO operations, ensuring robust delivery governance across all program phases, including preparation and input to governance forums.

• Lead effective Integrated Project Plan, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management, CCB (Change Control Board) processes, ensuring timely identification, escalation, mitigation, and resolution aligned with program goals.

• Oversee schedule management processes, ensuring accurate, reliable, and data-driven tracking against the integrated program plan with a clear path to green status.

• Manage scope governance processes, ensuring scope changes are controlled, documented, and aligned with program objectives and stakeholder expectations.

• Drive consistent and transparent status reporting across all governance levels, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and actionable insights for decision-making.

• Champion predictive delivery outlook processes to proactively identify potential delivery risks and opportunities, enabling early intervention and course correction.

• Ensure alignment of PMO operations with organization compliance and quality standards, embedding a strong risk culture focused on identification, mitigation, and follow-through on actions.

• Manage deliverables tracking and plan governance, including change control processes, to maintain program integrity and delivery confidence.

• Ensure effective documentation of meeting minutes, action items, and follow-up to drive accountability and progress.

Resource & Team Leadership:

• Provide leadership and oversight to a diverse PMO operations team, including Deployment Leads and the Offshore PM Operations Factory, ensuring alignment of activities and consistent delivery standards across global and offshore teams.

• Lead, mentor, and coach PMO operations team members, fostering a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, continuous learning, and professional development

• Collaborate closely with Global PMs and the Global PM Lead to ensure integrated program delivery, effective communication, and alignment of priorities across all PMO Ops team members.

• Foster strong working relationships across geographically dispersed teams to promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement in PMO operations

• Act as a key escalation point for PMO operational issues, coordinating resolution efforts with Global PMO leadership and other stakeholders.

Required:

Education

• A minimum of a Bachelors degree is required.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 6-10 years managing global programs.

• Experience managing processes, ensuring accurate, reliable, and data-driven tracking against the integrated program plan with a clear path to green status.

• Experience managing Global Project Teams.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Analytics Insights, Budget Management, Business Savvy, Developing Others, Give Feedback, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Performance Measurement, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Regulatory Compliance, Statement of Work (SOW)