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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

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.

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.

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):

United States - Requisition Number: R-059117

Belgium- Requisition Number: R-061327

Colombia: - Requisition Number: R-061374

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

Transcend Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Sr Manager Business Test & Validation Lead. This position will be in Titusville, NJ. Alternate locations may be considered in Raritan, NJ; Beerse, Belgium; and Bogota, Colombia.

We are searching for the best talent for Transcend; Business Test Senior Manager. The Manager plays critical leadership role with the J&J Innovative Medicine (IM) Transcend team and serves as a member of the Deployment team. The Manager is accountable for serving as a Business & Validation Test Lead and responsible for and accountable to the testing & validation strategy. This includes definition and creation, facilitating all aspects of test preparation, leading test execution, and driving formal closure of all testing reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and lead formal program test strategy
• Integrate and coordinate cross-program interdependencies, issues, and challenges by working across functional areas to ensure efficient end-to-end testing and controls
• Handle all activities related to the preparation and readiness for testing execution
• Ensure test data set up is completed, and route for pre-execution review and approval
• Drive standard processes, scale, leveragability, and resource optimization to ensure cross-program end-to-end testing is implemented per plan
• Develop and deliver test and validation progress through established metrics to senior-level IM leaders and collaborators
• Establish and implement exit criteria for each Test Cycle
• Lead all post-execution testing requirements and approvals, including formal Traceability Matrix enablement
• Enthusiastically seek to promote standard methodology and continuous improvement principles across Functional system deployments

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s/University or equivalent degree is required

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum 8 – 10 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs/deployments
• Program Management experience (preferably on large, sophisticated business transformation programs)
• Experience leading/developing people (direct or indirect reports)
• Experience managing and executing business simulation testing or user acceptance testing and validation for complex, highly integrated projects
• Hands-on project management/delivery experience, including experience leading projects, timelines, and organizational change
• Solid understanding of JIRA, HP-ALM, or equivalent tracking tool
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven track record to influence/collaborate to get the desired result
• Strong communication to create clear and concise messaging to leadership and the ability to work well in teams, cross-functionally, and with all levels of the organization, ability to manage and develop internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• SAP or other major ERP implementation experience

Preferred:

• Experience in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, or related industry
• Familiarity with software test automation tools and frameworks such as Tosca or equivalent
• Experience with S/4 Hana
• Experience with Agile Methodology
• Certification such as PMP / FPX, APICS, Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence are preferable

Other:

• Requires up to 25% domestic and international 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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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:

ERP Implementation, Project Management, Strategic Program Management

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytics Dashboards, Consulting, Customer Alignment, Data Analysis, Developing Others, Information Technology Strategies, Lateral Leadership, Organizing, Process Improvements, Product Portfolio Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Risk Assessments, Robotic Automation, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Training People