Hybrid Value Chain Project Manager

at Johnson & Johnson

• Job title: Value Chain Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Zug, Switzerland

About the role

• Project Manager in Value Chain Management at Johnson & Johnson, overseeing lifecycle management projects. Leading cross-functional teams to deliver healthcare innovations in Switzerland.

Responsibilities

• With limited direction, lead cross functional project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and execute the best enterprise business solutions/propositions
• Guide project teams through the development of project plans & risk register
• Drive project activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance
• Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of stakeholders to enable informed decision making
• Drive team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet defined project milestones
• Demonstrate team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks
• Make the complex simple when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization
• Lead team thorough options analysis, scenario planning and drive recommendations
• Identify and recommend the best enterprise business proposition
• Engage teams in healthy debate/conflict resolution, and deliver team aligned option business solutions
• Proactively identify and escalate risks and issues to relevant stakeholders; lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and contingency planning
• Scope definitions and control: stakeholder alignment, project planning, resource and risk management, team development and communication
• Lead prioritization and options analysis with teams
• Lead teams in use of ongoing risk management & communication tools
• Develop, manage and maintain up-to-date Project Timelines inclusive of all critical milestones, key interdependencies, financial commitments, and resource constraints, while applying appropriate project scheduling techniques
• Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates, Project Dashboards and Update Forms; and develop agendas, minutes, metrics, etc. for the teams
• Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, stakeholders and appropriate levels of the organization
• Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among project leaders and other teams.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Business or a related discipline
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant business experience
• Excellent oral, written, presentation communication skills
• Proven record of leading teams in delivering results
• Strong Business and Financial Acumen
• Demonstrated enterprise-wide knowledge and experience leading cross-functional teams
• Experience in New Product Introduction and/or Life Cycle Project Management
• Capability of leading/overseeing multiple projects at the same time is required.
• Process Excellence or Six Sigma training/certification (preferred)
• Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels (preferred)
• Experience with standard PM tools and templates (preferred)
• Proven track record in project management/leadership (preferred)
• Project Management Certification (preferred)
• Exposure to an international working environment (preferred).

Benefits

• Up to 15% domestic and international travel
• On site 3 days a week at home office location.