Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Execution

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

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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

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-018114

• Belgium, Netherlands, Poland - Requisition Number: R-021363

• United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-021364

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

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for a Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Execution.  This position is a hybrid role and can be located in Leiden, Netherlands; Beerse, Belgium; or Warsaw, Poland.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Execution will be responsible for translating our long-term vision into actionable goals and programs that reflect our mission and vision, driving operational excellence, and partnering across teams to help us grow intentionally and sustainably.  Act as a trusted partner to the Strategy and Operations Director and the broader senior leadership team.  This role will collaborate closely with the internal and external stakeholders to gather insights, analyze data and develop strategic plans to enhance the organization’s operational performance.  This leader will also serve as a Strategy and Operations or Business Execution Leader for an Executive Director of the Regulatory Operations Digital Innovation (RODI) Senior Leadership Team (SLT).  This role will report to the Director, Strategy and Operations RODI and collaborate closely with the senior leadership team and strategic business partners.

Principal Responsibilities:      

• Translate our long-term vision into actionable goals, programs and key initiatives that align with our vision, mission and objectives in collaboration with our senior leadership team and people leaders.

• Develop optimal framework to measure progress, impact and value for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the organization.

• Lead and coordinate strategic initiatives from designing plans and setting milestones to engaging stakeholders and tracking KPIs and business outcome to evaluate effectiveness and make recommendations to course correct as needed.

• Co-lead strategic planning cycles, including long-range roadmaps, annual goals and objectives and quarterly reviews in partnership with the Strategy and Operations Leader.

• Monitor budget and headcount in partnership with the SLT and key business partners using data and forecasting to support smart resource decisions.

• Build strong partnerships internally and externally to identify opportunities for innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Develop and grow relationships with internal and external partners to key opportunities for optimization, securing organizational sponsorship to effectively implement RODI solutions.

• Conduct market and organizational analysis to uncover insights, trends and growth opportunities.

• Support change management efforts to ensure smooth transitions and healthy, thriving organization.

• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate strategic insights and recommendations to stakeholders.

• Drive continuous improvement by creating and sharing tools, templates and best practices.

• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to Executive Director, providing insight, shaping priorities and gaining stakeholder alignment as needed.

• Prepare briefings, presentations and key communications to support leadership decision-making and to drive engagement with key stakeholders internally and externally.

• Identify ways to streamline operations and decision-making processes for greater clarity and impact.

• Establish and monitor progress toward KPIs and step in with solutions when obstacles arise. 

• Plan and support leadership meetings including planning agendas to drive key outcomes and following-up action items as needed.

• Engage in strategic discussions and provides recommendations based on analysis to drive optimization.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in a scientific or business discipline.  Master’s degree preferred.

• A minimum of 8 years of related work experience is required.

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical or healthcare industry or Contract Research Organization (CRO) is required.

• Strong project management experience is required.

• Experience leading strategic planning initiatives and managing multiple complex projects from inception to close-out is required.

• Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables is preferred.

• Six sigma, Lean, and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred

• Strong knowledge of Regulatory Affairs is required.

• Strong understanding of Regulatory Affairs functions (clinical, nonclinical, supply chain, etc.) is required.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data.

• Must have strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Must be comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward innovative solutions.

• The ability to collaborate effectively with all levels across a matrix organization.

• The ability to build complex cross-group/department plans, drive, track and report execution progress is required.

• This position will require up to 10% domestic and international travel.