IM Transcend Global Delivery Leader

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:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Zug, Switzerland

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.

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 that aligns with your preferred location:

• Belgium – Beerse; Ireland - Cork | Requisition Number: R-095872

• United States – Titusville, New Jersey | Requisition Number: R-094310 

• Switzerland – Zug | Requisition Number: R-095871 

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

We are searching for the best talent for the IM Transcend Global Delivery Leader role to be based in Beerse, Belgium; Cork, Ireland; Titusville, New Jersey, United States; or Zug, Switzerland.

Purpose

The Global Delivery Leader will provide end-to-end leadership for the business transformation and delivery stream of a multi-year global SAP S/4HANA implementation program. This leader will drive global deployment and business readiness across regions and functions, ensuring alignment with business strategy, process standardization, and value realization.

As a key member of the IM Transcend Leadership Team, this individual will partner with business leaders, executive sponsors, technology teams, implementation partners, and functional stakeholders to enable successful delivery of a large-scale business transformation program.

IM Transcend is a multi-year global business transformation initiative designed to modernize end-to-end digital capabilities by harmonizing technology platforms, standardizing core business processes across Commercial, R&D, Plan, Source, Make, Quality, Deliver and Data, and enabling an integrated data strategy through a single SAP S/4HANA environment.

You will be responsible for:

Program Leadership & Governance

• Provide business leadership for a global SAP S/4HANA transformation program in partnership with key transformation leaders.

• Guide regional and local deployments to ensure alignment with global standards, governance, and operating models.

• Drive strategic decision-making and execution across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.

Planning & Execution

• Own the integrated business deployment strategy across markets and business units.

• Lead business readiness activities, including process design, scenario planning, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.

• Partner with technology teams to ensure business requirements are understood, solution designs meet business needs, and deviations are appropriately assessed.

• Ensure testing, training, and change management activities are effectively embedded within each deployment wave.

Risk & Issue Management

• Proactively identify and manage business risks, issues, and dependencies across functions and geographies.

• Escalate critical decisions and providing transparent reporting to leadership and governance forums.

• Drive disciplined execution to maintain program objectives and timelines.

Executive Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a key liaison between business leadership, global process owners, and implementation partners.

• Build alignment across executive sponsors, governance bodies, and operational stakeholders.

• Lead structured stakeholder engagement to drive adoption, readiness, and sustained business value.

Enterprise Leadership

• Lead cross-program initiatives such as testing, cutover, hypercare, and continuous improvement activities.

• Develop organizational capabilities and fostering collaboration across Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, Technology, and other enterprise functions.

• Build strong partnerships across the broader Johnson & Johnson ecosystem to support transformation success.

Qualifications / Requirements

Education

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required.

• Advanced degree or MBA preferred.

Experience and Skills

Required

• Minimum of 12 years of progressive leadership experience in Operations, Supply Chain, business transformation, or related fields.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading complex global programs and teams.

• Demonstrated track record delivering large-scale initiatives within an SAP environment.

• Strong program management capabilities, including integrated planning, governance, risk management, and execution across multiple workstreams.

• Experience leading enterprise-scale SAP implementations and deployments using Agile methodologies.

• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across highly matrixed organizations.

• Exceptional communication skills with experience engaging senior and executive-level stakeholders.

• Proven ability to drive cross-functional collaboration across geographies and diverse business functions.

Preferred

• Advanced degree or MBA.

• Professional certification such as PMP, APICS, Lean, Six Sigma, or Process Excellence.

• Strong customer and stakeholder focus with demonstrated success building trusted partnerships.

Other

• Up to 25 - 50% domestic and international travel may be required.

• This position follows Johnson & Johnson's hybrid work model and requires a minimum of three days per week on-site, with flexibility to work remotely for the remaining workdays in accordance with company policy.

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Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Analytics Insights, Continuous Improvement, Critical Thinking, Financial Competence, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Representing, Statement of Work (SOW)