Johnson & Johnson

Value Chain Project Manager

Johnson & Johnson

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Zug • 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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Job Level

SeniorLead

About the role

  • 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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
project managementrisk managementproject planningoptions analysisscenario planningfinancial acumenNew Product IntroductionLife Cycle Project Managementprocess excellenceSix Sigma
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencingteam performance managementconflict resolutionstakeholder alignmentaccountabilitypresentation skillscritical thinkingproblem solving
Certifications
Project Management CertificationSix Sigma certification