
Senior Manager, Portfolio Management
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New Brunswick • United States
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Salary
💰 $122,000 - $212,750 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the stand‑up and maturation of the Global Project Portfolio (GPP) as a core decision‑making capability, including defining portfolio governance, roles, ownership, and ways of working
- Act as steward of a single source of truth for the global Capex project portfolio, integrating data across enterprise systems to provide an end‑to‑end view of investments, performance, and risk
- Evolve portfolio reporting from descriptive dashboards to forward‑looking and predictive insights that enable leaders to anticipate schedule, cost, and resource risks, optimize capital allocation, and align investments to strategic priorities
- Develop and deliver consolidated portfolio views, including Capex and schedule risk, to support leadership decision‑making and portfolio trade‑offs
- Translate complex portfolio data into clear, leadership‑team‑ready insights and recommendations, influencing investment and prioritization decisions
- Enable linkage between high‑risk assets and project portfolios to ensure early identification, visibility, and mitigation of risks
- Embed resource management and capacity planning into portfolio insights to proactively identify constraints that could impact delivery of strategic initiatives
- Partner across E&PS functions, regions, and business stakeholders to ensure consistent inputs, alignment, and adoption of portfolio standards
- Build portfolio literacy by training and coaching user groups to interpret GPP outputs and apply insights effectively in portfolio and leadership forums
- Continuously improve portfolio processes, analytics, and tools to strengthen transparency, predictability, and portfolio performance
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Degrees in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field are preferred
- Qualifications or formal training in data analytics
- Relevant certification or qualification in Portfolio or Program Management
- MBA or equivalent advanced business degree
- FPX Trained
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Delivery management, including experience operating at the portfolio or program level
- Proven ability to partner across diverse business functions in a matrixed environment
- Strong analytical capability, with experience extracting, analyzing, and interpreting data to drive business and portfolio insights
- Demonstrated ability to translate data into clear, senior‑leadership‑ready presentations and recommendations
- Knowledge of portfolio management systems and inter‑segment portfolio coordination (e.g., Planisware, G‑Craft or similar)
- Experience using analytics and integrated data to support portfolio‑ or program‑level decision‑making
- Familiarity with portfolio, capital planning, or enterprise planning tools (e.g., Planisware or similar)
- Ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear, executive‑ready insights and recommendations
- Experience supporting portfolio governance, operating models, or investment decision frameworks
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including enabling adoption of new tools and ways of working.
Benefits
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analyticsportfolio managementproject delivery managementcapital planningresource managementcapacity planningdata extractiondata analysispredictive insightsportfolio reporting
Soft Skills
analytical capabilitystakeholder engagementinfluencing skillscommunicationtrainingcoachingcollaborationdecision-makingpresentation skillsproblem-solving
Certifications
Portfolio Management certificationProgram Management certificationFPX TrainedBachelor's degreeMBAadvanced business degreedata analytics qualificationEngineering degreeConstruction Management degreerelated field degree