Associate Director, Planning System Lead

Johnson & Johnson

Associate Director improving planning systems for drug development at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. Leading initiatives to enhance data quality and operational planning efficiency.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeBeerse • 🇧🇪 BelgiumSenior💰 €96,000 - €165,025 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead initiatives to improve portfolio planning system processes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Support the development of portfolio data quality metrics to foster continuous improvement.
Lead data quality efforts, identifying gaps, and prioritizing data management initiatives.
Partner with business teams to implement process improvements and technology solutions that elevate operational data integrity.
Apply data quality metrics to track progress and support informed decision-making.
Act as a Project Manager to increase transparency of planning initiatives, leading timelines, resources, and risks.
Drive standardization of planning activity definitions across Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJ IM) Therapeutic Areas (TAs) and Global Development partners.
Collaborate with PPR teams to develop and refine planning insights for senior leadership.
Support the Business Product Owner of Planisware (E7) and the User Community Tool (UCT) Planning products. This includes making recommendations on new capabilities and/or improvement to current systems, coordinating the UAT, training and adoption in partnership with Portfolio Solutions and IT.
Reinforce planning data quality via metrics, communication, and process reinforcement to the Planning community to maintain a high degree of portfolio project data integrity.
Provide leadership and support to the Business Product Owner of the User Community Tool (UCT) and Planisware (E7), leading UAT, training and adoption of new processes associated with tool enhancements to end users.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in a scientific or business discipline.
A minimum of 8 years of experience with a pharmaceutical company or Contract Research Organization (CRO) is required.
Expertise in the areas of drug development, financial operations, and strategic planning is required.
Project management experience is required.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
Experience leading diverse teams in a direct and matrixed environment is preferred.
Experience with information systems (e.g., Planisware, SAP/SEM, CTMS, Ariba, Power BI) is highly preferred.
Solid understanding of the financial aspects of clinical operations is highly preferred.
Excellent communication skills are required.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills are required.
Strong planning and organizational skills with a strong attention to detail are required.
Results and performance driven with the ability to lead and deliver in a complex environment is required.
Ability to recommend and implement process improvements and handle multiple tasks simultaneously is required.
Ability to lead multiple projects is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions.
vacation days
parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks
bereavement leave
caregiver leave
volunteer leave
well-being reimbursement
programs for financial, physical and mental health.
service anniversary and recognition awards
employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data quality metricsportfolio planningprocess improvementproject managementdrug developmentfinancial operationsstrategic planningUATdata managementportfolio project data integrity

Soft Skills

communication skillsanalytical skillsconceptual skillsplanning skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailresults drivenperformance drivenleadershipability to handle multiple tasks

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeProject Management Professional (PMP)