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Janssen Research and Development, L.L.C., a member of Johnson and Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for an Associate DirectorProgram Management, Oncology to be located in Horsham, PA.
At the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science.
We are Janssen. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it. Learn more at www.janssen.com and follow us @JanssenGlobal. Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC is part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies.
The Associate Director will be a member of the Program Management Team with assignment to a specified Therapeutic Area within the Oncology US Medical Affairs organization. In close collaboration with the Therapeutic Area Strategic Lead(s), this role will be responsible for driving cross-functional integration of operational activities, including coordinating deliverables across workgroups, leading decision-making activities and identifying risks requiring problem, and prioritization. This individual will lead their assigned Therapeutic Area Team(s) in short & long-term strategic planning, including business planning activities.
The Associate Director of Program Management will report to the Director, Cooperative Group Strategy in USMA. The primary responsibilities include:
Program Management Lead for Oncology
• Prepare Presentations/Reports for Sr. Management
• Alliance Management
• Ad Board Support
• Budget Management (including alliance budget(s))
• Prepare Agenda, Facilitate & Deliver Minutes for key meetings
• Process Improvement & Metric Dashboards
• Develop & Maintain Dashboards to track current process of various activities
• Issue identification & resolution development
Program Management Lead for Strategic Planning
• Business Plan Development (including joint alliance business plan)
• Tracking Strategy/Tactic/Deliverable details, including risks and issue management
• Updating US-MA metrics to be communicated to the OLT
• Resource Planning
Therapeutic Area Communications
• Develop communication plans
• Maintain SharePoint
• Cascade information to team
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Required in life sciences organization
- Master’s or Doctoral Degree in the life sciences, medical sciences, chemistry, or business preferred
- Minimum eight years of experience in the pharmaceutical field, including a minimum of five years in project management with experience in resource planning, critical path and contingency planning.
- Project management certification would be preferred (PMP, FPx, etc.)
- Previous work in international and multidisciplinary drug development teams with knowledge of regulatory and business requirements. Exhibiting strong analytical skills for integrating and interpreting international and interdisciplinary project information
- Expert leadership skills in a team environment. Strong interpersonal skills for bridging between scientific and business participants, for negotiating timelines and for effective interactions with all levels of the organization.
- Expert problem-solving skills developing creative solutions to maintain project timelines; ability to resolve conflicts in an objective fashion
- Strong planning and tracking skills, capable of managing multiple projects, excellent time management with respect to priorities and self-management.
- Core competencies to include delivery of results, gaining commitment, interdependent partnering, customer focus, team development, building trust, change management, decision making, master’s complexity, innovation, communications, delegating responsibility.
- This position will be in Horsham, PA and will require up to 10% domestic travel
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
