Director, Program Delivery Leader

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We are searching for the best talent for our Director, Program Delivery Leader-XTA position located in Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ, Spring House, PA or San Diego, CA. This role will require at least 3 days/week onsite presence in one of the listed locations.

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

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(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States- Requisition Number: R-

Belgium, Netherlands- Requisition Number: R-

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

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.

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The Director, Program Delivery Leader- XTA is accountable for the operational execution of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP). As a disease area thought partner, the Director is responsible for the development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring cross-functional alignment, identifying, and resolving program-level risks that may impact timelines or budgets.

• Development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring alignment across functions, Delivery Units and DAS areas / TA / portfolio (e.g., E2E connectivity from Global Development and non-Global Development partners, share lessons learned for program-level consistency, and monitor KPIs to track program-level success).
• Delivery of the operational strategy in alignment with the Clinical Development Plan, ensuring alignment with business goals and TA / clinical delivery and trial delivery objectives (including resourcing, budget, and change control, partnering with CDT sub-teams, timeline creation).
• Attend CDT and co-lead CT in collaboration with clinical leader.
• Lead scenario planning and mitigate program-level risks that may impact timelines / budget, ensure appropriate quality oversight, and appropriately escalate issues on clinical teams and to CDT, Quality and functional leadership.
• Ability to effectively communicate the operational strategy, and defend the operational plan and costs associated to CDT, TA leadership and at governance meetings (e.g. TA governance, DC/IC).

• Lead and ensure inspection readiness for program through risk identification and readiness review.
• Provide leadership during Health Authority inspections and on the identification of risks and mitigation plans at the program level for key issues. Support L&A activities when appropriate.
• Mentor & support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.
• Foster employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors.

• BS degree or equivalent, preferred areas of study include Life Sciences (Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy) is required.
• Minimum of 10 years in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries is required.

• Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process is required.
• Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I-IV); ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial is preferred.
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness is required.
• Experience leading without authority and in muti-functional matrixed and global environments is required.
• Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills are essential to this position is required.
• Operate and execute with limited supervision is required.
• Experience mentoring/coaching others is preferred.
• Strong project planning/management, communication and presentation skills are required.
• Experience leading Late Development programs with Global Trials is required.
• Experience leading or delivering on event-driven trials with sample size measured in thousands is preferred.

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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