Senior Project Manager CAR-T - 2406180858W

Description

Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc., a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Senior Project Manager CAR-T!

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and Legend Biotech USA Inc., have entered into a global, strategic collaboration to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. This innovative strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of two companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy CAR-T platform and investigational treatment.

Are you interested in joining a team that is on the front lines supporting the CAR-T Patient Journey? Apply today for this exciting opportunity!

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, and completion of projects while remaining aligned with the strategy, commitments and goals of the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross functional project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and implement the best enterprise business solutions/propositions

• Guide project teams through the development of strategies, options and business cases; Drive 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 achievements

• Help define project scope, goals and deliverables

• Partner with team members on project status as well as risks and solutions

• Implement and handle changes when vital to meet project deliverables

• Carry out any other duties related to the given scope of practice in support of the team primary activities and objectives.

• 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

• Bring clarity and focus to key project activities through critical path analysis.

• Apply expertise in project management tools and techniques, support the generation of project plans and provide insights based on customized project analysis and scenarios.

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a business or related field is required

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum 8 years of relevant work experience

• A minimum 5 years of Operations or Quality Assurance experience within a cGMP environment

• Facilitate discussions among workstreams to identify alternatives & align on execution decision

• Generate custom visuals and analytics detailing critical path, key handoffs/transitions & high-level summary schedule.

• Ability to work independently and successfully, prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously, integrate cross-functional issues and balance challenging priorities effectively.

• Ability to handle shifting priorities to meet critical deadlines in a fast paced and dynamic, growing environment.

• Must be action-oriented and customer-focused, building relationships, problem solving, planning and organizing, conflict management, prioritization, mentoring others and analytical thinking.

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

• Develop and maintain a cross-functional coordinated project plan that tracks supply chain capacity projects.

• Manage detailed project plans and collaborate with cross functional team members to track deliverables.

• Conduct risk analysis to identify mitigation opportunities.

Preferred:

• Experience in a biotech/biopharma industry and Cell/Gene Therapy cGMP manufacturing setting

• Experience with pharmaceutical supply chain and tech transfer processes

• Proficiency with technology enabling tools including MS Project, PowerPoint, and Excel required

• Knowledge of CART

• Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels

Other

• Certifications in Project Management and/or Process Management such as FPX and/or Lean Six Sigma, and knowledge of project tools (Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet).

• Requires up to 10% domestic travel

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $118,000- $203,500 USD

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year

• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year

• Work, Personal, and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below. For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits_ _.

This job posting is anticipated to close on May 2, 2024. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com_ _to accept additional applications.

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.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com .

Primary Location NA-US-New Jersey-Raritan

Organization Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (6062)

Travel Yes, 10 % of the Time

Job Function Project/Program Management

Req ID: 2406180858W