SR. MANAGER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS

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

Job Function

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function

Project/Program Management

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

Job Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities, and forward progress. As the world’s largest and most broadly-based healthcare company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body, and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. Every day, our more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science, and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.

At Engineering & Property Services (E&PS) we look after all J&J buildings around the world providing end-to-end services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery to Facilities Management. We have a profound influence on the entire J&J Enterprise, providing innovative workplaces where our employees can collaborate and grow, and delivering flexible site solutions that enable our business to best serve our important customers and patients.

The Sr Manager, Project Management role is accountable for the performance of larger more complex projects and base business projects for various Healthcare and Life Science Facilities. The role requires leadership capabilities to drive a team to perform at a high-level through Detailed Project Execution and flexible application of scalable Project Delivery Processes required through the ideation, definition, execution and assessment phases of a project. The chosen candidate will be expected to drive innovation to ensure safe, high quality project execution with a focus on optimizing project commitments. Additional expectations of this role include but are not limited to– Learning adaptability through internal and external education and being responsible for commissioning, qualification, and validation of FDA and other agency supervised facilities. This includes technology transfer and regulations governing product manufacturing.

This role requires strong leadership, partner engagement, and strong planning skills to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget while adhering to the highest standards of compliance and operational efficiency. The desired candidate will excel in balancing resources, leading a multidisciplinary project team, and communicating the business impacts of projects to executive leadership.

A suitable candidate for this role will have experience in leading all aspects of Project Leadership from concept to completion. Knowledge of process engineering, the Innovative Medicine and Medical Device fields is preferred.

Key relationships include collaboration with key E&PS Functions (Real Estate, Workplace Experience, Facilities Management and Service Partners), Procurement, EH&S, ITS, and affiliate Engineering Groups. Candidate needs to be effective at establishing effective working collaborations with business customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead facility-related projects, including infrastructure upgrades, laboratory renovations, and compliance initiatives.
• Builds collaboration across other functional areas and key customers.
• Build strong relationships with diverse customers, including operations leaders and executives. Aligns Core and Extended team to deliver FPO's.
• Craft and deliver compelling presentations, tailored to various audiences, that articulate business impacts, risks, and justifications for capital investments.
• Lead prioritization discussions with customers, balance operational needs, compliance requirements, and financial constraints.
• Develop and implement comprehensive project plans, encompassing scope, schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies. Responsible for reporting against project Objectives.
• Establishes Key Performance Indicators and puts plans in place to meet and identify areas for improvement.
• Facilitates the project intake process, assisting in solutioning and how projects should meet the Business Need. Prepares for Stage Gates, and the development of the selected option for Capital Approval Request (CAR) approval.
• Resolves appropriate project functions, resources, and strategies for the Organization. and tools via a Project Execution Plan, based on the complexity of the project business strategies, policy, regulations, and all local and national legislation.
• Develops Risk Management methodology to identify, evaluate, and handle project risks, including resource issues and other obstacles. Communicate risks associated with deferring or accelerating projects to senior business leaders.
• Facilitate scenario planning to help customers understand the implications of project decisions on business operations and long-term goals.
• Facilitates and coordinates the design, execution, and close out of all project-related activities including handling internal resources and the procurement of third-party contractors, suppliers, and consultants and supervising the project against the plan to ensure delivery of Final Project Objectives.
• Identifies potential project scope and/or cost changes and handle the requests with the Sponsor, Core, and Extended teams.
• Facilitates Project Close Out activities ensuring operational handover archiving, financial project close and collation of benchmarking and lessons Learned. Ensure continuous improvement via lessons collection and lessons adoption.
• Provide strong leadership and direction to the project team, including project managers, master schedulers, finance controllers, and document controllers.
• Develop a workload balancing framework to assign projects based on skills, availability, and project complexity.
• Mentor team members on standard methodologies for project management, including partner communication, risk management, and timeline optimization.
• Establish clear processes for tracking and reporting project progress, ensuring timely delivery of real-time updates to customers on project performance and risks.
• Implement tools and processes to streamline resource allocation, improve data integrity, and reduce project delays.
• Drive innovation in project delivery, integrating standard processes, sustainability initiatives, and innovative technology.
  
  

Education

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Project Management, Engineering, or Architecture required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Microsoft Project, and PowerPoint required.
  
  

Required

Experience, Skills & Knowledge:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of Project Management experience.
• Prior experience running medium to large capital projects in Supply Chain, R&D, Distribution Centers, or Offices.
• Understands business needs and can translate these to engineering concepts. Customer-centric approach.
• Technically knowledgeable, can relate to and understand sophisticated technology-based issues.
• Process-centric, process knowledgeable.
• Excellent listening and problem-solving skills when handling potential conflicts. .
• Track record of developing and maintaining strong partnerships at all levels within the organization, internally (Real Estate, Facilities Management), and with Business partners (CCFS/ Finance/ Engineering/ Operations).
• Good solid understanding of Project Controls in cost and schedule development, financial assessments, and handling of Budget and Schedule
• Experience and skills in contracting and negotiation.
• Proven track record to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams, promoting accountability and collaboration.
• Strong organizational skills to balance workloads, optimize resource allocation, and handle opposing priorities.
• Ability to mentor and empower team members to meet high standards of performance
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and align diverse customers.
• Proficiency in communicating sophisticated concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Expertise in facilitating prioritization and decision-making among senior leaders.
• Analytical mentality to evaluate trade-offs and recommend actionable solutions.
  
  

Preferred

• Familiarity with J&J Project Management approaches (FPX & Project Delivery Process).
• Educated in areas of LEAN construction and project delivery.
• Versed in technologies being applied/integrated in the Construction field.
• Familiar with AI and its potential applications for improving Project Delivery performance from an efficiency and cost standpoint.
• Sophisticated skills in creating and communicating capital justifications with clear return on investment analysis.
• Resilient under pressure and adept at navigating sophisticated customer dynamics.
  
  

Additional Requirements

Location of Role: Primary Location: San Jose dos Campos or Sao Paulo, Brazil. Other Locations: Meetings and potential support in North America on occasion.

Language Requirements: Proficiency: Portuguese and English language. Spanish proficiency preferred.

Travel Requirements: This position will require up to 20% domestic and international travel.