Senior Manager, MAKE & OTC Business Ecosystems and Deployment Strategy

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Technology Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager, MAKE & OTC Business Ecosystems and Deployment Strategy to be located in New Brunswick, NJ.

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

This role will lead the Business Ecosystems PMO supporting the Transcend MAKE and Order-to-Cash (OTC) roadmaps and their global deployment portfolios. This role is responsible for ensuring business and technology readiness across complex manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, customer service, distribution, and finance transformations, enabling successful deployment, adoption, stabilization, and value realization.

This leader will serve as the primary bridge across business stakeholders, deployment teams, Technology Services (TS), ERP Product and Build teams, Integration, Data, Architecture, and external implementation partners. The role requires strong understanding of enterprise systems, end-to-end process integration, and deployment methodologies to translate business requirements into executable plans and manage cross-functional dependencies across MAKE and OTC.

The Senior Manager will oversee ecosystem planning, readiness, risk management, change impacts, and deployment execution across global MAKE and OTC business ecosystem deployments while ensuring alignment between business priorities and technology delivery.

Operating within a highly matrixed environment, the individual must be comfortable navigating ambiguity, influencing senior leaders, driving decisions, and leading large-scale transformation initiatives across functions, regions, manufacturing sites, markets, and distribution networks.

Job Responsibilities

·   Lead the Transcend Business Ecosystem function for the MAKE and OTC deployment roadmaps, ensuring successful planning, readiness, deployment, hypercare, and stabilization.

·   Serve as the central point of coordination across Business Ecosystems, TS, ERP Product and Build teams, Integration, Data, Architecture, Deployment teams, manufacturing sites, commercial organizations, customer service, distribution, finance, and external implementation partners.

·   Drive end-to-end alignment across MAKE and OTC process areas, including manufacturing execution, planning, inventory, order management, pricing, delivery, billing, returns, and related financial integration points.

·   Develop and maintain integrated MAKE and OTC ecosystem deployment plans, ensuring critical milestones, cross-process dependencies, business decisions, technology deliverables, and risks are proactively managed.

·   Develop, maintain, and govern detailed Gantt schedules, milestone tracking, dependency management, critical paths, and executive reporting across business and technology workstreams.

·   Lead ecosystem planning across design, build, testing, cutover, deployment, hypercare, and stabilization, with particular focus on handoffs and integration points between manufacturing, distribution, customer-facing, and financial processes.

·   Partner with Deployment Leads, TS, Build, Integration, Data, and business teams to coordinate FIT, BST, TUT, TAT, demonstrations, cutover validation, dress rehearsals, mock data loads, and go-live readiness activities, with clear ownership between business-led and JJT-led work.

·   Establish governance to manage deployment timelines, testing progress, RAIDs, interfaces, data readiness, resource plans, decision logs, and deployment readiness metrics across MAKE and OTC.

·   Partner with Build, Integration, Architecture, Data, and TS teams to understand technical dependencies, deployment sequencing, interface impacts, master and transactional data needs, and business readiness requirements.

·   Identify and manage dependencies where MAKE outputs become OTC inputs, including product availability, inventory status, delivery execution, order fulfillment, billing, customer commitments, and related downstream processes.

·   Facilitate executive governance, readiness reviews, deployment workshops, and cross-functional decision-making forums that drive timely resolution of MAKE and OTC risks and dependencies.

·   Lead ecosystem RAID management and mitigation planning across impacted functions, sites, markets, and deployment waves.

·   Collaborate with manufacturing, commercial, customer service, distribution, finance, and supply chain partners to assess operational impacts, readiness gaps, process ownership, and organizational change requirements.

·   Establish and monitor ecosystem readiness metrics, deployment KPIs, and executive reporting mechanisms that provide transparent visibility across both MAKE and OTC.

·   Support business and technology teams in identifying end-to-end process optimization and continuous improvement opportunities.

·   Provide strategic guidance to program leadership regarding deployment risks, sequencing, resource needs, organizational impacts, and readiness decisions.

·   Ensure all work is executed in accordance with Johnson & Johnson Credo values, compliance requirements, and organizational standards.

Qualifications / Requirements

·   Bachelor's Degree required; Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business, Finance, or a related field preferred.

·   Advanced Degree (MBA, MS, Engineering, or related field) preferred.

·   Minimum of 10 years of experience in program management, deployment leadership, business transformation, supply chain technology, or enterprise systems implementation.

·   Minimum of 5 years of experience leading large-scale ERP or digital transformation deployments across manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, customer service, distribution, or finance environments.

·   Strong technical background, including direct experience with enterprise application build teams, integrations, architecture, data, and technology delivery organizations.

·   Demonstrated understanding of SAP S/4HANA and end-to-end MAKE and OTC processes, including manufacturing, inventory, order management, delivery, billing, customer service, master data, integrations, and data migration.

·   Ability to engage business leaders and technical teams and translate complex process and technology dependencies into actionable decisions and integrated deployment plans.

·   Proven experience managing large-scale, cross-functional programs across highly matrixed global organizations.

·   Strong understanding of deployment lifecycle management, testing, cutover planning, hypercare, stabilization, and change management practices.

·   Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and drive alignment among senior leaders and stakeholders.

·   Excellent communication, executive presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

·   Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, with experience using data and readiness metrics to support decision-making.

·   Experience within Medical Technology, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or another regulated industry preferred.

·   Ability to travel globally up to 20%.

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable discussing deployment strategy with senior executives, resolving operational readiness challenges with MAKE and OTC business leaders, and partnering with ERP Product, Build, Integration, Data, Architecture, and Technology Services teams on technical delivery dependencies. This leader will bring an end-to-end mindset, ensuring that manufacturing and order-to-cash ecosystems are connected through clear ownership, integrated planning, proactive dependency management, and disciplined execution. The role is accountable for aligning business ecosystem teams to the Transcend MAKE and OTC roadmaps and enabling business and technology organizations to operate as one integrated team through deployment and stabilization.

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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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$127,000.00 - $218,500.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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