MedTech Tax Strategy Leader — Global Impact (Hybrid)

8525-Cilag GmbH International Legal Entity; Zug; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Zug, Switzerland is seeking a Senior Tax Manager (MedTech) to lead tax planning across a portfolio of strategic projects. You will evaluate alternatives, identify planning opportunities, and integrate tax requirements into project design and implementation, partnering with cross-functional teams in a complex global environment.

The role is duration-based, expected to continue through mid-2029, with global responsibilities and a focus on U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Taxation, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in corporate tax, tax planning, tax advisory, accounting, or finance.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. and international tax, transfer pricing, tax accounting, financial statements, and statutory and tax books.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex cross-functional projects while managing competing priorities, dependencies, and risks.
• Strong analytical, communication, influencing, and business-partnering skills, with the ability to translate complex matters into practical recommendations.
• Proficiency with current technology, data analytics, financial modeling, and collaboration tools, with the ability to adapt to emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Tax Leadership & Strategic Project Execution Lead a portfolio of strategic tax projects through implementation and stabilization.
• Develop and manage tax workplans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables; drive issue resolution and clarify ownership and decision-making responsibilities.
• Coordinate tax diligence, modeling, approvals, and implementation across tax workstreams, internal stakeholders, subject‑matter experts, and external advisors.
• Assess direct, indirect, international, legal entity, financial, and operational tax implications; develop practical planning strategies and translate them into requirements for structures, financial flows, intercompany arrangements, business processes, systems, data, and documentation.
• Monitor relevant legislative, regulatory, and business developments and assess their impact on strategic projects.
• Tax Governance, Compliance & Controls Assess tax compliance, reporting, disputes, and control impacts arising from business, process, system, or organizational changes.
• Partner with Tax Compliance, Tax Reporting, Finance, Legal, and control owners to establish implementation governance and confirm that required tax positions, elections, registrations, agreements, controls, and process changes are in place before go-live.
• Document tax conclusions, approvals, and key implementation decisions in a clear, consistent manner to support ongoing compliance and audit readiness.

Job description

Johnson & Johnson in Zug, Switzerland is seeking a Senior Tax Manager (MedTech) to lead tax planning across a portfolio of strategic projects. You will evaluate alternatives, identify planning opportunities, and integrate tax requirements into project design and implementation, partnering with cross-functional teams in a complex global environment.

The role is duration-based, expected to continue through mid-2029, with global responsibilities and a focus on U.S.