Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy- Colombia

Biopharma Asia

Bogotá

Hybrid

COP 250,000,000 - 450,000,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy Lead to drive Strategic Portfolio Management across MedTech Digital. The role ensures alignment of strategy, investments, resources, and value realization while partnering with Digital, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business teams.

The position involves governance, demand intake, prioritization, and executive reporting with opportunities to influence across regions including Bogota.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent; business/IT/engineering focus preferred.
Eight+ years of relevant work experience in portfolio management or a senior project/program leadership role.
Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to align investments with priorities.
Experience governing portfolio governance forums, intake, gates, and executive decision frameworks.
Experience integrating portfolio tools and driving automation for better data quality and reporting.

Responsibilities

Lead Strategic Portfolio Governance across MedTech Digital portfolios.
Govern demand intake, prioritization, and investment decision processes.
Drive value management and benefits realization with finance and business leaders.
Provide portfolio analytics, dashboards, and executive reporting for stakeholders.
Lead resource planning, capacity management, and cross-functional collaboration.
Drive tool integration (JIRA, Planisware, Quickbase) and digitization of portfolio flows.
Foster leadership development, accountability, and continuous improvement across teams.

Skills

Budgeting

Consulting

Customer Alignment

Data Analysis

Developing Others

Inclusive Leadership

Information Technology Strategies

Leadership

Process Improvements

Product Portfolio Management

Project Management Methodology

Project Management Office

Risk Assessments

Strategic Thinking

Tactical Thinking

Team Management

Training People

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or related

Tools

Planisware

JIRA

Quickbase

Power BI

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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 jnj.com .

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Job Description:

Ethicon Inc, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently recruiting for a Portfolio Governance & Strategy Lead, located in New Brunswick, NJ.

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):

USA: - R-106070

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

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/

The Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy Leader leads the Strategic Portfolio Management capability across MedTech Supply Chain Digital, ensuring alignment among business strategy, investment decisions, resource planning, portfolio execution, and value realization. The role evolves portfolio governance, demand intake, prioritization, value management, analytics, and performance measurement practices to improve investment decisions and executive transparency. It also connects project execution tools with portfolio platforms to strengthen efficiency, data quality, reporting, and end-to-end visibility. As a strategic business partner, the leader works across Digital Leadership, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business partners to align investments with enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Portfolio Governance. Lead and evolve the Strategic Portfolio Management framework across MedTech Supply Chain Digital. Establish governance structures, operating models, decision forums, and review cadences. Align strategic priorities, investment planning, resource allocation, and portfolio execution. Partner with senior leaders to develop portfolio roadmaps and drive maturity through standardization, process excellence, and continuous improvement.
Demand Management and Portfolio Prioritization. Govern enterprise demand intake, assessment, and prioritization. Maintain frameworks that evaluate strategic alignment, value, complexity, resource demand, risk, and financial impact. Facilitate portfolio review councils and governance boards, establish portfolio gating and investment review practices, and reinforce transparent and consistent investment decisions.
Value Management & Benefits Realization. Lead portfolio-level value management and benefits realization. Establish methods for measuring financial and non-financial value, partner with Finance and Business leaders to define value drivers, return-on-investment methods, and success metrics, and supervise forecasted and realized benefits. Integrate value realization into governance, prioritization, and investment decisions.
Portfolio Analytics & Performance Management. Provide executive transparency into portfolio health, investment and financial performance, resource utilization, risks, and strategic alignment. Establish portfolio benchmarks, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting. Conduct scenario planning, forecasting, and investment analysis and use analytics to find opportunities to improve portfolio performance.
Resource & Capacity Management. Lead strategic resource planning and capacity management across the portfolio. Partner with portfolio and functional leaders to optimize resource allocation and investment planning. Establish demand forecasting, capacity planning, and resource prioritization frameworks and monitor constraints, demand trends, and delivery risks.
Portfolio Process & Technology Integration.Define and govern the portfolio management technology strategy and roadmap. Integrate project management tools, including JIRA, Planisware, and Quickbase, with portfolio solutions to create visibility from strategy through execution. Lead digitization and automation across intake, governance, reporting, resource planning, and value tracking; improve data quality and accessibility; and promote tool adoption and procedures.
Change Control & Investment Governance.Lead enterprise investment and change governance, including Change Control Board oversight. Ensure decisions balance strategic priorities, risk, funding constraints, and organizational capacity. Facilitate executive decisions through structured governance forums and transparent reporting.
Leadership & Organizational Development.Develop portfolio management capabilities through coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. Build partnerships across Digital, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business organizations. Foster accountability, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement, and lead and develop high-performing teams with meaningful growth opportunities.

Qualifications:

Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations or equivalent preferred; advanced degree preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience.
Complex global Project, Program, or Portfolio Management leadership experience
Strong strategic leadership and business acumen, with the ability to align investments to organizational priorities.
Deep expertise in Strategic Portfolio Management, portfolio governance, demand management, prioritization, and investment planning.
Experience establishing portfolio governance forums, intake processes, stage gates, and executive decision frameworks.
Experience governing portfolio and project technologies, system integration, and process automation.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
Ability to influence global, matrixed organizations without direct authority. Strong change management, continuous improvement, organizational transformation, and team-development capabilities.

Preferred:

Progressive experience in leadership roles within Supply Chain, Commercial, digital transformation, portfolio management, or large transformation programs
Understanding of Supply Chain, Digital Transformation, Technology Delivery, and enterprise planning processes.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Strategic Portfolio Management; portfolio governance; value management and benefits realization; Supply Chain; Digital Transformation; Technology Delivery; enterprise planning; PMO, Product, Finance, or Business environments; and large, complex matrixed organizations.
Proficiency with Planisware, JIRA, Quickbase, Power BI, and Microsoft Power Platform.
Experience integrating portfolio and project tools and applying digitization, automation, and data-quality practices.
Professional certification in Portfolio Management, Project Management, Agile, Strategy, Value Management, or a related discipline.

Other:

People Management. Experience leading, developing, and coaching high-performing teams is required.

This position may require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other sites and locations.

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 under 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.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers ; internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource

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