JJV Contact Lens Process Engineering Director

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Limerick; On-site; EUR 104,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision is seeking a Director of JJV Contact Lens Process Engineering, based in Limerick, Ireland or Jacksonville, USA. This role leads global process engineering strategy across sites, harmonizes practices, and builds a high-performing team to drive quality, reliability, and scalable manufacturing in contact lens production.

The position requires deep GMP expertise, 12+ years in process/ manufacturing engineering, and 8+ years of people leadership, with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field is required.
• Advanced degree is preferred.
• Experience in Process/Manufacturing/R&D within medical devices or pharma is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Set and lead the global process engineering strategy, priorities, and technical roadmap across Jacksonville and Limerick.
• Harmonize process engineering skills, practices, standards, tools, and governance across the global team.
• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing global engineering organization.
• Partner with R&D, Operations, Quality, MAKE Engineering, and global stakeholders to ensure engineering readiness and risk management.
• Lead disciplined engineering approaches including problem solving, validation, and life-cycle management.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization across manufacturing processes and equipment platforms.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, training, deviations, and quality expectations.

Skills

Process Engineering

People Leadership

GMP Knowledge

Risk Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Technical Problem Solving

Project Leadership

Data-Driven Decision Making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Six Sigma Green Belt

Six Sigma Black Belt

FPX or PMP certification

Job description

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Limerick, Ireland

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Director JJV Contact Lens Process Engineering , located in either Jacksonville, Florida or Limerick, Ireland.

About Vision

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

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):

United States - Requisition Number: R-098327

Purpose:

The Director of Process Engineering will serve as the strategic leader for the global process engineering organization. The role will support contact lens manufacturing across Jacksonville and Limerick. This leader is accountable for defining the long‑term engineering vision, operating model, governance, and technical roadmap. These elements must strengthen process capability, improve manufacturing robustness, enable technology and product transfers, and deliver reliable, compliant, and scalable performance across global manufacturing sites.

This leader will set clear expectations for how process engineering operates globally. Expectations include the consistent use of technical standards, engineering fundamentals, structured problem solving, process characterization, validation, risk management, lifecycle management, continuous improvement, and data‑driven decision making. A critical expectation is to harmonize skills, practices, tools, and ways of working across the global team. This will help ensure engineering talent is developed consistently, best practices are shared deliberately, and site execution is aligned to common expectations while still meeting local business needs.

The successful candidate will build a connected, high‑performing global process engineering community. This leader will develop current and future technical leaders and align capability‑building priorities with business strategy. The role also requires close partnership with Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, MAKE Engineering, and other global stakeholders. The leader must work horizontally and vertically across the organization, influence senior stakeholders, create clarity across teams, and translate strategy into disciplined execution. This execution should improve quality, reliability, speed, cost, and long‑term process sustainability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set and lead the global process engineering strategy, priorities, and technical roadmap across Jacksonville and Limerick to support business growth, quality, reliability, cost, sustainability, and manufacturing performance.
• Harmonize process engineering skills, practices, standards, tools, and ways of working across the global team to improve consistency, scalability, knowledge sharing, and execution discipline.
• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing global engineering organization, including capability development, succession planning, technical career growth, and future leadership readiness.
• Partner with R&D, Operations, Quality, MAKE Engineering, and global stakeholders to ensure engineering readiness, robust risk management, effective technology transfer, and successful delivery of strategic programs.
• Lead disciplined engineering approaches, including structured problem solving, process characterization, validation, FMEA, troubleshooting, data analytics, and lifecycle management to strengthen process capability and robustness.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization initiatives that improve quality, reliability, speed, flexibility, and cost effectiveness across manufacturing processes and equipment platforms.
• Ensure compliance with procedures, training, GMP expectations, and prompt identification, escalation, and correction of deviations or emerging process risks.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Engineering or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Technical Development, R&D, or Quality required.
• Minimum 8 years of people leadership experience required, including coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning, and organizational capability building.
• Demonstrated ability to set strategy, translate vision into executable plans, and lead cross-site or global technical teams in a matrixed environment required.
• Proven experience standardizing engineering practices, building technical capability, and harmonizing skills, tools, and governance across teams or manufacturing sites required.
• Strong technical knowledge of GMP, regulated manufacturing, process and equipment validation, process characterization, FMEA, risk management, and disciplined engineering practices required.
• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems, deliver measurable continuous improvement, influence senior stakeholders, and lead change across organizational boundaries required.
• Strong communication, collaboration, decision‑making, project leadership, and management skills required.
• Medical device and/or pharmaceutical experience preferred; Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt and FPX or PMP certification also preferred.
• May require up to 25% of domestic and international travel.

Required Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Consulting, Crisis Management, Developing Others, Disruptive Innovations, Emerging Technologies, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Standards, Process Control, Process Engineering, Process Improvements, Product Costing, Program Management, Project Schedule, Resource Planning, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Stakeholder Engagement, Technical Research

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Consulting, Crisis Management, Developing Others, Disruptive Innovations, Emerging Technologies, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Standards, Process Control, Process Engineering, Process Improvements, Product Costing, Program Management, Project Schedule, Resource Planning, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Stakeholder Engagement, Technical Research

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€104,000.00 - €179,515.00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.