Lead Deployment Analyst / Manager - Osprey Japan (Project Manager)

Johnson & Johnson; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Lead Deployment Analyst / Manager for the Osprey Japan deployment. You will lead readiness, execution, go-live support, stabilization, and transition to run, coordinating with Finance, BUF, FP&A, IT, Procurement, Supply Chain, regional deployment teams, global process owners, and local Japan stakeholders.

This full-time role demands translating program direction into executable plans, driving governance, and ensuring clear ownership across the deployment lifecycle,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Accounting, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading project coordination, deployment readiness, PMO, transformation, or business readiness activities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex information into actionable plans.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, actions, and deadlines in a fast-paced deployment environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and project tracking or reporting tools.
• Strong attention to detail, data accuracy, follow-through, and ownership of deliverables.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear leadership updates and elevate risks constructively.

Responsibilities

• Lead tracking and governance of key deployment milestones, deliverables, and readiness checkpoints across the deployment timeline.
• Consolidate readiness inputs across workstreams and convert them into clear insights, actions, risks, and decisions for deployment leadership.
• Own and maintain deployment trackers, status reports, readiness dashboards, and integrated action logs.
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and decision points that may impact deployment readiness and execution.
• Lead coordination of UAM readiness activities across business users, local Japan teams, deployment teams, and global support functions.
• Drive tracking of user role mapping, access requests, approvals, provisioning completion, and readiness sign-off.
• Monitor UAM readiness metrics, highlight gaps, and elevate delays or risks requiring leadership attention.
• Partner with relevant teams to validate completion of user access activities ahead of testing, cutover, and go-live milestones.

Job description

Lead Deployment Analyst / Manager – Osprey Japan

Department: S/4HANA Deployment Finance / Osprey Deployment
Reporting To: Deployment Finance Leadership / Osprey Program Leadership
Role Type: Full-time Lead Deployment Analyst / Deployment Manager
Scope: End-to-end Osprey Japan deployment readiness, execution, go-live support, stabilization, and transition to run

Role Summary

The Lead Deployment Analyst / Manager will play a full-time leadership role in driving Osprey Japan deployment readiness and execution, partnering closely with Finance, BUF, FP&A, IT, Procurement, Supply Chain, regional deployment teams, global process owners, and local Japan business stakeholders. This role is accountable for translating program direction into executable plans, driving disciplined governance, resolving cross-functional blockers, and ensuring clear ownership across the deployment lifecycle.

The successful candidate will lead the collection, analysis, and management of deployment readiness metrics; monitor milestone completion; identify risks, gaps, and dependencies; and coordinate execution across User Access Management (UAM), process readiness, training readiness, cutover preparation, hypercare, hyperclose, and transition-to-run activities.

Key Responsibilities

Deployment Readiness Tracking

• Lead tracking and governance of key Osprey Japan deployment milestones, deliverables, and readiness checkpoints across the deployment timeline.

• Consolidate readiness inputs across workstreams and convert them into clear insights, actions, risks, and decisions for deployment leadership.

• Own and maintain deployment trackers, status reports, readiness dashboards, and integrated action logs.

• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and decision points that may impact Japan deployment readiness and execution.

User Access Management (UAM) Support

• Lead coordination of UAM readiness activities across business users, local Japan teams, deployment teams, and global support functions.

• Drive tracking of user role mapping, access requests, approvals, provisioning completion, and readiness sign-off.

• Monitor UAM readiness metrics, highlight gaps, and elevate delays or risks requiring leadership attention.

• Partner with relevant teams to validate completion of user access activities ahead of testing, cutover, and go‑live milestones.

Process Placement and Business Readiness

• Lead assessment and tracking of process placement, process ownership, and business readiness across Japan Finance and cross‑functional teams.

• Work with deployment stakeholders to clarify process impacts, readiness requirements, local adoption needs, and open decisions.

• Drive monitoring of business readiness activities, ensuring actions are documented, owned, and progressed in line with deployment milestones.

• Identify areas requiring additional support, leadership intervention, training reinforcement, or process clarification.

Training Readiness

• Lead tracking of training plans, completion progress, attendance, participation, and readiness indicators for impacted Japan users.

• Monitor training readiness milestones and partner with workstream leads to resolve gaps in participation or understanding.

• Prepare and consolidate training readiness reports for deployment governance, leadership updates, and local stakeholder discussions.

• Identify user groups requiring additional enablement, reinforcement sessions, or targeted communications before go‑live.

Hypercare & Hyperclose Readiness

• Lead readiness planning and governance for hypercare, hyperclose, and transition‑to‑run activities following Osprey Japan go‑live.

• Track completion of prerequisite activities required for go‑live support, issue triage, escalation pathways, and business stabilization.

• Coordinate issue management, escalation tracking, resolution progress, and leadership reporting during hypercare.

• Drive reporting on stabilization metrics, post‑deployment risks, lessons learned, and readiness for handover to run teams.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement in deployment tracking, governance routines, readiness reporting, and decision escalation processes.

• Standardize deployment monitoring tools, templates, dashboards, and action management practices for Osprey Japan.

• Capture lessons learned and translate them into practical improvements for future Osprey deployment waves and Japan stabilization activities.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Accounting, or related field.

• Demonstrated experience leading project coordination, deployment readiness, PMO, transformation, or business readiness activities.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to translate complex information into actionable plans.

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, actions, and deadlines in a fast‑paced deployment environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and project tracking or reporting tools.

• Strong attention to detail, data accuracy, follow‑through, and ownership of deliverables.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear leadership updates and elevate risks constructively.

Preferred

• Experience with SAP, S/4HANA, ERP deployments, finance transformation, or large‑scale business transformation programs.

• Experience supporting or leading deployment lifecycle activities, including training, UAM, cutover, hypercare, hyperclose, and transition to run.

• Familiarity with Japan business, finance, or deployment environments, including cross‑cultural stakeholder coordination.

• Experience using reporting and project tracking tools such as Power BI, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, SharePoint, or similar platforms.

Role Impact and Growth Opportunities

In this full‑time role, the employee will:

• Take a visible leadership role in an enterprise‑wide S/4HANA transformation program.

• Build deep expertise in deployment planning, readiness governance, stakeholder alignment, and execution discipline.

• Strengthen understanding of how major ERP deployments are led from preparation through go‑live, stabilization, and transition to run.

• Develop practical experience across User Access Management, business process readiness, training deployment, cutover, hypercare, and hyperclose operations.

• Strengthen leadership, analytical, project management, communication, and transformation delivery capabilities in a complex regional deployment environment.

Success Measures

• Clear ownership and timely delivery of Osprey Japan deployment milestones, readiness activities, and integrated action plans.

• Effective governance and reporting of UAM, training, process placement, cutover readiness, hypercare, hyperclose, and transition‑to‑run activities.

• Early identification, escalation, and support for deployment risks, gaps, dependencies, and decision points.

• High‑quality deployment documentation, leadership updates, action logs, dashboards, and status trackers.

• Positive feedback from Deployment Finance leadership, Osprey program leadership, Japan business stakeholders, and deployment workstream leads.

Time Commitment:

Full‑time role dedicated to leading Osprey Japan deployment readiness, execution, go‑live support, stabilization, and transition‑to‑run activities.