Director, Strategic Outsourcing

6084-Janssen Research & Development, LLC Legal Entity; Spring House (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Spring House, PA is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the PSTS outsourcing operating model. You will translate outsourcing strategies into executable governance, performance management, and financial oversight across the organization, ensuring external partners deliver value and reliability.

You will guide budgeting, capacity planning, and cross-functional collaboration with PSTS leaders, enabling scalable delivery while maintaining regulatory compliance and program

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business or a relevant scientific discipline is required.
• 10+ years in a pharmaceutical operations role.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical drug discovery and related processes.
• Experience in operations, project management, and financial planning.
• Proven leadership, collaboration, and strategic influencing abilities.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Operationalise PSTS outsourcing strategy through vendor governance and performance monitoring.
• Ensure external partners meet quality, timeline, capacity, and cost expectations.
• Support make-or-buy decisions with data, scenarios, and insights.
• Serve as trusted execution partner to PSTS leaders and governance forums.
• Manage PSTS outsourcing budget execution, forecasting and variance.
• Monitor external resource utilization and capacity against demand.
• Support financial discipline and transparency across PSTS external delivery.
• Improve PSTS outsourcing management processes.
• Drive improvements to reduce cycle time and rework.
• Establish and track execution metrics for delivery reliability.

Skills

Agile Decision Making

Analytics Insights

Budget Management

Leadership

Program Management

PMO

Project Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Business or relevant scientific discipline

Tools

Procurement Software

Budgeting Tools

Contract Management Systems

Project Management Tools

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.

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 https://www.jnj.com/.

Job Function

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function

Project/Program Management

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations

Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

Purpose

This role serves as the central owner of the Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS) function's outsourcing operating model, translating PSTS outsourcing strategies into consistent execution, governance, and performance management across the organization. The position is accountable for establishing a unified approach to vendor management, financial oversight, capacity planning, and operational excellence at the PSTS level, ensuring external partnerships deliver against business objectives. While PSTS functional teams retain accountability for defining, assessing, and advancing the scientific and technical capabilities of external partners, this role provides the cross-functional governance, and operational discipline required to maximize the value, scalability, and reliability of PSTS's outsourced portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Operationalise PSTS outsourcing strategy through day to day vendor governance, performance monitoring, and issue escalation.
• Ensuring external partners deliver against quality, timeline, capacity, and cost expectations.
• Supporting make vs buy and capacity decisions with data, scenarios, and execution insights.
• Acting as a trusted execution partner to PSTS functional leaders and governance forums.
• Managing PSTS outsourcing budget execution, forecasting, and variance tracking.
• Monitoring external resource utilisation and capacity alignment with approved portfolio demand.
• Supporting financial discipline and transparency across PSTS external delivery.
• Implementing and improving PSTS outsourcing management processes.
• Driving targeted improvements to reduce cycle time, execution friction, and rework.
• Establishing and tracking execution metrics for delivery reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in business or a relevant scientific discipline (Biology, Biotechnology. etc) is required.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in pharmaceutical industry in a relevant operations role is required.
• Demonstrated understanding of the pharmaceutical drug discovery process is required.
• Experience in (Business) operations, project management and finance (OPEX/CAPEX and resource budget planning) is required.
• Strong working knowledge of budgeting, procurement standards, business operations, applications supporting procurement, legal contracts, budget and resource planning tools, and communication platforms is required.
• Proven track‑record and breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence people at all levels and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of large complex, international and cross‑functional teams, to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact, is required.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including poise and maturity to gain credibility with senior leaders is required.
• Excellent organisational agility with a proven track record to plan, implement, manage and drive change across diverse teams, scale initiatives and achieve results at global level is required.
• Possess a sense of curiosity, passion, and a willingness to drive in to get the job done quickly and effectively is required.
• High level of organisational ability and attention to detail and troubleshooting skills is required.
• Must be a self‑starter and able to function independently in a fluid environment under tight timelines is required.
• Exceptional diplomacy and negotiating skills are required for both internal and external purposes is required.
• Approximately 30% domestic and international is required.

Required Skills

• Agile Decision Making
• Analytics Insights
• Budget Management
• Business Savvy
• Developing Others
• Give Feedback
• Inclusive Leadership
• Leadership
• Organisational Project Management
• Performance Measurement
• Program Management
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Management Tools
• Project Reporting
• Regulatory Compliance
• Statement of Work (SOW)

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. 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. If you are under 18 years of age you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check #LI-Hybrid