HR Leader, Human Resources Function

Johnson Johnson; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Sr. Manager, HR Leader based in New Jersey to partner with business and functional leaders. You will translate priorities into organization, talent, leadership, culture, and workforce actions that strengthen performance and growth.

You will drive and shape people strategies, partner across OneHR, and deliver integrated solutions to business challenges while enabling leaders and teams to do their best work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Shape and translate the talent agenda for the HR Function into clear actions that support organization design, workforce planning, culture, and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead or support organization and operating model work within assigned scope that enables growth, innovation, transformation, and disciplined execution within a matrixed environment.
• Strengthen culture, inclusion, accountability, engagement, and organizational health through leader‑owned actions grounded in Our Credo.
• Drive integrated talent plans across succession, critical roles, leadership readiness, retention, capability building, and pipeline health.
• Support future‑ready workforce approaches, including skills‑based planning, internal mobility, digital capability, and AI fluency.
• Equip leaders with clear talent insights and narratives that help inform decisions in business reviews, talent forums, and succession discussions.
• Lead or support the people, organization, and culture components of business and enterprise transformations, helping leaders drive adoption and sustainable outcomes.

Skills

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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 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: Human Resources

Job Sub Function: HR Business Partners

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to deliver breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for humanity. We are seeking a Sr. Manager, HR Leader who will drive and shape people, talent, culture, organization, and future‑of‑work priorities for the Human Resources Function.

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Sr. Manager, HR Leader for the Human Resources Function (HR for HR), based in New Jersey.

In this role, you will serve as a strategic HR partner to business and functional leaders, translating priorities into organization, talent, leadership, culture, and workforce actions that strengthen performance and support growth. You will partner across OneHR to bring practical, integrated solutions to business challenges and help create an environment where leaders and teams can do their best work.

This is an opportunity for an experienced HR leader who is energized by business partnership, talent development, organization effectiveness, change execution, and the chance to help Johnson & Johnson attract, develop, and enable talent for the future.

• Shape and support business strategy through workforce insights, organization effectiveness, talent risk identification, and practical people solutions.
• Drive people strategies that enable leadership, culture, capability building, transformation, and responsible AI‑enabled ways of working.
• Partner across OneHR to deliver coordinated solutions that improve business outcomes and the employee experience.

Key responsibilities

Organization strategy and culture

• Shape and translate the talent agenda for the Human Resources Function into clear actions that support organization design, workforce planning, culture, and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead or support organization and operating model work within assigned scope that enables growth, innovation, transformation, and disciplined execution within a matrixed environment.
• Strengthen culture, inclusion, accountability, engagement, and organizational health through leader‑owned actions grounded in Our Credo.

Talent strategy and future of work

• Drive integrated talent plans across succession, critical roles, leadership readiness, retention, capability building, and pipeline health.
• Support future‑ready workforce approaches, including skills‑based planning, internal mobility, digital capability, and AI fluency.
• Equip leaders with clear talent insights and narratives that help inform decisions in business reviews, talent forums, and succession discussions.

Transformation and change leadership

• Lead or support the people, organization, and culture components of business and enterprise transformations, helping leaders drive adoption and sustainable outcomes.
• Anticipate workforce, leadership, and change risks, then partner with leaders to build practical plans and execute through ambiguity.
• Track meaningful measures, including adoption, engagement, retention, capability growth, and business indicators, to assess transformation progress.

Executive partnership and leadership effectiveness

• Serve as a trusted HR partner to senior leaders on organization, talent, culture, workforce, and leadership priorities.
• Coach leaders and teams to strengthen decision quality, accountability, enterprise thinking, and team effectiveness.
• Connect the OneHR ecosystem to solve business challenges and deliver simple, integrated, high‑impact solutions.

Digital, AI, and insight enablement

• Use data, analytics, external insights, and AI‑enabled tools to support decision quality, productivity, communication, and employee experience.
• Identify opportunities to simplify work, improve organization effectiveness, and responsibly test new ways of working.
• Demonstrate responsible AI practices, including human oversight, data privacy, ethical judgment, and compliance with company policies.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree require