Manager, Technical Product Owner - Data & Analytics

Johnson & Johnson Innovation; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 102,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a seasoned Manager, Technical Product Owner - Data & Analytics in New Brunswick, NJ. You will lead the design, build, and operation of integrated data/analytics for finance and operations during a transformative Medtech agenda.

You will partner with finance, technology, and vendor teams to translate business needs into value-driven data solutions, align roadmaps with enterprise strategy, and champion agile, human-centered design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in Data Modeling with SAP S/4HANA experience.
• Proven ERP implementation experience, ideally SAP S/4HANA.
• 10+ years in Data Management/Reporting solutions.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience with SDLC and Jira preferred.
• Knowledge of finance processes (planning/forecasting).
• Thought leadership in technology strategy and roadmapping.

Responsibilities

• Define finance data strategy, capabilities roadmaps, and tech/product roadmaps with decisive authority.
• Translate business challenges into data-driven solutions spanning process, technology, data, governance, and UX.
• Analyze external trends in planning/forecasting finance and translate into strategic foresight.
• Incorporate human-centered design and agile practices into product development and process optimization.
• Partner with business and technology to maximize value realization and stakeholder communication.
• Collaborate on roadmaps with finance and technology teams to align with business objectives.
• Engage with vendor partners to apply best practices throughout development.

Skills

Data Modeling

SAP S/4HANA

ERP Implementations

Data Management

Data Reporting

JIRA

Leadership

Technology Strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

JIRA

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:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Manager, Technical Product Owner - Data & Analytics to be located in New Brunswick, NJ.

In this pivotal role, you will operate at the intersection of business and technology, defining functional design by merging a comprehensive understanding of business objectives and challenges with innovative technology solutions. You will oversee the design, build, and operation of our integrated data and analytics solutions for financial, external, and operational data as the organization embarks on an ambitious transformational agenda for Medtech.

Key Responsibilities:

• Vision & Strategy Definition: Collaborate with leadership to formulate a forward-looking finance business vision, strategy, capabilities roadmaps, and corresponding technology and product roadmaps with substantial decision-making authority.
• Business Problem Definition: Understand and translate business challenges faced by the planning and forecasting finance functions into a value proposition and a holistic set of solutions encompassing process, technology, data, governance, and user experience, supported by clearly defined key performance indicators for value realization.
• External Insights: Analyze and understand external trends and insights related to planning, forecasting, finance processes, and technology to provide strategic foresight.
• Solution Design: Ensure that product development incorporates an experimental approach to validate expected impacts, leverages human-centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, and engages in necessary end-to-end process optimizations and compliance.
• Value Realization: Define the anticipated value impact of investments in employee experience, functional excellence, efficiency, and compliance.
• Internal Partnerships: Partner with Business Process Owner teams and finance and technology staff across all stages of product development, from inception to value realization and continuous improvement, while effectively communicating progress towards strategic objectives.
• Product Management: Collaborate with product management teams to ensure that roadmaps are aligned with finance business strategies, technology strategies, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators.
• External Partnerships: Engage with vendor partners throughout product development, learning and applying best practices.

This role is designed to provide substantial developmental experience in producing insight-led strategies, crafting innovative technology solutions, promoting experimentation, agile methodologies, intellectual curiosity, empathy, team leadership, and human-centered design. A natural collaborator with a strong leadership presence and the ability to influence results and foster a sense of collective team engagement is essential.

Required Expertise:

• Comprehensive understanding of how Data, Master Data Management (MDM), Business Intelligence (BI), and visualization fit within an organization's enterprise data architecture.
• Proven experience with data sourcing, data modeling, data profiling, cataloging data definitions, and developing data-focused solutions.
• Knowledge of optimization and continuous accounting practices.
• Must be a quick learner with a clear bias for action and a sense of urgency.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities effectively.
• Familiarity with technical infrastructure and a global landscape is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and resolve conflicts.
• Skilled in enabling technology to drive business value and achieve program objectives.
• Thought leadership in technology strategy, value, roadmap development, and product solutioning.

Reporting Structure:

You will report to the Technical Product Owner – IBP/SC and partner closely with P&F, FS&T, CFIN, DDGR,Master Data and the broader technology organization to maximize the transformational potential of technology investments.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of in-depth experience in Data Modeling, including significant experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• Proven track record in large-scale ERP implementations, ideally with SAP S/4HANA.
• 10+ years of experience in implementing and maintaining Data Management and Reporting solutions.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience in fostering methodologies and cultures that promote high-performing teams.
• Proficiency with JIRA and SDLC.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain or Finance processes

Preferred:

• 2+ years of experience with SAP PAPM.

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.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$102,000.00 - $177,100.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits