Product Engineering Manager

Antler Co; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Product Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams across product, process, and packaging technologies. This role drives new product introductions (NPIs), design transfers, lifecycle management, and sustained improvements in quality, cost, delivery, safety, and compliance.

You will establish engineering strategies, roadmaps, and KPIs, and ensure execution through disciplined governance, resource and capital management, and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent required.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with vendors to source off-the-shelf and custom components preferred.
• Experience in ISO and FDA regulated environments preferred.
• Packaging knowledge and related standards preferred where packaging is in scope.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate engineering strategy aligned to business goals; establish and monitor product/process KPIs.
• Provide technical leadership for multi-brand engineering portfolios including NPIs and lifecycle improvements.
• Lead cross-functional, multi-site development of business cases; drive prioritization and implementation.
• Provide governance for engineering projects ensuring compliance with FDA/ISO and budget commitments.
• Develop and manage capital investment plans and project spend; analyze capabilities for future needs.
• Enable data-driven decision making through reliable insights and reporting.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Effective communication

Project and program management

People leadership

Problem-solving

Matrix leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Job Function

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function

Process Engineering

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson Vision is recruiting for a Product Engineering Manager, located in Jacksonville, FL.

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

The Product Engineering Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for engineering teams supporting product, process, and packaging technologies across the Johnson & Johnson Vision network. This role leads multi-site, cross-functional initiatives to deliver robust new product introductions (NPIs), design transfers, lifecycle management, and sustained improvements in quality, cost, delivery, safety, and compliance. The Product Engineering Manager establishes engineering strategies, technology roadmaps, and key performance indicators (KPIs), and ensures execution through disciplined project governance, effective resource and capital management, and strong people leadership.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Define and communicate engineering strategy (e.g., manufacturing and technology roadmap) aligned to business goals; establish and monitor product/process KPIs and ensure improvement programs are in place to meet targets.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for multi-brand engineering portfolios, including design transfers and integration of NPIs and sustained lifecycle management improvements.
• Lead cross-functional and cross-site development of compelling business cases for complex engineering initiatives; drive prioritization, timing, and implementation approach for changes and improvements.
• Provide governance and execution leadership for engineering projects and change control programs, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements (FDA/ISO), staffing plans, and budget commitments.
• Develop, recommend, and manage capital investment plans and project spending budgets; perform concept analysis of capital projects to support future development and capacity/technology needs.
• Establish and drive data-driven decision making by enabling access to reliable insights (e.g., data visualization and process performance reporting) to improve accuracy and speed of decisions.
• Ensure robust technical problem solving, investigation support, and timely closure of CAPAs, audit findings, and non-conformances; lead corrective and preventive actions to address quality, technical, and manufacturing issues.
• Oversee the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of engineering specifications, procedures, and standards (including packaging specifications and processes where applicable) to ensure compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Promote operational excellence by continuously improving business processes to reduce cost, improve compliance, and increase efficiency across engineering operations.
• Build and lead high-performing teams: recruit, develop, coach, and inspire engineering professionals; set quarterly individual goals aligned to organizational objectives; provide mentoring and development opportunities for direct reports and broader teams.
• Provide technical consultation and guidance on conceptual evaluation, design, validation, and qualification of new equipment, controls, packaging systems, and manufacturing processes; participate in technical design reviews for machine requirements and product/process specifications.
• Manage external interfaces as needed, including supervising/leading work with vendors, outside designers, consultants, and contractors for off-the-shelf and custom solutions.

Experience & Education

• Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline required.
• Typically requires 8+ years of progressively responsible engineering experience; leadership experience in a regulated manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
• Operations/manufacturing experience (production supervision/front-line leadership) preferred.
• Experience working with vendors to select, source, quote, and procure off-the-shelf and custom designed components preferred.
• Experience working in ISO and FDA regulated environments preferred.
• Packaging knowledge (standards and test methods such as ASTM, ISTA, ISO, and applicable regulatory requirements) is preferred where role scope includes packaging.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Certifications/Licenses And Affiliations

• Strategic leadership, strong business acumen, and ability to influence across all organizational levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong facilitation and stakeholder management capability.
• Strong project/program management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities, deliverables, and budgets with disciplined governance.
• Demonstrated people leadership: talent development, coaching, mentoring, performance management, and team building.
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to acknowledge issues quickly, identify solutions, and drive closure of actions.
• Ability to lead effectively in a matrix environment and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver results.

LOCATION & TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Role location is site dependent. Limited domestic and/or international travel may be required based on business needs.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

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.

Preferred Skills

Agile Decision Making, Benchmarking, Crisis Management, Developing Others, Disruptive Innovations, Emerging Technologies, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Lean Supply Chain Management, Process Control, Process Engineering, Process Improvements, Product Costing, Program Management, Project Schedule, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Team Management, Technical Research, Technical Support