Product Engineering Manager

Johnson Johnson; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision is hiring a Product Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams across sites in Jacksonville, FL. You will shape engineering strategy, drive NPIs, and manage lifecycle improvements while ensuring quality and compliance.

You will establish KPIs, oversee budgeting, and provide technical leadership across packaging, processes, and manufacturing. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision making to optimize outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership of multi-site engineering teams.
• Experience applying regulatory requirements (FDA/ISO).
• Ability to drive data-informed decisions and KPI tracking.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate engineering strategy and KPIs.
• Lead cross-site development of NPIs and lifecycle improvements.
• Provide governance for projects and change control with compliance.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Data-driven decisions

Regulatory knowledge

CAPA handling

Project governance

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:

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 pr