Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy - USA

6045-Ethicon Inc. Legal Entity; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 127,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 120 hours/year

Sick time 40 hours/year

Floating Holidays 13 days/year

Parental Leave 480 hours/year

Volunteering Leave 32 hours/year

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy Leader in New Brunswick, NJ. You will lead the Strategic Portfolio Management capability across MedTech Supply Chain Digital, aligning strategy, investment decisions, resource planning, and value realization.

You will drive governance, demand intake, prioritization, analytics, and performance measurement to improve executive transparency and investment decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; advanced degree preferred.
• Eight+ years of global project, program, or portfolio leadership experience.
• Experience establishing portfolio governance forums, intake processes, stage gates, and executive decision frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategic Portfolio Governance across MedTech Supply Chain Digital, aligning strategy, investment and execution.
• Govern enterprise demand intake, assessment, and prioritization with transparent decision forums.
• Define value drivers, ROI methods, and success metrics; supervise forecasted and realized benefits.
• Provide executive transparency into portfolio health, performance, and risks with dashboards and scorecards.
• Lead resource planning and capacity management; optimize allocation and planning across portfolios.
• Integrate PM tools (JIRA, Planisware, Quickbase) with portfolio solutions for end-to-end visibility.
• Oversee Change Control Board and enterprise investment governance with clear reporting.
• Develop and coach high-performing teams across Digital, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Strategic planning

Executive communication

PMO

Cross-functional leadership

Planisware

JIRA

Power BI

Microsoft Power Platform

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Planisware

JIRA

Quickbase

Power BI

Microsoft Power Platform

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

Job Function: Project/Program Management Group Job Sub Function: Technology Program/Portfolio Management Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Ethicon Inc, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently recruiting for a Portfolio Governance & Strategy Lead, located in New Brunswick, NJ. Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s): Bogota, Colombia - R-108111 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

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 https://www.jnj.com/

The Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy Leader leads the Strategic Portfolio Management capability across MedTech Supply Chain Digital, ensuring alignment among business strategy, investment decisions, resource planning, portfolio execution, and value realization. The role evolves portfolio governance, demand intake, prioritization, value management, analytics, and performance measurement practices to improve investment decisions and executive transparency. It also connects project execution tools with portfolio platforms to strengthen efficiency, data quality, reporting, and end-to-end visibility. As a strategic business partner, the leader works across Digital Leadership, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business partners to align investments with enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Portfolio Governance. Lead and evolve the Strategic Portfolio Management framework across MedTech Supply Chain Digital. Establish governance structures, operating models, decision forums, and review cadences. Align strategic priorities, investment planning, resource allocation, and portfolio execution. Partner with senior leaders to develop portfolio roadmaps and drive maturity through standardization, process excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Demand Management and Portfolio Prioritization. Govern enterprise demand intake, assessment, and prioritization. Maintain frameworks that evaluate strategic alignment, value, complexity, resource demand, risk, and financial impact. Facilitate portfolio review councils and governance boards, establish portfolio gating and investment review practices, and reinforce transparent and consistent investment decisions.
• Value Management & Benefits Realization. Lead portfolio-level value management and benefits realization. Establish methods for measuring financial and non-financial value, partner with Finance and Business leaders to define value drivers, return-on-investment methods, and success metrics, and supervise forecasted and realized benefits. Integrate value realization into governance, prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Portfolio Analytics & Performance Management. Provide executive transparency into portfolio health, investment and financial performance, resource utilization, risks, and strategic alignment. Establish portfolio benchmarks, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting. Conduct scenario planning, forecasting, and investment analysis and use analytics to find opportunities to improve portfolio performance.
• Resource & Capacity Management. Lead strategic resource planning and capacity management across the portfolio. Partner with portfolio and functional leaders to optimize resource allocation and investment planning. Establish demand forecasting, capacity planning, and resource prioritization frameworks and monitor constraints, demand trends, and delivery risks.
• Portfolio Process & Technology Integration. Define and govern the portfolio management technology strategy and roadmap. Integrate project management tools, including JIRA, Planisware, and Quickbase, with portfolio solutions to create visibility from strategy through execution. Lead digitization and automation across intake, governance, reporting, resource planning, and value tracking; improve data quality and accessibility; and promote tool adoption and procedures.
• Change Control & Investment Governance. Lead enterprise investment and change governance, including Change Control Board oversight. Ensure decisions balance strategic priorities, risk, funding constraints, and organizational capacity. Facilitate executive decisions through structured governance forums and transparent reporting.
• Leadership & Organizational Development. Develop portfolio management capabilities through coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. Build partnerships across Digital, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business organizations. Foster accountability, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement, and lead and develop high-performing teams with meaningful growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations or equivalent preferred; advanced degree preferred
• Experience and Skills: Required: Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience. Complex global Project, Program, or Portfolio Management leadership experience Strong strategic leadership and business acumen, with the ability to align investments to organizational priorities. Deep expertise in Strategic Portfolio Management, portfolio governance, demand management, prioritization, and investment planning. Experience establishing portfolio governance forums, intake processes, stage gates, and executive decision frameworks. Experience governing portfolio and project technologies, system integration, and process automation. Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills. Ability to influence global, matrixed organizations without direct authority. Strong change management, continuous improvement, organizational transformation, and team-development capabilities. Preferred: Progressive experience in leadership roles within Supply Chain, Commercial, digital transformation, portfolio management, or large transformation programs Understanding of Supply Chain, Digital Transformation, Technology Delivery, and enterprise planning processes. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Strategic Portfolio Management; portfolio governance; value management and benefits realization; Supply Chain; Digital Transformation; Technology Delivery; enterprise planning; PMO, Product, Finance, or Business environments; and large, complex matrixed organizations. Proficiency with Planisware, JIRA, Quickbase, Power BI, and Microsoft Power Platform. Experience integrating portfolio and project tools and applying digitization, automation, and data-quality practices. Professional certification in Portfolio Management, Project Management, Agile, Strategy, Value Management, or a related discipline. Other: People Management. Experience leading, developing, and coaching high-performing teams is required. This position may require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other sites and locations.

Required Skills

Required Skills: Preferred Skills: Budgeting, Consulting, Customer Alignment, Data Analysis, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Information Technology Strategies, Leadership, Process Improvements, Product Portfolio Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Risk Assessments, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Team Management, Training People

Additional Description for Pay Transparency

The anticipated base pay range for this position is : $127,000.00 - $218,500.00

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)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. 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 period
• 10 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

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

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/.

Our Credo calls on us to respect the dignity of every individual and create an environment for all people to thrive. Throughout the recruitment process - from application through hiring - we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations/adjustments for qualified candidates with disabilities. If you need support at any stage of the recruitment process, please complete our candidate accommodation request form so we can assist you.

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.