Sr. Technology Product Manager, Adv. Therapies

Johnson & Johnson Technology is recruiting for a Technical Product Manager, Janssen Advanced Therapies Supply Chain (ATSC).

The Janssen ATSC team is an end-to-end pharmaceutical supply chain dedicated to accelerating new technology platforms and deliver on our pipeline of transformational medicines in cell & gene therapy, radiopharmaceuticals, and new vaccines.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual with deep technical experience and solid understanding of Supply Chain Technologies in this exciting and innovative field of medicine! Position can be based anywhere within the US and Europe, preferably CET / EST time zones!

As a steward of innovation, you are leading a technical team through planning and execution of a sophisticated transactional and data architecture. You lead the standard technology template that enables Advanced Therapies to seamless and fully paperless interact between internal and external supply chain nodes. You deliver the technical setup of the first wave of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) and establish the model for future waves. You will provide leadership to strategic programs, projects, and governance teams, as well as other critical initiatives as defined by the Advanced Therapies SC team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology leadership across the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization to launch and beyond. This involves working closely with cross-functional business and technology teams, internal & external.
• Develop a product strategy, incorporating AT industry standard methodologies & lessons to accelerate the therapy launch & scale-up in alignment with SC business goals. You will also need to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure that the product is delivered on time and within budget.
• Maintain relationship with key business partners in Advanced therapies, including Partnerships and External Supply, Vein to Vein, Plan, Procurement, External Quality and Legal business leaders
• Lead the IT-to-IT engagement with external manufacturing/SC partners
• Leverage / adapt existing capabilities and strategic programs in other technology platforms to accelerate the technology delivery for AT.
• Collaborate with business leads and key Product Lines (Supply Chain Integration, Advanced Analytics, ERP, etc.) to confirm requirements and assign body of work
• Sit on the External Manufacturing Firewall Governance for IT in close collaboration with IT Security & Risk Management.

Other key expectations of the role include:

• Help to define the technical onboarding process for Cell Therapy External Manufacturing, with a focus on CAR-T manufacturing
• Support the development of departmental tools, including dashboards, onboarding tools, information management tools, and communication tools
• Lead program activities, including kickoff meetings, recurring status meetings, executive sponsor meetings, reporting, risk tracking, steering committee meetings, and conflict resolution
• Co-create detailed plans with your team, identifying critical paths and timing while meeting strategic intent and achieving key achievements in the production of CAR-T therapies
• Manage resources to achieve program/project results and coordinate project communication
• Ensure problem solving and decision making addressing major risks and issues by identifying, documenting, resolving, communicating, or advancing to senior leadership when appropriate
• Collaborate with key team members and foster diverse and inclusive high-performance teams!