Transcend Deployment Process Manager

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.

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine.

Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility.

Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Process Manager to drive the implementation of the SAP S/4HANA global process template for controlled substances within a regulated pharmaceutical environment.

We are searching for the best talent for Transcend Deployment Process Manager. This position will be located in Titusville, NJ with alternate location in Malvern, PA; Spring House, PA; Somerset, NJ; Shepherdsville, KY; Athens, GA; Raritan, NJ, Gurabo, PR; or Beerse, Belgium.

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):

United States- Requisition Number: R-07942

Belgium- Requisition Number: R-081427

This role leads the global deployment of standardized value stream solutions, aligning with SAP Clean Core principles and incorporating only required localizations to meet legal and regulatory needs. The position requires experience in supply chain functions (e.g., Deliver, Source, Plan, Quality, Logistics), as well as an understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements within the life sciences industry. The role also partners across functions to guide teams through ERP transformation initiatives.

The position leads or supports a functional team of process experts and provides collaborative leadership to contractors and support teams, including CEBA and PMO partners.

The Transcend Deployment Process Manager will be a key face to the site personnel for the specific deployment and will need to be able to shape and influence in the face of resistance to change.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Global Template Deployment

• Leads the implementation of global functional process templates across regions and business units to align with industry regulations and SAP best practices.
• Drives SAP S/4HANA template deployment by promoting standardization and reducing unnecessary customization while aligning with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures solution design aligns with SAP Clean Core principles by prioritizing configuration over customization and maximising standard extensibility frameworks to support scalable, sustainable solutions.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Leads cross-functional teams, including business subject matter experts, IT, SAP consultants, validation specialists, and system integrators, to deliver value stream–aligned outcomes.
• Partners with value stream leads (e.g., procure-to-pay, finance, manufacturing) to enable seamless, end-to-end process integration across the enterprise.
• Acts as a key facilitator across business units, program leadership, and technical teams to align on scope, timelines, and business readiness.

Solution Delivery and Validation

• Is responsible for end-to-end solution delivery, including detailed design, user story development, configuration reviews, data migration validation, testing strategy (including GxP and CSV compliance), and business process walkthroughs.
• Leads value stream testing activities, including functional testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and validation efforts, in alignment with SDLC practices.
• Supports the development and approval of value stream validation results in alignment with quality assurance (QA) and regulatory requirements.

Change Management and Training

• Partners with the Change Management team to support user readiness and drive adoption of global value stream standards.
• Develops and delivers training materials and process documentation tailored to regulated users and business stakeholders to support effective adoption.

Qualifications:

Education:

• University level degree in quality, business/IT technical/scientific area or comparable education/experience.

Experience:

Required:

• A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of controlled substance regulations, enabling compliant and risk-aware operational execution.
• Experience working across end-to-end value stream processes in a GxP-regulated environment, including areas such as commercial distribution, serialization, credit management, and revenue recognition.
• Applies knowledge of SAP Clean Core principles and extensibility approaches (e.g., in-app, side-by-side) to enable scalable, sustainable, and future-ready system design.
• Leads cross-functional collaboration and engages stakeholders, including business leaders, regulatory teams, and global partners, to align on priorities and drive successful outcomes.
• Experience applying CSV, SDLC, and GxP frameworks to support system implementations and audit-ready deployment practices.
• Brings experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences environments to support global transformation initiatives within complex regulatory settings.
• Experience using SAP S/4HANA capabilities (e.g., Sales & Distribution, Credit Management, Billing), along with Fiori and Solution Manager, to support efficient, user-focused deployment and value stream optimization.

Other

• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time both domestically and internationally.

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.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Expectation Management, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Process Improvements, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Assurance (QA), Statement of Work (SOW), Technical Credibility

  

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€79,800.00 - €137,770.00

 

 

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

 

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.