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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub** **Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting for a **Director, Project Controls & Assurance** . This position will be located in **Horsham, Pennsylvania** or **New Brunswick, New Jersey** and will require full time on-site support.

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Are you interested in joining a team which provides innovative workplaces and delivers outstanding site solutions to our enable our J&J Enterprise to better serve our patients and customers? Apply now for this exciting role!

At Engineering & Property Services (E&PS) we take care of all J&J buildings around the world providing end to end services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery, to Facilities Management. We have a profound influence on the entire J&J Enterprise, providing innovative workplaces where our employees can collaborate and grow, and delivering flexible site solutions which enable our business to best serve our important customers and patients.

As part of the Global Project Controls & Assurance team, the Director is responsible for ensuring compliance with J&J Worldwide Procedures and implementing scalable E&PS Project Controls tools, guidelines, and industry best practices throughout the lifecycle of the project. They are responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of the program ensuring consistency with business strategy, commitments, and goals.

This includes defining, identifying, and securing appropriate internal and external resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and/or third-party contractors / consultants to deliver projects according to plan. In addition, this role ensures that the program stays on plan by resolving resource conflicts and removing obstacles, which may involve negotiations with senior stakeholders.

The Director is accountable to drive standardization, through the ideation, definition, execution and assessment phases; including, but not limited to managing detailed cost and schedule metrics, reporting, implementing Risk Management processes and communicating best practices. In addition, they will support the Project Leader to deliver early estimating efforts and business case alignment, align on execution approach, ensure project progress and reporting throughout the project phases and implement lessons learned.

Key relationships include working relationships with the J&J Project Delivery team, cross-functional business teams, external partners, key stakeholders, and business leaders. This role will also ensure alignment with key E&PS functional partners (Global Finance, Project Management, CCFS and Facilities Management).

Key Responsibilities:

+ Provide guidance on Front End Loading / early estimating supporting the Capital investment by obtaining agreement on project definitions, scope, and priorities, and ensures that resources, capabilities, and processes are in place.

+ Supports the implementation of the IDEA Project Delivery Process, ensuring focus on cost and schedule objectives, identify and mitigate risk and are adhering to key financial procedures.

+ Work with team to develop & align Capital Appropriation Request(s) estimates, cost accounting and detailed schedule to ensure seamless integration of project approval.

+ Ensure key tools and processes are in place to track project deliverables. Monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders and provides status reports defining project progress, problems and solutions. Ensure proper change control processes are in place and efficient.

+ Ensures that projects are implementing key Risk processes at all stages of the IDEA project delivery process (Cost & Schedule Risks assessments)

+ Attend meetings during the engineering and construction phases.

+ Evaluate the AE, Construction Management (CM) and C&Q firm’s performance with respect to cost control and change management.

+ Support project management in evaluating cost and analyzing change orders and forecasts.

+ Review construction estimate trend reports prior to establishment of GMA contract with contractor.

+ Assist with development and review of project estimates. Review will include analysis of scope definition, inclusions and exclusions, unit rates, subcontractor costs, fees and markups, and indirect costs including general conditions.

+ Evaluate subcontract procurement plan, track performance against target dates.

+ Review costs and schedules for subcontracts prior to award, validate against project budget.

+ Evaluate project contingency budgets and monitor usage throughout the duration of the project.

+ Review payment applications to validate progress claimed and ensure compliance with commercial/contract terms.

+ Maintain and update 21-Tab / ESR that accurately: Reflect status against the funding authorization and target schedule, Identifies key accomplishments, critical issues and potential areas of concern, Tracks project cashflow against plan, Tracks project safety statistics.

+ Manage the overall schedule development and integration, including engineering and design deliverables, procurement tasks, and construction management tasks, integrated with IT-automation tasks, commissioning and qualification, operational readiness, and process validation and technology transfer. This role will include hands-on schedule development, including updating, review, analysis and reporting to management, team leadership and team members.

+ Ensure proper schedule integration and focus on identification of critical and near-critical paths so that the project team can begin to consider possible mitigation plans in case of schedule delay. Provide thorough review of the overall timeline and logic networks for all workstreams to ensure a true overall baseline.

+ Support Teams to develop Programmatic / Project Specific Procurement Strategies.

+ Identify areas of opportunities and risks and recommending courses of action which enable the project team to optimize its schedule performance and provide the owner with accurate and timely information

Qualifications:

Education:

+ Minimum of a Bachelor's or equivalent University Degree required; focused degree preferred in Business, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent field

Experience and Skills:

Required:

+ Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience

+ Project Controls experience leading complex capital projects > $500MM in Supply Chain, R&D, Medical Device, and/or equivalent regulated industry

+ Proven Project Management experience, including obtaining agreement on project definitions and priorities, and ensuring that key resources, capabilities, and processes are in place

+ Extensive knowledge of engineering, construction, and projects controls execution

+ Experience in estimating, cost and schedule development/integration, and risk control processes

+ Experience and knowledge of translating complex business needs into clear Final Project Objectives

+ Strong communication and listening skills (influencing, negotiating, handling project conflicts)

+ Strong people leadership experience with demonstrated competency interacting with multiple levels of the organization including senior leaders (internally & externally)

Preferred:

+ Familiarity with J&J Project Management approaches (FPX or IDEA Project Delivery Process)

+ Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification

+ Primavera P6 and/or MS Project scheduling experience

+ Experience with Monte Carlo analysis to support risk management

+ Experience with web-based project management systems (e.g., Open-Text, POET, or Livelink)

+ Experience within an FDA regulated industry

Other:

+ Requires up to 50% domestic and/or international travel

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.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Budget Management, Business Behavior, Business Savvy, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Statement of Work (SOW), Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$146,000-$251,850

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. • Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. • Employees may be 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. • Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: o Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year o Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year o Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year • Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.