Director, Program Delivery Leader

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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.

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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-045579

• United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-045326

• Belgium, Netherlands - Requisition Number: R-045330

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for a Director, Program Delivery Leader - Oncology.  This position is a hybrid role and can be located in Beerse, Belgium or Leiden, Netherlands.

The Director, Program Delivery Leader (PDL) will be accountable for the operational execution of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP).  As a disease area thought partner, the PDL will be responsible for the development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring cross-functional alignment, identifying, and resolving program-level risks that may impact timelines or budgets.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring alignment across functions, Delivery Units and Disease Area Stronghold (DAS) areas/Therapeutic Area (TA)/portfolio (e.g., E2E connectivity from Global Development and non-Global Development partners, share lessons learned for program-level consistency, and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track program-level success).

• Accountable for the delivery of the operational strategy in alignment with the Clinical Development Plan, ensuring alignment with business goals and TA/clinical delivery and trial delivery objectives, including resourcing, budget, and change control, partnering with Compound Development Team (CDT) sub-teams, and timeline creation.

• Attend CDT and co-lead CT in collaboration with clinical leaders.

• Lead scenario planning and mitigate program-level risks that may impact timelines / budget, ensure appropriate quality oversight, and appropriately escalate issues on clinical teams and to CDT, Quality and functional leadership.

• Effectively communicate the operational strategy and defend the operational plan and costs associated with CDT, TA leadership and at governance meetings (e.g. TA governance, DC/IC).

• Lead and ensure inspection readiness for program through risk identification and readiness review.

• Provide leadership during Health Authority inspections and on the identification of risks and mitigation plans at the program level for key issues.  Support Licensing and Acquisition activities when appropriate.

• Mentor and support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.

• Foster employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in a Life Science discipline (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy).

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries is required.

• Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process is required.

• Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I-IV) is required.

• Knowledge of the Oncology therapeutic area is preferred.

• Strong project planning/management skills required.

• Strong financial management skills required.

• Experience leading without authority and driving decision-making across multi-functional matrixed and global environments is required.

• Experience mentoring/coaching others is required.

• Must have excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills

• Must possess excellent leadership skills with the proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.

• The ability to operate and execute with limited supervision is required.

• The ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial is required.

• This position will require up to 20% domestic and international travel.

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