Cincinnati, OH

Ethicon, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Project Manager, R&D for our Ethicon Franchise! This position will be located in Cincinnati, OH.

Ethicon , part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com .

Our Project Manager is responsible for project management ownership for multiple new product development (NPD) teams within the Ethicon franchise. The NPD teams' responsibilities encompass product design, manufacturing process design, design transfer and product launch. Key success metrics for this role are meeting project objectives including, but not limited to, time to market, cost of goods (COGS), development costs, quality metrics and ability to meet projected demand.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support NPD Project Director/Leader (Product Owner) to achieve project objectives from product conception to commercialization with general direction.
• Ensure that the project is delivered according to scope, schedule, budget, and quality baselines.
• Provide direct communication to management on progress, opportunities and issues along with identification and recommended remediation for institutional bottle necks.
• Lead the effort across the team to generate information from relevant stakeholders to create a project charter and demonstrate the ability to direct and manage project work on multiple projects.
• Lead project planning and risk planning sessions to co-create the high-level product development and launch schedule through the phase-gate process.
• Facilitate sprint planning sessions ensuring the commitments made are appropriate and uphold scrum principles.
• Track team delivery on commitments using project plans, Gantt charts, burndown charts and other visual methods and track team velocity and other performance metrics to ensure accuracy of future planning.
• Organize and facilitate scrum ceremonies, ensuring usefulness and adherence to scrum practices.
• Drive backlog grooming (project planning) sessions with the team per the Project Director's (Product Owner's) priorities.
• Act as servant-leader to an agile team; removing impediments and ensuring team productivity.
• Mentor team members on project management (Waterfall and Agile Scrum) principles and drive conflict resolution.
• Empower teams to self-organize and facilitate continuous improvement activities through retrospectives
• Identifies options and negotiates effectively using pros and cons of different alternatives to stakeholders
• Champion PMBOK project management best-practices, including Agile Scrum adoption across the organization.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

At Johnson & Johnson, we're on a mission to change the trajectory of health for humanity. That starts by creating the world's healthiest workforce. Through cutting-edge programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional, and financial health of our employees and the ones they love. As such, candidates offered employment must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or secure an approved accommodation prior to the commencement of employment to support the well-being of our employees, their families and the communities in which we live and work.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, marketing, or general business
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience
• A minimum of 2 years as a Project Management and/or Scrum leader
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with teams and business leaders
• Solid knowledge of Agile development methodologies or PMBOK principles
• Open to up to 10% domestic and international travel

Preferred :

• MBA or advanced technical degree
• Experience with SmartSheet or MS Project
• Project Management Certification (e.g., FPX, PMP) and/or Scrum Master Certification (e.g., CSM, PSM I, PMI-ACP)
• Medical device product development and launch experience

Primary Location
United States-Ohio-Cincinnati-4545 Creek Road
Organization
Ethicon Inc. (6045)
Job Function
R&D
Requisition ID
W