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Job Function:
Technology Product & Platform Management
Job Sub Function:
Technical Product Management
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Allschwil, Basel-Country, Switzerland, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium
Job Description:
J&J Innovative Medicine is recruiting a Technical Product Owner – Operate to join their team. The role is to be located in the EMEA (preferred locations Beerse BE and Zug CH).
This position is being recruited to support the Pharma IM TranSCend program, a global business transformation initiative designed to modernize and standardize foundational transactional processes. The program aims to simplify the current ERP landscape from seven systems down to one, creating a cost-effective, standardized digital platform to support the business with greater agility.
What we offer:
At the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM), we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it.
JJIM TranSCend is looking for a strong technical leader who can own and manage end-to-end platform governance and management in Operate state. This role will be responsible for technical delivery and value realization in steady state operations, including the coordination of hypercare activities for future releases, in partnership with the Business stakeholders and technology services. The focus will be on ensuring reliability, observability, and compliance while driving alignment with business and maximizing value for our SAP S/4 product.
The successful candidate will be a member of the JJIM Supply Chain JJT team, focusing on platform management/governance, oversight of cross-team coordination, compliance, and lifecycle operations of the live environment. This role is key to ensuring seamless alignment between business stakeholders, The role will partner closely with business process owners, technical product owners, ecosystem owners, Technology Services (TS), and strategic vendors to ensure end to end capabilities are supported and evolved in the Operate state.
Key Responsibilities:
Own the end-to-end platform within the Operate state from a Business Technology standpoint, ensuring reliability, observability, and overall ecosystem support.
Define the product/platform vision, strategy, roadmap and critical metrics for the applications being delivered, aligning business demand with the product/platform roadmap, focusing on business impact, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Manage end-state operations in collaboration with Plan-Source, Make/Quality, Deliver/OTC, and Finance workstream leads.
Coordinate platform operational activities across Technology Services (TS) and vendor teams, including Service Level reviews, release calendar alignment, change release management, Hypercare support, platform remediations, and platform patches/ maintance.
Support business-driven SOX compliance controls, audits, and compliance reviews for production systems, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
Define, coordinate, and approve ecosystem environment strategies and environment testing strategies for Operate state including base buisiness changes and steady state support with ecosystem, program and support, and teams, mitigating risks and dependencies.
Drive automation, regression, and non-functional testing, deploying standardized global methods for regression, performance, and error handling for Operate state.
Manage platform assets for live markets within the asset management system, ensuring proper tracking, maintenance, and lifecycle management.
Oversee SAP licensing and financial management, collaborating with finance teams to ensure accurate handling of Statements of Work (SOWs), purchase orders, and invoices.
Build strong partnerships and drive alignment among Business Product Owners (BPOs), Global Template Owners (GTOs), TS, and vendor partners to ensure seamless platform operations and demand management.
Act as liaison between business and TS, proactively communicating platform downtime, maintenance, and other critical updates to stakeholders.
Lead, coach, empower, and inspire the team to deliver on commitments and continuously improve considering current and future needs.
Drive performance measurement, capacity planning, and improvement initiatives across the Operate platform team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
Lead a joint business-technology platform technical support model that supports capability enhancements, break-fix, application services support, and technology upgrades in partnership with business leads, data, and TS teams.
Leadership Skills & Behaviors
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education:
Experience and Skills:
Understanding the end-to-end business process linkages across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance and Master Data
Proven experience in platform management and operations, including monitoring, observability, change/release management, and incident/problem resolution in complex ERP environments.
Strong governance and compliance expertise, with demonstrated ability to support audits, ensure regulatory alignment (e.g., GxP, SOX), and manage documentation for production systems.
Financial and asset management acumen, including hands-on experience with budgeting, cost optimization, SAP licensing, Statements of Work (SOWs), and vendor contracts.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and driving alignment across business, IT, and vendor partners in a global, matrixed environment.
Demonstrated leadership in continuous improvement initiatives, including performance measurement, capacity planning, and operational excellence programs.
Proficiency with modern IT Service Management (ITSM) practices and tools, such as ServiceNow, Jira, or equivalent platforms, to manage platform operations effectively
Other:
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.
For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.]
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Consulting, Cost Management, Creating Purpose, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Developing Others, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management
