Director, Strategic Business Improvement

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
Project/Program Management

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands, Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

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-015359


* United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-016942


* Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-017077


* Belgium, Netherlands, Germany - Requisition Number: R-017081

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, Strategic Business Improvement.

 This position is a hybrid role and can be located in Beerse, Belgium; Leiden, Netherlands; or Neuss, Germany.

The Director, Strategic Business Improvement will serve as the Global Medical Safety (GMS) leader for creation of the strategy for, and delivery of, high-impact strategic projects, and continuous improvement.  This individual will be a strategic thought partner and ad hoc member of the GMS Leadership Team (LT).  In this role, the Director will partner/collaborate across multiple operating units, functions, and/or COEs, as well as: (a) work/consult with GMS Leadership to help define and shape strategy, ensure tactical execution alignment to the strategy, and integrate the two into the Innovative Medicine, Office of the Chief Medical Officer (IM OCMO) and Innovative Medicine R&D business; (b) lead/manage high priority initiatives to transform GMS and add value to the GMS business; (c) align and ensure that strategic actions are taken based on strategic decisions...