Associate Director, LEAN Development

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:
R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:
Clinical Trial Project Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

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.

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for an Associate Director, Lean Development to be located in either Springhouse, PA; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; Beerse, Belgium; High Wycombe, UK; Allschwil, Switzerland and may require up to 15 % domestic & international travel.

The Associate Director, Lean Clinical Development will be responsible for driving Strategy and Strategic Alignment within and across Global Development (GD) in order to lead the Effective Planning, Implementation, and Change Management for complex, key prioritized projects.

They will design and develop the strategy for a Continuous Improvement Culture and will work cross functionally to develop a Value Stream Roadmap using Lean strategies and concepts, translate this roadmap into tactical plan and measure the business benefit.

You will be responsible for:


* Lead and drive the improvement elements of key projects to deliver value to the organization and to ensure process and system elements are efficient and cost effective.


* Coach and mentor Green Belt candidate and others implementing improvement projects.


* Development of self and others through training and compliance requirements.


* Interact with multiple levels of management, influence/partner across business functions, and have responsibility for critical business deliverables.


* Address challenges with respect to applying Lean concepts to the clinical development environment and the change management inherent in this.


* Provide lean/six sigma expertise to project teams in Global Development, as well as lean process mapping and facilitation during project setup and execution.

Qualifications

Education:



* A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Engineering, Science or a related field is required.

Master’s Degree is preferred.

Required/Preferred Experien...