Transcend: Director, Gto Innovative Medicine Operate State Leader

**Job Function**:
Technology Product & Platform Management

**Job Sub**Function**:
Business Systems Analysis

**Job Category**:
People Leader

**All Job Posting Locations**:
Markham, Ontario, Canada

**About Innovative Medicine**

Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

**_United States - Requisition Number: _**R-021325**
**_Canada - Requisition Number: _**R-026876**

**_Switzerland - Requisition Number: _**R-022095**

**_Belgium, Ireland, and Italy - Requisition Number: _**R-022091**

We are searching for the best talent for a Transcend: Director, Global Template Owner (GTO) Innovative Medicines (IM) Operate State Leader This hybrid position will be located in Titusville, New Jersey. Alternate hybrid locations may be considered in Raritan, New Jersey; Latina, Italy; Cork, Ireland; Beerse, Belgium; or Zug or Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with the Functional template owners and Functional CoE, and lead the Governance process with respect to capability improvements
- In partnership with Technology, sustain and manage the content & configuration elements of the system solution including process flows
- Partner with Master Data and ensure Delivery of connected master data and transaction data excellence that support IM Operations
- Ensure compliance with the IM and Transcend processes
- Forge effective partnerships with IT, in the development of the connection points with the Integration layer and seamlessly connect to the enterprise architecture, visualization and analytics design
- Work closely with the other Strategic Programs Lead to continuously embed best practice and agile methodologies in the support of IM Transcend system
- Ensure support across functions is established and maintained for deployed capabilities
- Leverage best practices across the enterprise, drive preventative action, enable enterprise/E2E knowledge-sharing and act as an escalation point for critical user issues
- Develop sustainment infrastructure to oversee and assist Super Users in providing access and security controls support for the systems according to the defined processes
- Establish a team of experts to provide system audit and inspection support
- Ensure all support documentation aligns with the IM Quality Management System requirements, including creation, revision, review, and approval when it is required
- Ensure Sustainment functional teams understand the impact systems standards and architecture changes will have on the template capabilities and the need to engage with the Change Control Board Create and maintain infrastructure of Change Control Boards
- Facilitate Business Case justification for Continuous Improvement changes, and lead implementations ensuring business readiness through oversight of Business Adoption and Documentation/Training Partner with J&J Technology (JJT)
- Consistently seek to establish best practices in Functional CoE engagement through actively participating in Continuous Improvement opportunities
- Develop team resources that can achieve functional excellence and have the ability to become SMEs for multiple functional areas over time through participating in targeted development programs Partner with Transcend and IM colleagues
- Collaborate with senior leaders to ensure design aligns strategies and roadmaps
- Partner with global template team of Supply Chain experts in design, development, maintenance and improvement of global business processes and integration points

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**EDUCATION**:

- Minimum of High School or equivalent diploma/degree is required; Bachelor’s / University or equivalent degree strongly preferred
- Certifications are helpful in one or more of the following: PMP, FPX, or equivalent project management; APICS; and/or Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence

**EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS**:
**Required**:

- Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience
- Business functional experience (i.e., Operations, Supply Chain, and/or Finance) working in a complex, multi-ERP / system environment
- Experience in operating or supporting large-scale ERP processes following transformation/implementation programs
- Experience in supporting, improving, developing, implementing, and leading operational technological processes within a global organization
- Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and negotiating/influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate at various levels including program teams / e