Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine · 14 hours ago
Sr Director GCO Business Operations and Portfolio Services
Titusville, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$173K/yr - $299K/yrJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, aiming to prevent, treat, and cure complex diseases. The Sr Director GCO Business Operations and Portfolio Services is responsible for optimizing business operations strategy to ensure high-quality trial delivery and leading the Portfolio Services team, which includes various centralized activities.
Pharmaceuticals
Responsibilities
Drive the development and implementation of GCO global/regional strategic plans
Manage and coordinate business operations activities and drive operational excellence across functional groups in the following areas: Operational and Strategic support, Portfolio management support, Business Intelligence, Resource and Vendor management support, Compliance management and Financial management (including efficiency tracking across GCO)
Create and lead a business operations organization to establish global strategy, rigor, drive alignment and information/best practice sharing
Connection with the other Business Operations roles within Global Development to facilitate the driving of cross functional collaboration and communication
Support / contribute to development of GCO Global Strategy Member of GCO LT supporting ongoing functional management / governance discussions Coordinate and consolidate information across GCO functions
Provide leadership and oversight of assigned portfolio services capabilities including Training (Onboarding and Site Staff), Non-Core countries, Independent Drug Monitoring etc
Develop and manage agendas for GCO SLT meetings to ensure appropriate information sharing is focused, the topics are appropriate to the goals of the department, and actions and follow up are defined and closed
Drive development of GCO strategic pillars aligned with Global Development in support of aligned Functional strategies
Define the framework for cross-functional end-to-end improvement initiatives
Manage and lead allocated projects/initiatives on behalf of GCO Globally
Set the business performance definitions and metrics to measure operational excellence across GCO by partnering with the metrics group
Intake point for Global Development level requests and/or projects
GCO Primary point of contact (related to non-function specific requests) for partner functions such as Procurement, Finance, HR, Capacity Management, R&D Quality and Operational Planning & Strategy
Other projects and activities that support progression of GCO Capabilities and performance as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree is required (scientific or business orientation) with a Master's degree preferred
Strong knowledge in the areas of Finance, Data Science and Clinical Operations
Excellent communication, project management, problem solving, and analytical skills required
Ability to develop strong partnerships in a matrix environment, drive challenging conversations and influence without authority
Demonstrated inspirational leadership and ability to set a vision for the future; a drive for delivering and exceeding business results
Exhibit relatable experiences of excelling at the above listed responsibilities
Preferred
Budget Management
Business Planning
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Corporate Management
Customer Intelligence
Design Mindset
Developing Others
Inclusive Leadership
Industry Analysis
Interdisciplinary Work
Knowledge Networks
Leadership
Operational Excellence
Product Development
Product Development Lifecycle
Qualitative Research
Research and Development
Tactical Planning
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Business accident insurance
Group legal insurance
Consolidated retirement plan (pension)
Savings plan (401(k))
Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work
Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Company
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine focuses on developing medical solutions for some of the challenging diseases and medical conditions.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Molly Perkins
VP, Head of Cell & Genetic Medicines Discovery
Recent News
2025-08-14
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