Project Manager, Value Chain Management(1of 2)

**Function** - Project/Program Management Group **Sub function** - Project/Program Management **Category** - Manager, Project/Program Management (P7) **Location** - Zug / Baden / Schaffhausen / Switzerland **Date posted** - Jun 12 2025 **Requisition number** - R-019025 **Work pattern** - Hybrid Work Description **Job Function**: Project/Program Management Group ** Job Sub Function**: Project/Program Management ** Job Category**: Professional ** All Job Posting Locations**: Baden, Aargau, Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Zug, Switzerland ** 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. We are searching for the best talent for our Project Manager, Value Chain Management (VCM) to be located in Horsham, PA, Titusville, NJ Beerse and Geel, Belgium, Cork, Ireland, Leiden, Netherlands Latina, Italy, Zug, Schaffhausen, Actelion, Switzerland **Key Responsibilities**: - With limited direction, lead cross functional project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and implement the best enterprise business solutions/propositions - Guide project teams through the development of project plans & risk register - Drive project activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance. - Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of stakeholders to enable informed decision making - Drive team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet defined project breakthroughs - Demonstrate team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks - Make the complex simple when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization - Lead team thorough detailed analysis, scenario planning and drive recommendations - Identify and recommend the best enterprise business proposition - Engage teams in healthy debate/conflict resolution, and deliver team aligned option business solutions - Proactively identify and raise risks and issues to relevant stakeholders; lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and prioritization - Scope definitions and control: stakeholder alignment, project planning, resource and risk management, team development and communication - Lead prioritization and options analysis with teams - Lead teams in use of ongoing risk management & communication tools - Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates, Project Dashboards and Update Forms; and develop agendas, minutes, metrics, etc. for the teams - Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, partners and appropriate levels of the organization - Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among project leaders and other teams **Qualifications** **Education**: - A minimum Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Business or a related field **Experience and Skills**: **Required**: - A minimum of 8 years of relevant business experience - Experience leading cross-functional teams in delivering results - Strong Business and Financial Acumen. - Enterprise-wide knowledge - Experience in New Product Introduction and/or Life Cycle Project Management - Capability of leading/supervising multiple projects at the same time is required. **Preferred**: - Proven leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels - Experience with standard PM tools and templates - Exposure to an international working environment is preferred **Other**: - Project Management Certification - Process Excellence or Six Sigma training/certification - This position may require up to 15% domestic and international travel & be on site 3 days a week at home office location. - This position is expected on site at the J&J home location 3 days/week. location(s): United States - Requisition Number: R-018107 Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-019025 Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands and Italy - Requisition Number: R-019020