MSAT Strategy & Development Director

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is looking for a Strategy & Development Director (Advanced Manufacturing Deployment Leader) in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, within its Innovative Medicine division. The role defines and owns the platform-based advanced manufacturing strategy for Biotherapeutics, translating business and manufacturing priorities into technology roadmaps and deploying standards and capabilities across platforms. It works in a global, matrix environment and reports to directors and/or senior individual contributors.

Key responsibilities

• Define the platform-based advanced manufacturing strategy, including technology roadmaps, governance, capability building and value capture, and drive the long-range financial plan
• Align the strategy with new product introductions, technology transfers, product roadmaps and lifecycle management, and partner with emerging technologies leaders
• Evaluate and deploy technologies and standards, support proof-of-concept, prototyping and systems algorithm development, and lead cost-improvement programs
• Deploy process-science and data-science solutions and coordinate digital architecture and automation readiness
• Partner with R&D, Quality, Value Chain and external manufacturing, and act as the single point of contact for platform technology and innovation
• Manage managers and senior contributors, coach staff, manage budget, performance and compliance, and run workforce and succession plans

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Engineering or Technology
• Minimum of 10 years of experience
• Master's degree or relevant certifications are a plus
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Ability to work in an international environment across different time zones

Required skills

• Document control systems such as TruVault
• Financial systems such as Planisware and gCRAFT
• Contract management tools for confidentiality agreements
• Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
• Ability to implement new technologies on the GMP manufacturing shopfloor