Sr Dir Digital, Clinical Supply Chain

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are 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 more at .

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Job Function:

R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Supply Operations

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Allschwil Basel-Country Switzerland

Job Description:

Senior Director Head of Digital Solutions Clinical Supply Chain

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.

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 note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Belgium - Requisition Number: R-087634

Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-088473

United States - Requisition Number: R-088472

Remember whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers your applications will be considered as a single submission.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary leader to serve as Senior Director Head of Digital Solutions Clinical Supply Chain to be based in Beerse Belgium Allschwil Switzerland Titusville NJ Horsham PA Malvern PA US.

Purpose: This role is accountable for shaping and delivering the digital strategy business transformation roadmap and organizational capabilities required to build an industry-leading clinical supply chainone that is reliable agile efficient compliant and centered on patient and site needs.

The successful candidate will lead a global organization of approximately 70 employees and contractors while driving the digital and business transformation of Clinical Supply Chain. The role also serves as the senior business leader for the Research & Development scope of the Transcend transformation program ensuring successful modernization adoption and value realization across R&D.

Leadership Profile

We are looking for a leader who combines strategic vision with practical execution. The ideal candidate sees technology as an enablernot the objectiveand can connect business strategy organizational leadership process excellence and digital innovation into a compelling vision that people want to follow.

This leader will simplify complexity challenge legacy thinking develop talent build strong partnerships and drive accountability for outcomes.

Why This Role Matters

Clinical trials are becoming increasingly complex global personalized and data-driven. The Head of Digital Solutions will play a central role in building the capabilities organization and partnerships required to create an industry-leading clinical supply chain while advancing the modernization of Research & Development through Transcend.

Most importantly this role helps deliver our mission of Hope in a Box bringing innovative medicines to patients with greater speed reliability confidence and care.

You will be responsible for:

Strategy & Transformation

• Defining and executing the digital strategy and multi-year roadmap for Clinical Supply Chain.
• Leading major transformation initiatives that modernize systems processes data and ways of working across Clinical Supply Chain and R&D.
• Driving simplification standardization and end-to-end process integration across planning manufacturing packaging labeling logistics and clinical supply operations.
• Ensuring transformation efforts deliver measurable improvements in reliability agility productivity compliance and patient experience.

Organizational Leadership

• Leading and developing a global organization of approximately 70 employees and contractors across digital solutions systems and business transformation.
• Building a high-performing inclusive culture focused on innovation collaboration accountability and continuous development.
• Developing the talent leadership capabilities and succession pipeline needed for the future of digital clinical supply.

Strategic Partnerships

• Serving as a trusted partner to senior leaders across Clinical Supply Chain Global Development Innovative Medicines Supply Chain Advanced Therapies Supply Chain Quality Manufacturing Johnson & Johnson Technology and the Transcend organization.
• Representing Clinical Supply Chain and R&D in enterprise governance transformation and industry forums.
• Building strategic partnerships with technology providers service partners and industry consortiums to accelerate innovation and adoption of industry standards.

Digital & Technology Capabilities

• Overseeing the portfolio of digital products platforms and technology solutions supporting Clinical Supply Chain and R&D transformation.
• Leading capabilities spanning Randomization and Trial Supply Management (RTSM) Intelligent Clinical Supply Management (iCSM) SAP-enabled processes advanced planning and forecasting packaging and labeling systems logistics visibility advanced therapies scheduling and orchestration automation analytics and artificial intelligence.
• Establishing strong governance compliance risk management and operational excellence across the systems landscape.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant leadership experience in pharmaceutical biotechnology healthcare supply chain manufacturing technology or business transformation environments.
• Proven success leading large global teams in a complex matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale business transformation programs involving organizational change process redesign technology implementation and value realization.
• Strong understanding of supply chain operations enterprise systems digital technologies and regulated business environments.
• Exceptional communication stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Preferred

• Experience in clinical development clinical trial supply advanced therapies manufacturing logistics or pharmaceutical supply chain operations.
• Experience with SAP-based transformation RTSM planning systems clinical supply systems intelligent automation artificial intelligence and digital product management.
• Track record of building strategic partnerships and driving industry-facing innovation.

Other:

• Requires proficiency in English (written and verbal) to communicate effectively and professionally.
• May require up to 40% domestic and/or international travel depending on business requirements.
• Requires the ability through our flexible work policy to work on-site a minimum of three days each week with the option of two remote workdays each week.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Clinical Supply Chain Clinical Trial Protocols Developing Others Fact-Based Decision Making Financial Competence Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Inclusive Leadership Inventory Optimization Laboratory Operations Leadership Operations Management Performance Measurement Procurement Policies Program Management Research and Development Stakeholder Engagement Stakeholder Management Strategic Thinking

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1