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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for an IT Manager - Manufacturing who will lead deployments and support manufacturing site technology solutions from an IT perspective. This role involves managing contractor and vendor resources and developing tactical and operational plans to support organizational objectives and business goals. Acting as the Technical Product Owner for the site, this individual will develop roadmaps aligning with strategic technology programs and business needs.

The location for this position is Wilson, North Carolina – USA and requires 5 days a week on site.

You will be responsible for:

• Allocates resources to create solutions to business problems and outlines the solutions via clear and executable product requirements. Focuses and prioritizes the team’s execution on the most business-critical problems.

• Manages individual contributors and vendors. Develops tactical and operational plans to achieve site specific Technology Product & Platform Management goals and communicates plans to managers, supervisors, and individual contributors.

• Product budgets from financing to implementation.

• Supports technology strategy for business partners and develops roadmaps.

• Develops insights for site leadership. Contributes to technology projects, programs, and processes. Creates reports, visualizations or other documents. Presents findings and provides updates on status to team and management.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• A minimum of 5 years experience in a similar position

• Experience in leading and managing vendors

• Strong understanding of GMP requirements

• Strong experience in SDLC process

• Experience in manufacturing environment required. Pharmaceutical manufacturing highly preferred.

• Substantial skills in relevant technologies (Digital and Innovation)

• Business agility and ability to challenge the status quo

• Adept in ISA-95 model

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with strong interpersonal skills and a team-oriented approach.

• Adept in financial management

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in data platforms and solutions (Azure Data Lake, GraphDB, Time Series DB) is a big plus

• Experience in integrations technologies (MQTT Brokers, High Byte, Kafka,….) is a big plus

• Experience in AI/ML, Model Mgmt, Data Science, Prompt Engineering, MLOps is a big plus

• Experience with manufacturing-related systems (e.g., MES PAS-X, ERP, LIMS, Truva) and ecosystem integration.

• Familiarity with Quality-related systems (e.g LIMS, CMMS, Truvault, QMS Labs…)

• Experience in solutioning and architecture.

• Familiarity with OT systems and OT integrations

• Experience handling Cybersecurity

• Experience in Agile, Scrum and Project Management

• Understanding of product life cycle.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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