Senior Finance Manager, EPM Data Design Product Owner

Role Summary

Overview: As a Senior Finance Manager EPM Data Design Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of finance data architecture across Johnson & Johnson’s global enterprise. This position demands a visionary leader who can align talent and resources to deliver innovative, scalable, and sustainable data solutions that empower financial planning, management reporting, and analytics. You will be responsible for translating complex business processes into robust data models, ensuring that every detail supports both immediate project needs and long-term organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 10 business data architects, engineers, and analysts, including consultants to design and maintain business data models for Commercial, IBP, and Supply Chain Planning & Analytics within a multi-year enterprise transformation program.
• Conduct data fit-gap evaluations for each deployment, collaborating with technical partners to identify and profile data sources in line with process requirements.
• Provide strategic guidance across all SigniFi workstreams (including Global Process Owners, Business Product Owners, and Technical Product Owners) to ensure cohesive, sustainable, and scalable solution designs, leveraging the CIM foundation.
• Develop and maintain Data Design Documents (DDD) to memorialize key decisions and serve as reference materials for run state teams.
• Coordinate with the Data Validation team to drive data quality and analysis throughout project phases, including data dry runs, business simulations, integrated testing, and production validation.
• Collaborate with the Finance Data Governance team to oversee SigniFi CIM design in the Finance Data Hub Platform for all fit-for-purpose use cases.
• Ensure smooth transition of new data processes to run state owners, providing knowledge transfer and ongoing support post-deployment.

Qualifications

• Required: A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required; Major in Finance or IT are preferred.
• Preferred: 8+ years experience with minimum 5 years in relational database management/data model/data warehouse experience.
• Required: SQL experience is required with strong technical systems background (e.g. Tableau, Alteryx, SAP Finance, BW, MDM).
• Required: Experience crafting sophisticated technology solutions to support a large, complex business landscape.
• Required: Must have experience supervising direct reports to continue the development of talent pipeline of data, system combined with business process.
• Required: Extensive experience with Financial Planning tools and technology.
• Required: The ability to effectively communicate complex technical ideas to individuals outside of the FS&T Program and Finance organization.
• Required: Experience working in a matrixed, multi-team delivery model.
• Required: Deep knowledge of organizational systems, models, and interdependencies needed to align the organization to the FS&T agenda.
• Required: Excellent at building positive relationships with peers and other senior-level stakeholders to support adoption of technology solutions and integration throughout the business.
• Required: Flexible and adaptable with the ability to thrive in ambiguous situations.
• Required: Team-oriented demeanour and ability to work collaboratively with and through others.
• Required: Experience detailing best practices and enforcing strong governance in a team.
• Required: Dedication to continuous integration, improvement, and using automation to ensure stable deliverables.
• Preferred: Strong Project Management Skills or experience leading implementations.
• Required: This role can be in any J&J geographic location, but presence in New Brunswick, NJ, will be required on an ad hoc basis.
• Required: The role may require up to 25% domestic and/or international travel, based on employee’s home location.

Skills

• Data modeling, data architecture, and data governance expertise.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management, with ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
• Leadership of cross-functional teams and matrixed delivery environments.
• Experience with Anaplan models and related data design tasks; familiarity with CIM and SigniFi foundations.
• Quality assurance, documentation (DDD), and run state transition capabilities.
• Financial planning tools and technology knowledge; experience with CI initiatives and automation.
• Project management and strategic thinking aligned with enterprise transformation programs.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required; majors in Finance or IT preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Travel: up to 25% domestic and/or international travel, based on home location.