Senior Finance Manager, EPM Data Design Product Owner

Role Summary

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; Major in Finance or IT preferred
• Required: 8+ years experience with a minimum of 5 years in relational database management/data modeling/data warehouse experience
• Required: SQL experience with a 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: Experience supervising direct reports to develop a talent pipeline of data and systems combined with business processes
• Required: Extensive experience with Financial Planning tools and technology
• Required: Ability to effectively communicate complex technical ideas to non-FS&T/Finance audiences
• Required: Experience working in a matrixed, multi-team delivery model
• Required: Deep knowledge of organizational systems, models, and interdependencies to align the organization to the FS&T agenda
• Required: Excellent relationship-building with peers and senior stakeholders to support adoption of technology solutions
• Required: Flexibility and adaptability to thrive in ambiguous situations
• Required: Team-oriented demeanor and ability to collaborate across teams
• Required: Experience detailing best practices and enforcing strong governance in a team
• Required: Dedication to continuous integration, improvement, and 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: Travel up to 25% domestically and/or internationally, based on home location

Education

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

Additional Requirements

• Up to 25% domestic and/or international travel may be required