Technology Program Management Senior Engineer

Role Summary

Technology Program Management Senior Engineer to support the Electrophysiology business at Johnson & Johnson in Irvine, CA. The role will manage and contribute to digital-related projects (including digital transformation efforts, software/tool implementations, and data-driven initiatives) and work cross-functionally to identify, shape and implement New Product Development process improvements that accelerate time-to-market, enhance quality, and increase development efficiency. The position supports a Flex/Hybrid schedule with three days per week onsite in Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Support / lead the implementation of digital projects and process improvement initiatives from initiation to completion, applying appropriate Project Management methodologies and practices.
• Support data collection and exploratory analysis required for digital feature(s) implementation or AI model development.
• Plan and manage detailed Project schedules with all critical milestones, interdependencies, and resource constraints.
• Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates and Dashboards; develop agendas, minutes, metrics, etc.
• Proactively identify and manage business impacts and risks, escalate issues to stakeholders, and lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and contingency planning.
• Support / lead the implementation of NPD process improvements while ensuring that Compliance requirements are met.
• Write and maintain work instructions, standard operating procedures, and project documentation and ensure ongoing maintenance and enhancement of implemented solutions.
• Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among teams and integrate them into existing processes.
• Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication and lead training sessions (workshops, job aids) for teams, stakeholders and appropriate levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of business experience
• Basic data-analysis and visualization skills (Excel advanced functions, Power BI, or Tableau).
• Exposure to product lifecycle tools (PLM) or configuration management system.
• Internship, coursework, or project experience in digital technologies and/ or systems integration
• Introductory programming/scripting experience (Example: Python) is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, strong interpersonal abilities, and effective organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in an effective manner.

Education

• University/Bachelors Degree or Equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Skills

• Action-Oriented
• Agility Jumps
• Business Behavior
• Coaching
• Communication
• Information Technology Project Management
• Problem Solving
• Process Improvements
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Management Tools
• Project Support
• Quality Control (QC)
• Scientific Evaluation
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Technologically Savvy