Manager, R&D MedTEST PMO

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America; Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Full-time
$120,000.00 - $207,000.00
Posted Nov 12, 2026

Skills

Compliance
Leadership
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Negotiation
Problem Solving
Project Management
Public Speaking
Robotics
Supply Chain
Six Sigma

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through 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 humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, R&D MedTEST PMO, to join our Orthopaedics team. This is a hybrid position based in Raynham MA or Warsaw IN . Other DePuy Synthes locations may be considered for the ideal candidate .

Purpose:

Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; R&D Tech Ops MedTEST and laboratory testing capabilities; extremities and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

The Manager, R&D PMO will lead the project management function supporting the R&D Tech Ops MedTEST portfolio. The primary purpose of this role is to manage and develop project managers, coordinate R&D and cross-functional resourcing, track MedTEST budget, and support disciplined execution of multiyear portfolio, resource capacity and allocation and capability planning activities across MedTEST.

This leader will partner closely with R&D Tech Ops leadership, project managers, functional managers, and business partners to ensure the right people, funding, priorities, and execution plans are in place to deliver the R&D Tech Ops MedTEST portfolio. The role is accountable for building PMO discipline, improving visibility to resource needs and constraints, supporting budget planning and management, and enabling long-range portfolio planning that connects near-term project execution with future MedTEST capability and portfolio needs.

Key Responsibilities:

•Lead, coach, and develop a team of project managers supporting the R&D Tech Ops MedTEST portfolio, including performance management, capability building, and prioritization of PMO work, processes and strategy.

•Coordinate R&D and cross-functional resourcing across active projects, lifecycle initiatives, and future pipeline opportunities; identify constraints, escalate gaps, and partner with functional leaders to support informed trade-off decisions.

•Help establish, manage, and communicate portfolio budgets, including resource assumptions, equipment, prototype and supplier needs, project expenses, and budget risks across the R&D Tech Ops MedTEST portfolio.

•Lead multiyear portfolio and capability planning activities for R&D Tech Ops MedTEST by integrating project roadmaps, resource plans, budget requirements, strategic priorities, and leadership decision points.

•Drive PMO operating discipline, including portfolio reviews, milestone tracking, utilization efficiency, schedule performance, risk management, decision tracking, and timely communication of business-related issues and opportunities.

•Partner with R&D platform partners, marketing, clinical, regulatory, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and other stakeholders to align execution plans with portfolio priorities and commercialization needs.

•Provide project management subject matter expertise, mentorship, and best-practice guidance to project managers and cross-functional teams.

•Ensure personal, team, and Company compliance with applicable Federal, State, local, Company, Health, Safety, Environmental, and quality system requirements; perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required:

•Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

•6 years’ related work experience.

•3 years project management experience in medical device or other similarly regulated industry.

•Demonstrated success leading medical device projects from concept through market introduction, preferably within R&D Tech Ops, MedTEST, laboratory testing, product verification and validation, or related regulated product development environments.

•Ability to ensure compliance to FDA, MDR, etc. to design control regulations.

•Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity and apply project management skills which result in meeting project/program goals and objectives.

•A successful track record of leading and working within a cross-functional teams.

•Proficiency utilizing the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project, Teams, etc.)

•Proficiency utilizing Smartsheet.

•Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving ability.

•Ability to prioritize tasks and manage a varied workload.

•Ability to effectively utilize verbal, written and presentation skills.

•Ability to build effective interdependent partnering relationships.

•Ability to effectively use negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

•Ability to develop leadership capabilities and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to effectively assimilate and communicate complex information from multiple sources.

•Ability to recognize and lead the resolution of project issues and roadblocks.

•Up to 10% business travel may be required.

Preferred:

•Project Management Professional Certification (PMP).

•Additional training in either PMI, Six Sigma, or Product Development processes.

•Experience engaging surgeon advisors, design surgeons, or external clinical stakeholders to inform product requirements, development priorities, and commercialization readiness.

•Proficiency utilizing project lifecycle management (PLM) software.

•Ability to model and integrate the Standards of Leadership into all business practices and activities.

About Orthopaedics:

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

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 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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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, AI solution evaluation, Business Alignment, Business Savvy, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Reporting, Project Schedule, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Team Management, Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$120,000.00 - $207,000.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

•Vacation –120 hours per calendar year

•Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year

•Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year

•Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

•Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

•Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

•Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

•Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

•Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits