IMFT Technical Product Manager

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Job Description:

Position Summary

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for an IMFT Finance Technical Product Manager to support the Innovative Medicine (IM) Finance Transformation program. The preferred location for this role is in  Bangalore or Hyderabad, India.

As part of the Innovative  Medicine Finance Transformation (IMFT) programs we are looking for a strong leader that can set direction and can drive implementation based on proven knowledge and experience in the field of ERP Finance across

Innovative Medicine Finance Transformation (IMFT) is a global finance transformation program that will modernize end-to-end finance processes across the Innovative Medicine value chain. The program is designed to standardize processes and data across financial planning activities, including FX, PII, and Tax, while enabling stronger actuals and variance analysis across the relevant capabilities. IMFT will also enable more consistent reporting across Finance teams. By building a scalable digital backbone, IMFT will strengthen business agility and address critical system modernization needs for the future.

The IMFT Finance Tech Product Manager will lead and shape intercompany-relevant finance capabilities such as Transfer Pricing, PII, Non Stock Charge In/Charge Out and their integration with Supply Chain process areas and downstream finance process areas.

The  IMFT Finance Tech Product Manager will be an active member of the Innovative Medicine (IM) Supply Chain JJT team, driving global standardization of Intercompany Processes, identifying the best fit technology solutions and ensuring successful implementation & deployment.

The role will fundamentally lead all aspects of continuous improvement, assessment of technology capabilities & efficiencies across the Intercompany scope, enabling strategic capabilities, human centred design, and platform integration across our digital ecosystem. The role will partner closely with IMFT business stakeholders, ecosystem owners and various vendor partners to ensure end to end capabilities are supported and evolved.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

 Roadmap & Backlog (30%)

• Own vision and prioritization of new technical features and/or enhancements for Intercompany capabilities to meet business needs.
• Establish technology roadmaps to achieve efficient & effective delivery of business & customer value for Intercompany requirements.
• Balance business value with technical feasibility while prioritizing features, optimizing cost, and improving delivery efficiency.
• Further refine the backlog by adding necessary technical features and epics; work with Suppliers and Product owners, regarding supplier delivered capacity & architectural integration is understood.
• Help Product Owners prioritize their backlogs, manage product / platform constraints, and resolve cross-team dependencies; manage demand intake as required

Solutioning (30%)

• Accountable for solution design and implementation of the Intercompany capabilities for Innovative Medicine and the integration with the ecosystem
• Drive business process standardization and strategies to drive best in class design for Intercompany E2E Processes.
• Actively engage with business and functional teams in providing the best fit technical solutions
• Drive selection of product / platform solution options, work with the Engineering team to assess tech elements of the solution prior to user testing and to balance tech debt
• Provide technical leadership in the design and architecting of ERP solutions that will enable best in class integrations across End-to-End Intercompany flows, inclusive of integration technologies.

Delivery (30%)

• Accountable for technical delivery and value realization in partnership with the business workstream lead
• Accountable to manage the integrated build with the Engineering team to ensure the end-to-end build of a particular part of a solution is compliant and works as designed.
• Oversee planning and execution of Technical Testing by Engineering team; Support business workstream lead to plan and execute User Acceptance Testing
• Apply compliance requirements within scope of responsibility, ensures SDLC documentation, system configuration and compliance activities are up to date as required.
• Drive continual measurement of capabilities against demand volume, complexity, business challenges and improvement within value stream(s)

Leadership (10%)

• Act as the JJT workstream lead for all Intercompany integration topics, partnering closely with the Intercompany business stakeholders.
• Lead an international cross regional project team of Product Analysts through project design, execution, and deployment phases.
• Coordinate, lead, coach, motivate and inspire the team to both deliver on agreed plans and to continuously improve.
• Help Shape and Grow JJT organization to enable a global intake, build and sustain process that will drive parallel program releases and on-going operations, projects and enhancements as TranSCend goes live.
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.

Required Qualifications

Required Minimum Education: bachelor’s degree in management accounting, finance, supply chain      Other:

Required Years of Related Experience: A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in program/people management leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs. A minimum of 10 years of Supply Chain Technology experience. A minimum of 3 years of ERP platform experience in a healthcare or health services industry.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

·     Domain Expertise

• Deep End-to-End understanding of Financial and Logistical Flows in multinational operations and how primary functions integrate with one another (Plan, Make, Deliver, Finance, Tax).
• Strong Knowledge of SAP-ERP integration across Production Planning, Materials Management, Sales & Distribution and Financial Accounting and System Integration with the ERP ecosystem. Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA is preferred.
• Understanding the end-to-end business process linkages across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance and Master Data.
• Experience in Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare industry and good Knowledge of SOX & GxP compliance regulations.
• Experience with Agile methodology and strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle Management model and documentation.

·     Leadership Skills & Behaviors

• Focuses on Business agility, Agile delivery with a fail-fast mindset, and measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with success leading multi-functional, self-organized teams
• Experience working in a global environment and leading teams across multiple countries.
• Experience effectively collaborating and managing partners.
• Contributes ideas that challenge thinking.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to accurately assess situations and make well-informed decisions.
• A constant learner, looking for new ways to implement features and functions that creates higher levels of customer satisfaction.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA.
• People management experience, inclusive of developing, mentoring and coaching.
• Experience working in a global/regional setting.
• Experience in a large-scale business transformation program.
• Experienced in managing a product backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, attend product team ceremonies, removing blockers.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Consulting, Cost Management, Developing Others, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, People Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Resource Management, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management