Senior Manager Technical Product Management

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager - IT Manufacturing Site Leader located in Beerse, Belgium (5 days a week on site).

The Senior Manager, IT Manufacturing Site Leader serves as the trusted Strategic technology partner and primary JJT point of contact for site leadership. The role translates site priorities, operational challenges, and risks into a coordinated digital agenda while safeguarding a reliable, secure, compliant, and sustainable technology landscape. It is accountable for business partnership, digital demand and investment, end-to-end site technology, and technology lifecycle and compliance.

Leadership Profile: Business-focused and technology-aware; risk-conscious and collaborative; accountable and outcome-driven. Bridge business needs and the right technology, owning end-to-end system reliability and future product strategy, driving adoption, safeguard performance, and enabling the site to run seamlessly - delivering sustained value to our patients and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and coordination of manufacturing site technology solutions, working with enterprise product teams, Technology Services, and delivery partners to support deployment and ongoing operations in alignment with segment and enterprise IT strategies.
• Translate site priorities, operational challenges, and risks into a business-led technology roadmap spanning short- and mid-term horizons (0–5 years), using a business-first technology perspective and ensuring alignment with segment product and business strategies.
• Serve as the trusted technology partner and primary JJT point of contact for site leadership and key business stakeholders, fostering strong collaboration between manufacturing, supply chain, and technology teams and coordinating digital topics and escalations.
• Own the identification, translation, prioritization, delivery, and lifecycle management of site technology demand and capabilities, identifying capability gaps, pain points, and opportunities early while balancing measurable business value, cost, risk, resources, and dependencies.
• Ensure local technology solutions are aligned to standard enterprise product categories, driving consistency, scalability, and optimization across the manufacturing network. Contribute to a global standardized eco-system of systems/applications.
• Develop and maintain site IT roadmap, help shape business case development and investment justification in partnership with business and finance stakeholders.
• Drive speed‑to‑value through effective execution models, including Agile and iterative delivery practices where appropriate.
• Establish and lead regular cadence of communications with site stakeholders to provide visibility into roadmap progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Partner with Technology Services and external vendors to ensure appropriate resourcing, delivery quality, adherence to timelines and budgets, and active governance of partner performance.
• Accountable for site‑level IT financial management, including operating budgets, total cost of ownership, year‑over‑year cost optimization, and alignment with enterprise planning processes.
• Identify and lead opportunities to improve operational efficiency, system reliability, and cost effectiveness of plant technology solutions.
• Own end-to-end operational performance and technology-related continuity for the site, including incident management, escalation coordination, root cause analysis, service governance, service-level adherence, risk management, and continuous improvement of reliability metrics.
• Ensure quality, safety, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, risk management, reliability, and technology lifecycle management practices are embedded into site roadmaps, maintaining visibility and active mitigation of technical debt, compliance requirements, and critical dependencies.
• Provide site technology leadership and coordinate internal team members and vendors to deliver consistent, high-quality IT services, with direct people-management accountability where assigned.
• Identify, promote, and drive innovation opportunities that address site priorities, close capability gaps, and create measurable business value.

Qualifications & Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 10 years of related experience in IT required.
• Proven experience leading technology delivery and support in a regulated manufacturing environment, operations, or industrial environment.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technology roadmaps, investment priorities, and executable plans.
• Experience partnering with senior business stakeholders and influencing across multiple functions.
• Demonstrated strength in financial management, including budgeting, cost optimization, and total cost of ownership.
• Experience managing complexity, multiple concurrent initiatives, and competing priorities in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to identify root causes and develop practical solutions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams, coaching contributors, and coordinating performance across internal teams and external partners; direct people-management experience is preferred where the role includes assigned reports.
• Experience with project management or Agile methodologies.

Preferred / Domain Experience

• Experience in pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of manufacturing or supply chain business processes and associated technology solutions.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, risk management, and technology lifecycle management concepts in operational environments.
• Experience working with external vendors and global or enterprise IT service organizations.
• Familiarity with manufacturing systems (MES, LIMS, Historian, PAT, OT)
• Familiarity with AI concepts and technology innovation for business value creation.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

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

  

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€96,000.00 - €165,025.00

 

 

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

 

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.