Technical Project Manager (18-months contract)

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:

Technology Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Job Description:

About Us

At Johnson & Johnson, we're passionate about empowering people to grow their careers while making a meaningful impact on healthcare. As part of our TS APAC Digital and Connected Commerce team, you'll be at the forefront of innovation—building scalable, AI-powered platforms that connect healthcare

professionals with J&J products and ultimately improve patient outcomes at scale.

Position Summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to drive delivery coordination across a complex, multi-workstream technology programme. You will focus on managing integrated schedules, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications across Business, Technical, External Systems, and AI workstreams. You will bring structure, clarity, and momentum to cross-functional teams, ensuring delivery activities remain aligned, visible, and on track.

 

Key Workstreams

• Technical Workstream: Track solution design, build progress, development dependencies, testing readiness, release milestones, and technical risks.

• Closely Coupled Systems Workstream: Track as-is integration capabilities across 5 closely coupled systems (Digital, MDM, Data & Insights, AI, Content) and coordinate market rollout dependencies and schedules

• AI Workstream: Support planning and delivery coordination for AI-enabled capabilities, including use case alignment, data dependencies, validation activities, and governance checkpoints.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated project plan covering milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and key decisions focusing on the technical workstreams – Tech Common Core, Data, Integration and Closely Coupled Systems workstreams

• Facilitate workstream meetings, planning sessions, and stakeholder updates with clear agendas, outcomes, actions, and follow-ups.

• Partner with business stakeholders, technology teams, AI teams, vendors, and external system owners to sequence activities effectively and resolve delivery dependencies.

• Maintain accurate RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, meeting notes, status dashboards, and executive-level reporting materials.

• Proactively identify delivery risks, blockers, scope impacts, and cross-workstream dependencies, escalating critical items with clear recommendations and mitigation options.

• Support sprint or milestone tracking, testing coordination, release readiness, cutover planning, implementation activities, and post-go-live follow-up.

• Ensure deliverables are clearly defined, assigned, tracked, reviewed, and accepted in line with agreed project governance and quality standards.

• Promote disciplined delivery execution, transparent communication, and consistent follow-through across all workstreams.

 

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 8-12 years of project management experience, preferably within complex technology, digital transformation, systems integration, data, automation, or AI-enabled programmes.

• Strong experience coordinating multiple workstreams, stakeholders, vendors, dependencies, and delivery timelines in a structured project environment.

• Good understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, project governance, release management, testing coordination, and change control practices.

• Ability to convert high-level objectives into practical plans, workback schedules, RAID logs, dependency trackers, and stakeholder-ready status updates.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage business users, technical teams, vendors, external system owners, and senior leaders.

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with strong facilitation, problem-solving, and follow-through capabilities.

• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical technology, regulated industries, or regional enterprise environments is preferred.

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification is advantageous.

Tools and Ways of Working

• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and project reporting templates.

• Experience using project delivery and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Planner, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms.

• Comfortable creating and maintaining integrated plans, workstream trackers, RAID logs, action logs, decision records, dependency maps, and leadership dashboards.

• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with parallel priorities, evolving requirements, and multiple internal and external stakeholders.

• Brings a structured, pragmatic, and collaborative approach to delivery coordination, ensuring transparency, accountability, and timely follow-through.

 

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Coaching, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Information Technology Project Management, Interpersonal Influence, Market Savvy, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Process Improvements, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Control (QC), Technical Credibility