Change Readiness Director

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:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Change Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for a Change Readiness Director.

Position Overview

The Change Readiness Director role is part of the Strategy, Portfolio, & Operations organization (SP&O). This role is an active leader in achieving the outcomes for SP&O’s Learning, Development, and Business Readiness strategic pillar: adaptable and empowered R&D teams and team systems, building individual capabilities to enable performance and development, and successful implementation and adoption of R&D transformations.

This role will be responsible for driving organizational change and leading the strategy, development, and implementation of improvement programs and transformations that drive performance and efficiency at a R&D-wide level.

The Change Readiness Director is a forward-thinking leader with a deep understanding of change readiness and engagement principles and extensive experience in development within the pharmaceutical industry. This role advises senior management of opportunities to drive successful change and adoption across the organization. They guide other colleagues through consultation, mentoring, and collaborative problem solving to deploy innovative solutions, providing leadership across matrix teams. The Change Readiness Director proactively creates a purpose driven environment by aligning Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and C.E.O. Leadership Imperatives, and R&D’s Courage & Care culture with the strategies and solutions owned.

The Change Readiness Director will be pivotal in working with R&D senior leaders and employees to prepare the organization for continuous evolution, implementation and realization of R&D strategic initiatives.

You will be responsible for:

• Change Readiness Strategy Development: Creates and implements change strategies and plans that align with organizational and program objectives, addressing the anticipated impacts on stakeholders and devising strategic initiatives to ensure smooth transitions.
• Communications Strategy & Execution: Crafts and implements communications frameworks and plans to engage employees at all levels, delivering the right message, to the right audience, at the right time, through the most appropriate channels, to ensure clarity, consistency, and accessibility throughout the transformation process.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Identify and engage key stakeholders to gain buy-in and support across all levels of the R&D organization.
• Establish readiness & Measurement Strategies: Develop and implement metrics and dashboards to measure the effectiveness of change programs and overall impact on R&D performance.
• Change Impact Identification and Needs Assessment: Identify the significant changes resulting from R&D strategic imperatives across the ecosystem to drive implementation and translate insights into a comprehensive engagement strategy to prepare employees effectively.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Change Initiatives: Track metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of change management and communication efforts, regularly reporting on progress and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Leading Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with senior global stakeholders across R&D will be vital to ensure change management efforts align with strategic goals and overall outcomes

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