What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, R&D Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence position at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine?
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 https://www.jnj.com
Job Function
Human Resources
Job Sub Function
Learning & Instructional Design
Job Category
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, La Jolla, California, 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
We are searching for the best talent for our Director – R&D Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence position, to be located in Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; or La Jolla, CA.
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
Purpose: The Director for the Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence inside Innovative Medicine R&D 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 Change 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 transformation.
This role will be responsible for building team-level capabilities and leading the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive team development strategies that enhance team capabilities, team effectiveness, and team performance across Innovative Medicine R&D.
This role provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Team Effectiveness Center of Expertise inside Innovative Medicine R&D, ensuring alignment with R&D Goals & Objectives and driving excellence in operating model design, governance, and capability building. This role aligns team effectiveness approaches across several team and teaming constructs across J&J, Innovative Medicine, and R&D, and applies external research and evidence-based practices on team effectiveness and development.
This role drives adaptive teaming best practices across the organization, and leads the continuous evolution of team practices to support changes in drug development This role publicizes best practices, use cases & learnings across the various organizations & communities, and disseminates teaming practices owned by the CoE. This position will have accountability for the measurement of progress, outcomes & business impacts from teaming solutions and initiatives, as well as govern teaming standards & practices.
You Will Be Responsible For
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 an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills
Preferred Skills:
Adult Learning Theory, Assessment Models, Coaching, Cultural Competence, Facilitation, HR Strategic Management, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Learning and Development (L&D), Learning Culture, Quality Assurance (QA), Reporting and Analysis, Tactical Planning, Talent Management, Technical Credibility, Training Delivery Methods, Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$150,000-$258,750
Additional Description For Pay Transparency
The expected base pay range for this position is $150,000-$258,750. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. 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)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. 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 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 Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits This job posting is anticipated to close on December 3, 2025. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.
Job Function
Human Resources
Job Sub Function
Learning & Instructional Design
Job Category
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, La Jolla, California, 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
We are searching for the best talent for our Director – R&D Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence position, to be located in Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; or La Jolla, CA.
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
Purpose: The Director for the Team Effectiveness Center of Excellence inside Innovative Medicine R&D 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 Change 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 transformation.
This role will be responsible for building team-level capabilities and leading the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive team development strategies that enhance team capabilities, team effectiveness, and team performance across Innovative Medicine R&D.
This role provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Team Effectiveness Center of Expertise inside Innovative Medicine R&D, ensuring alignment with R&D Goals & Objectives and driving excellence in operating model design, governance, and capability building. This role aligns team effectiveness approaches across several team and teaming constructs across J&J, Innovative Medicine, and R&D, and applies external research and evidence-based practices on team effectiveness and development.
This role drives adaptive teaming best practices across the organization, and leads the continuous evolution of team practices to support changes in drug development This role publicizes best practices, use cases & learnings across the various organizations & communities, and disseminates teaming practices owned by the CoE. This position will have accountability for the measurement of progress, outcomes & business impacts from teaming solutions and initiatives, as well as govern teaming standards & practices.
You Will Be Responsible For
- Strategy Development: Design and implement innovative teaming strategies that align with R&D and organizational objectives. Partners with leaders in R&D and governance committees to gain sponsorship and momentum for these strategies.
- Team Capability Program Management: Oversee the development, delivery, and evaluation of teaming programs to capabilities across R&D and IM Teaming ecosystems.
- Needs Assessment: Conduct regular assessments to identify needs and gaps in critical teams or teaming systems, ensuring solutions are adaptable and scalable to address these needs
- Partnerships: Establish partnerships with internal organizations supporting Learning & Development work across R&D, GCSO, HR, and Global Talent Management.
- Metrics and Analysis: Develop and implement metrics and dashboards to measure the effectiveness of teaming programs and overall impact on R&D performance
- Collaboration: Partner with senior leaders and HR teams to integrate teaming initiatives within major teaming systems and R&D talent and organizational strategies. Leads the R&D Teaming Community and aligns efforts across teaming practitioners in IM R&D
- Leadership Development: Create and facilitate programs aimed at building leadership capabilities in the context of cross-functional and matrix teams.
- People Leadership: Provide leadership and coaching to internal learning and development team (either JNJ or contractor colleagues), promoting a collaborative environment and high performance
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Learning & Development, Education, Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field. Master's Degree preferred.
- 10 years of progressive experience in Learning, Training, Organizational Design, Team Development, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, or Human Resources within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector.
- 5 years of people management experience.
- Proven experience with programmatic approaches to develop intact teams, cohorts of teams, and teaming systems.
- Expert facilitation skills with team-level interventions, with the adaptability to make agile shifts in-flight
- Proven experience in performance consulting to identify gaps in teams and teaming systems, and and recommend solutions.
- Strong knowledge of adult learning principles, instructional design, learning technologies and methodologies, and program evaluation.
- Integrates change readiness principles to effectively identify key barriers and implement solutions to achieve change implementation and realization
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver on-time results.
- Ability to analyze data to inform training strategies and improve program effectiveness.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.
- Strong interpersonal and persuasion skills that allow for effective collaboration with stakeholders at all levels
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 an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills
Preferred Skills:
Adult Learning Theory, Assessment Models, Coaching, Cultural Competence, Facilitation, HR Strategic Management, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Learning and Development (L&D), Learning Culture, Quality Assurance (QA), Reporting and Analysis, Tactical Planning, Talent Management, Technical Credibility, Training Delivery Methods, Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$150,000-$258,750
Additional Description For Pay Transparency
The expected base pay range for this position is $150,000-$258,750. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. 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)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. 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 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 Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits This job posting is anticipated to close on December 3, 2025. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.
Salary : $150,000 - $258,750
