Technical Product Owner (IT Manager), Enterprise Ledger NA - Run State

Technical Product Owner (It Manager) Enterprise Ledger

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.

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Technical Product Owner (IT Manager) Enterprise Ledger (location based in New Brunswick, NJ, United States) who will work at the intersection of business & technology to define strategies that combine a deep understanding of business objectives, challenges, with technology solutions and extending them into development execution, value realization & ongoing product management.

In this role, you will be part of enabling the strategic direction for finance technology products focused on supporting SAP S4 Finance as part of an ambitious transformational agenda. You will be leading a team of internal and external technology professionals and be responsible for the A2R (Account-to-Report) run state organization, supporting JnJ's SAP S4 Finance.

Responsibilities include :

• Business Problem Definition : understanding and translating business problems faced by the finance function into a value case & comprehensive set of solutions spanning process, technology, data, governance & user experience supported by defined, baselined value realization key performance indicators
• External Insights : understanding external trends and insights related to finance process & technology, including macro level shifts in compliance regimes (e.g. BEPS, SAF-T, US Tax Reform) to provide foresight necessary to inform strategies
• Solution Design : ensuring that product development efforts incorporate an approach that starts with experimentation to validate expected impact, includes human centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, required end to end process optimizations, and compliance engagement, in respect of defined global template.
• Value Realization : defining expected value impact of investments across employee experience, functional excellence, efficiency, and compliance
• Architecture : partnering with the finance architecture team to define the role each system plays within our landscape aligned with business capabilities while adhering to standards and clean core strategy.
• Internal Partnerships : acting as the primary trusted advisor to senior finance & technology leaders across all lifecycles of product development starting with inception through to value realization & ongoing continuous improvement, and communication of progress against strategic objectives
• Product Management : partnering with product management teams to ensure roadmaps are oriented to deliver finance business & technology strategy, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators. Partnering with internal and external technology teams to ensure user-friendly and reliable systems and excellence in support operations. Ensure optimal system performance and flawless execution during finance planning and reporting cycles.
• External Partnerships : managing vendor relationships to influence development roadmaps & ensure that our needs will be met by our technology partners
• Team Leadership : lead a global team of finance technology professionals across multiple domains and locations, acting as a people manager for internal and external resources.

We believe that experience developing insight led strategy, crafting innovative technology solutions, experimentation, agile ways of working, intellectual curiosity, empathy, leading teams, and human centered design are essential to enable you to be successful in this role. Furthermore, it is essential that you are a natural collaborator, who has the leadership presence to influence results and build a strong sense of collective team engagement. We desire a candidate who has experience structuring & facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders.

In addition to these core skills, we expect you to have the following technical expertise :

Any relevant experience in any of following processes is a plus :

Reporting to the Sr Manager, Enterprise Ledger, you would partner closely with Business Process Owners, Global Process Owners, senior finance personnel, and financial systems leads to maximize the transformational potential of technology investments.

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Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.