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Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group
Job Sub Function:
Project/Program Management
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Irvine, California, United States of America
Job Description:
The Director of PMO Excellence is leadership role within the Project Management Office, responsible for establishing, scaling, and continuously improving PMO standards, processes, and capabilities across a complex, regulated organization. This role focuses on enabling effective delivery—not by owning execution—but by defining how work gets done through clear operating models, governance, process excellence, and capability building.
The position partners closely with R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Marketing, Scientific Affairs, Regulatory, Finance, and other key leaders to ensure PMO business processes are optimized, simplified, and consistently applied, while maintaining appropriate separation between PMO processes, Design Control ownership, and project/program execution. The role serves as a strategic decision making for driving improvements in execution predictability, decision quality, and organizational effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Define, deploy, and maintain an enterprise PMO Excellence framework, including standard processes, tools, templates, metrics, and governance models.
- Establish and reinforce clear role clarity and accountability across PMO, Functional Leaders, and Governance Forums.
- Drive process improvement, optimization, and simplification initiatives across PMO-related workflows, applying Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Lead the design and continuous refinement of PMO business processes, ensuring they enable effective planning, tracking, decision-making, and escalation without redefining or owning Design Control requirements.
- Partner with Quality and R&D leadership to ensure clear separation between PMO business processes and Design Control ownership, including well-defined interfaces, handoffs, and governance checkpoints.
- Define and operationalize clear differentiation between projects and programs, including criteria for classification, governance expectations, cadence, and success metrics.
- Enable effective program-level governance and integration, ensuring programs remain aligned to strategic outcomes while projects maintain disciplined execution.
- Develop and execute a PMO training and capability-building strategy, including role-based learning paths for Project Managers, Program Managers, and functional partners.
- Coach PMO leaders and business stakeholders to strengthen execution discipline, decision quality, and accountability across the organization.
- Establish and monitor PMO performance metrics, providing visibility into delivery health, risks, dependencies, and systemic issues.
- Identify and address enterprise execution challenges by facilitating cross-functional alignment and driving sustainable improvements.
- Ensure PMO processes, governance artifacts, and reporting meet internal standards, compliance expectations, and audit requirements.
- Provide clear, concise, executive-ready communications to senior leadership, including recommendations, insights, and structured decision support.
Experience & Skills
- Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in PMO leadership, R&D Operations, Business Excellence, or related roles within a complex, matrixed, and regulated environment.
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or MBA strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success leading process improvement, PMO transformation, and/or operational excellence initiatives.
- Strong understanding of project and program management disciplines, governance models, and execution operating rhythms.
- Proven experience working effectively within regulated product development environments, with a clear understanding of Design Control principles and boundaries.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification strongly preferred.
- Exceptional ability to influence without authority and operate effectively with senior leaders in ambiguous, complex environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex topics into clear, actionable, executive-level messaging.
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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Budget Management, Business Behavior, Business Savvy, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Statement of Work (SOW), Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$150,000.00 - $258,750.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
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 Colorado –48 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
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits