Senior Project Manager – Grecia, Alajuela

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:

Project/Program Management Group
Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management
Job Category:

Professional
All Job Posting Locations:

Grecia, Costa Rica
Job Description:

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Project Manager

Purpose:

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/.

This individual will be responsible for orchestrating the end-to-end Supply Chain tasks required to fully launch production of target product value streams in our newest manufacturing facility in Costa Rica.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead the team in the implementation of the end-to-end value chain for Orthopaedic products in Costa Rica, ensuring alignment with key business stakeholders and strategies.
• Collaborate closely with functional workstream leaders and teams to ensure key deliverables are executed on time to support the targeted RTP (Right to Product) and RTS (Right to Sell) dates for the products in each value stream.
• Develop, revise, and manage project plans and work with team members to understand complex problems and/or barriers to success and then focus on bringing issues to resolution in a timely manner, escalating through program leadership as necessary to meet timelines.
• Lead the cross-functional team through the Network EDGE Playbook and Stage Gate process.
• Communicate to various stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization.
• Keep partners updated on project issues, issue resolution, risks, and overall status of the project through use of RAID and Action Logs and other project tools.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Supply Chain/Operations or related field
• Master’s degree preferred

Required Skills:

• A minimum of 8-10 years of related experience
• Healthcare, Manufacturing, and/or Supply Chain experience
• Experience in a Medical Device and/or regulated environment in a highly matrixed, global organization
• Project management experience
• Experience in leading cross functional teams. Track record in Project execution, with strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent grasp of production processes and functions, with a strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes required
• Working knowledge of end-to-end supply and distribution, as well as product lifecycle management
• Ability to manage complexity / ambiguity and to analyze, balance, and prioritize risk
• Strong communication and negotiation skills & demonstrated ability to influence/collaborate to get the desired result
• Experience successfully implementing change across multiple organizations with cross functional collaborators required

Preferred Skills:

• PMP, FPX, Six Sigma Green or Blackbelt certified
• Experience in End-to-End Supply Chain Processes (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance and Master Data), Technology and Strategy of large regional and/or global programs.

Other:

• This position may require up to 50% domestic or international travel

Summary

• Job titleSenior Project Manager – Grecia, Alajuela
• FunctionProject/Program Management Group
• Sub functionProject/Program Management
• CategorySenior Manager, Project/Program Management (P8)
• LocationGrecia/Costa Rica
• Date postedJun 25 2025
• Requisition numberR-019602
• Work patternHybrid Work