Sr. Director, IT Portfolio Management, Orthopedics

About this role

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: Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security

Job Sub Function: Product Strategy

Job Category: People Leader

All Job Posting Locations: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description: Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Job Overview The Sr. Director, IT Portfolio Management is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and governing the global IT investment portfolio to ensure alignment with DePuy Synthes’ business strategy, value realization objectives, and transformation priorities. This role partners closely with executive business and technology leaders to drive disciplined demand management, investment prioritization, and delivery transparency across the IT portfolio. The position plays a critical role in enabling strategic growth, operational efficiency, and scalable technology outcomes across the organization. Reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of strategy, technology, and execution.

Key Responsibilities: • Define and lead the enterprise IT portfolio strategy, ensuring alignment of technology investments with business objectives, financial targets, and transformation priorities.

• Establish and evolve the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) operating model, including governance structures, decision rights, and standardized process for demand intake, prioritization funding, and value realization.

• Own portfolio financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, cost transparency, and investment discipline through business case rigor and ROI/value tracking.

• Govern AI initiatives across the IT portfolio by establishing a structured intake, evaluation, and prioritization process for AI use cases, ensuring alignment with business value, risk, regulatory requirements, and enterprise AI strategy

• Oversee portfolio performance by driving transparency into delivery status, financial health, risks, dependencies, and benefits realization through standardized executive reporting and metrics.

• Provide enterprise-level oversight of programs and projects, enforcing consistent delivery standards and ensuring discipline across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk management.

• Align portfolio priorities with enterprise capacity by driving resource planning, utilization, and trade-off decisions across competing initiatives.

• Lead IT portfolio governance for separation and transition activities, ensuring alignment to Day 1/Day 2 objectives, managing cross-functional dependencies, and governing TSA execution and exit milestones.

• Ensure alignment with enterprise risk, cybersecurity, compliance, and financial governance standards by embedding controls into portfolio management processes.

• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio management capabilities, including processes, tools, analytics, and reporting to enhance decision-making and execution discipline.

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing portfolio management function, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and collaboration across IT and business stakeholders.

Qualifications Education: • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline (required).

• Master’s degree or MBA (preferred).

Experience and Skills Required: • 12–15+ years of experience in IT portfolio, program, and project management leadership within complex, global organizations

• Proven ability to lead enterprise PMO / EPMO functions at scale

• Deep expertise in portfolio and program management frameworks, governance models, and delivery methodologies

• Strong experience managing large, complex, cross-functional programs and transformation initiatives

• Solid understanding of technology delivery models (Agile, hybrid, and traditional)

• Experience with enterprise IT financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and value realization tracking

• Demonstrated ability to align technology investments with business strategy and measurable outcomes

• Strong financial acumen with the ability to suppo

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