Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking an **SCQ Staff Engineer Automation & Digital **to join our Global Quality Excellence team located in Juárez, Chihuahua or Puerto Rico.
MedTech Supply Chain Quality Excellence Automation and Digital Staff Engineer will lead implementation of new automation tools and technologies projects across MedTech Quality to drive growth, delivery, quality, and cost improvements. They will be responsible for benchmarking industry technology trends and incorporation of human centered automations innovations and introduction of new technologies in alignment with business needs and strategies involving multiple franchises and functions. They will interface with various cross-functional stakeholders and will coordinate and execute improvement opportunities. They will lead process improvement implementation in achieving target outcomes which includes chartering, metrics identification, planning detailed schedule, milestones, risk identification & mitigation of risks including coordinating and execution of change management and communication plans. Through stakeholder interfaces, they will capture and translate customer insights into solutions including conducting internal and external benchmarking in surfacing best practices for adoption.
In addition to implementation of automation and digital solution programs leveraging process excellence tools & methodologies, they will be responsible for building and coaching local teams on adoption of new practices and skill that will help sustain improvements.
**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Develops automation and digitalization maturity roadmaps in alignment with MedTech digital transformation excellence framework and playbook.
- Identifies next gen and digital solutions that will advance digital transformation maturity and enable target business value
- Identifies efficiencies through automation and digital solution projects including creating business cases
- Leads cross-functional alignment on prioritization and execution plan for automation and digitalization solutions.
- Plans, Coordinates and leads all aspects of work stream roadmap through effective project governance.
- Establishes, monitors and tracks performance measures (deliverables, efficiency and financials).
- Develops and manages stakeholder change management and communication plans
- Participate in program governance meeting and provide updates on progress and project communications.
- Establishes, local governance to track execution, and remove roadblocks to enable successful delivery of project commitments.
- Guides core team members on successfully delivery of project commitments
- Deploy and utilizes effective project risk management tools for successfully delivery of program commitments
- Support budget cycle (LRFP, JU, BP, NU) to accommodate business needs
**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant scientific/technical field and 6 years proven experience, or an advanced degree in Engineering or relevant scientific/technical field and 4 years proven experience
- Experience with equipment validation, quality engineering, automation or digitalization of processes in the regulated healthcare industry
- Demonstrated experience deployment of technology solutions with cross-functional, diverse, global teams using PEx Methodology
- Experience with developing innovative approaches to Quality challenges in a fast-paced, changing global environment
- Demonstrated experience in effective project management
- Strong communication and change management skills
- Ability to zoom-in and zoom-out for strategic and tactical activities
- Proficient technical writing skills.
- Thorough understanding of digital enablement, technology planning processes, software methodologies, and tools is preferred.
- Experience in site and global project management via FPX methodology
- Ability to work autonomously in scenarios with some ambiguity & handle multiple tasks is required.
- Experience in introduction of new technologies
- Certified PEx Green Belt or Black Belt
- Able to manage complex strategic programs with multiple stakeholders.
- Able to provide outcome-based/value-driven focus to the organization.
- Strong negotiation, communication, and change management skills
- Proven success in influencing highly successful teams
- Capable of building strong partnerships across segments & regions, acting as the mediator between organizations while optimizing the value proposition
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead cross functional teams.
- Strong relationship development, conflict resolution, and team building instincts, with the ability to build partnerships both internally and externally.
- Makes the customer central to all thinking.
- Ability to coach talent on Quality Engineering principles and practices
- Equipment and software validation experience strongly preferred.
- Fluent verbal and written English communication skills; ot