About the vacancy
Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Process Engineering
Automation
Facility & Equipment
Manufacturing Engineering
Process Engineering
Automation
Facility & Equipment
Staff
Project Management
Project Management
About Your Next Job
- Leads a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for the design, scale-up, industrialization, and lifecycle support of manufacturing processes for medical device products, with a focus on Synthetic products.
- Owns the engineering strategy, capital investment portfolio, and technology transformation to deliver safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-competitive supply.
- Reports to the Senior Director, Global Technical Operations – Biosurgery and partners closely with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Finance, and external partners.
About Your Next Colleagues
- Reports to the Senior Director, Global Technical Operations – Biosurgery.
- Leads a team of engineering managers, engineers, and technical specialists across process, equipment, automation, and facilities disciplines.
- Partners with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Finance, and external partners.
About Your Tasks and Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineering managers, engineers, and technical specialists across process, equipment, automation, and facilities disciplines.
- Set clear goals, priorities, and accountability; build organizational capability through hiring, succession planning, and targeted development.
- Own the multi-year engineering capital plan, including capacity expansion, new manufacturing lines, equipment replacement, and facility upgrades.
- Develop and present business cases and capital appropriation requests, including scope, cost, schedule, risk, and return on investment.
- Lead execution of projects from concept and design through installation, commissioning, qualification and handover to operations.
- Manage budgets, forecasts, and spend in partnership with Finance; ensure projects deliver on committed cost, schedule, and performance targets.
- Lead complex, cross-functional engineering programs supporting capacity expansion, New Product Introduction (NPI), technology transfer, scale-up, and product lifecycle management.
- Establish robust program governance, including integrated plans, milestones, risk registers, and stage-gate reviews.
- Proactively identify and mitigate technical, supply, and schedule risks; escalate issues with clear options and recommendations.
- Provide concise, data-driven updates to senior leadership on program status, resources, and key decisions.
- Support base business manufacturing by partnering with site operations to sustain supply continuity, resolve technical and process issues, and deliver lifecycle, cost-improvement, and reliability projects.
- Define and execute the engineering technology roadmap, including automation, digital manufacturing, data analytics, and Industry 4.0 and AI capabilities.
- Evaluate, pilot, and scale new process technologies to improve yield, capacity, quality, and cost.
- Champion process robustness through Design of Experiments (DoE), Process Analytical Technology (PAT), and advanced process control.
- Drive standardization of equipment, processes, and engineering practices across sites and external partners.
- Provide technical leadership for medical device and drug-device / biologic-device combination product manufacturing processes.
- Lead development, scale-up, and optimization of powder processes, including milling, blending, granulation, drying, particle-size control, powder filling, and containment.
- Ensure all engineering activities comply with applicable cGMP requirements.
- Lead or support process validation, change control, risk management (pFMEA), and investigations / CAPA with sound engineering root-cause analysis.
About Your Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Materials, or related Engineering discipline is required.
- Master's degree, MBA, or PhD is preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, or combination product manufacturing with relevant people leadership experience.
- Proven track record leading capital investment projects, including business case development, budget ownership, and delivery of new lines or facilities.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional programs (NPI, technology transfer, or scale-up) to on-time, on-budget outcomes.
- Experience leading technology transformation, such as automation, digitalization, or introduction of new process platforms.
- Working knowledge cGMP requirements, including process validation and risk management.
- Hands-on expertise in powder processing technologies (milling, blending, granulation, spray drying, powder filling, containment) is a plus.
- Direct experience with medical products is a plus.
- Experience with hemostats, biosurgery, or other absorbable/biologic medical products is a plus.
- Experience managing external manufacturing partners, suppliers, and engineering contractors in a global environment is a plus.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent certification is a plus.
About Your Benefits
- Annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year.
- Vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave.
- Well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health.
- Service anniversary and recognition awards.
- Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans.
- The annual base pay includes an 8% holiday allowance.
Where Molecules Meet Opportunities
- At Johnson & Johnson, health is everything. Their strength in healthcare innovation empowers them to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.
- Through expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, they innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions to deliver breakthroughs and profoundly impact health for humanity.
- Guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson provides an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual, respecting diversity and dignity.
- The Director of Engineering creates a purpose-driven environment by aligning Johnson & Johnson's Credo and Leadership Imperatives with the strategies and goals of the team and enterprise, putting the needs and well-being of patients first in everything they do.
Only apply if...
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Materials, or related Engineering discipline is required.
- Master's degree, MBA, or PhD is preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, or combination product manufacturing with relevant people leadership experience.
Contact person
Frank Helmus
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