Senior Director, Innovative Medicine R&D Head of Learning & Development - Johnson and Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Director Innovative Medicine R&D Head of Learning & Development located in either the US or EMEA.

In alignment with J&J Learn's strategy, the Innovative Medicine (IM) R&D Head of Learning & Development (L&D) will be responsible for designing the R&D organization's learning and development strategy as well as developing and managing a roadmap to migrate JRD's learning platforms to JJ Learn. The L&D organization for IM R&D will initially engage as a lean, start-up organization with this role at the lead, focused on CDT/team effectiveness curriculum and overseeing contractor resources as well as partnering closely with a small team focused on CDT teaming. There is a keen opportunity to build a broader R&D L&D plan for the future, in collaboration with J&J's enterprise L&D organization. This person will be responsible for partnering with the J&J Learn organization and the broader JRD teams to deliver a best-in-class talent experience of democratized and personalized access to learning and development opportunities for all JRD employees. The role will understand a breadth of business tools, resources, and day-to-day business operations of R&D learners to help design an experience that embeds learning in the flow of work.
Key Responsibilities:

• Identify learning needs, critical gaps and opportunities that result in an improved user experience and a world class employee centered learning experience
• Create comprehensive learning and development strategies that support the organization's short-term and long-term goals, ensuring they align with the business, HR, and talent strategies.
• Partner with CDT Excellence leads to optimize Compound Development teaming model to effectively & efficiently support IM R&D and deliver core of a CDT curriculum; while creating a more defined full CDT curriculum utilizing existing best practices.
• Lead the development of a multi-year roadmap for the JRD learning platforms within J&J Learn
• Develop the strategy to sustain JRD learning platforms within J&J Learn
• Partner with J&J LEARN, preferred vendors, internal SME's, and external education institutions to enable consistent learning material development for current and future learning needs
• Represent JRD in the J&J Learn Council to provide input and insights into the J&J Learn organization and strategy
• Collaborate with J&J LEARN to represent JRD challenges and opportunities in learning and development areas and future needs to elevate training experience and impact.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional, cross-sector and cross enterprise network of business partners to enable effective understanding of learning needs across the R&D organization (build community of practice)
• Manage the learning and development budget effectively, ensuring optimal utilization of resources for training initiatives.
• Lead and motivate indirect partners and team, and longer term, a broader team of learning and development professionals, providing guidance, feedback, and support to enable their growth and success.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Education, Organizational Development, or a related field is required; an advanced degree is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive relevant experience is required along with experience in Pharmaceuticals.
• 5 years of people management experience is required.
• Demonstrated ability to develop meaningful learning solutions that positively impact the target audience is required
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies is required
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization, are required
• Vendor Management experience required
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute learning strategies aligned with business goals is required
• Analytical mindset with the ability to measure training effectiveness and ROI.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

The anticipated base pay range for this position in the US is $187,000 to $322,000.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.

Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, long-term incentive, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.]