Technical Product Owner ERP Data Analytics

$99,000 - $170,200/Yr

Johnson & Johnson - Jefferson City, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Jefferson City, MO

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Technical Product Owner ERP Data Analytics to support their Innovative Medicine Transcend program. This role is pivotal in modernizing foundational transactional processes and harmonizing them into a single, standardized SAP ERP platform. The goal is to simplify the ERP landscape from seven systems to one, creating a cost-effective digital backbone that enhances agility and efficiency in supporting the Innovative Medicine business. The position will be based in Titusville, NJ, but may also be located at other J&J facilities across the United States for the right candidate. As a Technical Product Owner, you will be an integral part of the Innovative Medicine Supply Chain JJT team, focusing on driving global standardization of technology solutions related to Operational and Analytical Reporting. Your responsibilities will include leading the design, validation, and delivery of SAP S/4 reporting and data integration capabilities that align with business process needs. You will govern the scope of the SAP S/4 and data integration template, driving innovation and evolution through deployments. In this role, you will take ownership of areas such as Operational Reporting in SAP ERP and data integration with connected Supply Chain and Enterprise data platforms. You will be responsible for identifying dependencies and proactively planning deployment roadmaps, ensuring that the solutions developed meet the needs of the business while optimizing cost and improving delivery efficiency. Your work will directly impact the success of the Innovative Medicine Transcend program, contributing to the overall mission of Johnson & Johnson to innovate across the healthcare spectrum and deliver breakthroughs that profoundly impact health for humanity.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Business Partners to understand and align user requirements.
• Shape and prioritize backlog, applying business expertise and understanding of customer needs, translating requirements into user stories & acceptance criteria.
• Balance business value with technical feasibility while prioritizing stories and features, optimizing cost, and improving delivery efficiency.
• Act as the 'voice of the customer' within the squad to ensure the squad 'builds the right thing'.
• Ensure the backlog is healthy: Stay 2-3 sprints ahead and ensure each feature has a clear definition of done; ensure each feature level deliverable is aligned to a definition of readiness to enter sprint.
• Lead in the overall translation of business requirements into technical solutions.
• Drive selection of solution options, challenge complexity, and work with the Lead Engineer to assess tech elements of the solution prior to user testing.
• Ensure system set-up aligns with solution design.
• Identify business needs related to solutions requiring reporting and data integration options as well as understand application and data platform landscape to ensure solution meets organizational needs.
• Perform source data analysis, collaborate with business and peer teams to synthesize the requirements for data acquisition.
• Lead data integration design based on business needs and J&J best practices and recommend appropriate connection types, while evaluating impacts.
• Facilitate release planning, sprint planning, and demos with stakeholders.
• Accountable to manage the integrated build with the Engineering team to ensure the end-to-end build of a particular part of a solution is compliant and works as designed.
• Support planning and execution of Technical Testing by Engineering team; Support Business Process Owner to plan and complete User Acceptance Testing.
• Drive operational and analytical reporting and data integration to provide transparency on squad performance and monitor sprint metrics and user results.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Supply Chain, Data & Analytics or related field.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant SAP experience.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant Pharma experience.
• Solid understanding of technical capabilities for Operational Reporting in a SAP ERP platform.
• Robust experience with SAP ERP data integration (ETLs) to connected data platforms (e.g., Teradata, Azure) to enable Analytical Reporting.
• In-depth understanding of the technical architecture of S/4 HANA and complementary technologies for Data & Analytics.
• Strong data management and data modeling skills, with experience in data lake/data warehouse platforms in support of business functions.
• Demonstrable experience crafting technical solutions for business problems; understands both business processes and technical solutions.
• Understanding the end-to-end business process linkages across Plan, Source, Make, Logistics, Customer Experience, Finance, and Master Data.
• Experience in Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare industry and good knowledge of SOX & GxP compliance regulations.
• Agile development experience, Software Development Lifecycle Management methodology, solid grasp of JIRA.
• Proven success in leading multi-functional self-organized teams.
• Effective communication, influencing, and critical thinking skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA.
• Experience working in a global/regional setting.
• Experience in a large-scale business transformation program.
• Experienced in leading a product backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, product team ceremonies, removing blockers.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Business accident insurance
• Group legal insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay - up to 13 days per calendar year
• Floating Holidays - up to 40 hours per calendar year