Senior Manager, IT Software Procurement

About Johnson & Johnson

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

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Job Function & Category

This role falls under the Procurement job function, specifically within the Category sub-function, and is categorized as a Professional role.

About the Senior Manager, IT Software Procurement Role

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Senior Manager, IT Software Procurement. This position is available in multiple locations, including Titusville, NJ, Raritan, NJ, New Brunswick, NJ, or Tampa, FL in the United States, or Bogota, Colombia.

This role will be accountable for building robust and relevant category strategies that are strongly aligned to business needs and market dynamics. This individual will also serve as a global Supplier Relationship Manager to some strategic suppliers, ensuring maximum value and innovation from those partnerships. The role works directly with the business, J&J technology team, key suppliers, Global Services, and the broader Procurement function.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand J&J Technology priorities and devise category strategies that advance those priorities.
• Create Tech stacks with key Technology leaders to drive alignment on existing and upcoming technology priorities across the enterprise.
• Drive alignment between software sourcing strategy and IT architecture roadmaps, including cloud and hyperscaler strategies.
• Collaborate with business leaders and the Service Delivery team to ensure Procurement strategies meet business needs and are adopted within the business.
• Identify industry trends that Procurement must incorporate in its category strategies to ensure sustainable relevance to the business.
• Partner with the Category and Service Delivery teams and lead strategic sourcing events, negotiations, and contract lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain strong strategic relationships with key software suppliers.
• Identify and deliver cost optimization and value creation opportunities.
• Deliver against savings, innovation, and other performance targets for the organization in the role’s area of responsibility and ensure target achievement.

Qualifications

Education:

• A Bachelor's Degree is required, and an MBA or other advanced degree is desirable.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 12-15 years related experience is required (preferably in Software Procurement, Business Operations, or Supply Chain).
• Influencing skills: Able to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the executive level, as well as with peers.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with IT, legal, finance, and business teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to expertly present complex information to executives.
• Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus, including spend management, source-to-pay.
• Understanding of legal terms, compliance, and risk management in contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully work with data, digital tools, and technology to drive insights, business value, and process efficiency.
• Strong project and change management capabilities.
• Proven learning agility, improving both yourself and the people around you.
• Ability to effectively deliver against Goals and Objectives while also balancing shared roles and responsibilities with other team members.

Preferred Experience:

• Past experience in managing IT procurement across Lifesciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Technology sectors.
• High level of credibility with internal customers and with the supplier community, based on broad experience.
• Track record in participating and leading cross-functional teams.
• Flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment.
• Exposure to AI‑enabled software, data platforms, or digital transformation initiatives.

Other:

• 10% travel requirement - international and US domestic (if applicable).

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $122,000.00 - $212,750.00. Employees are eligible for the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)), and this position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Benefits include generous vacation, sick time, holiday pay, parental leave, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time-off.

Key skills/competency

• Software Procurement
• Category Strategy
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Negotiation
• Contract Management
• Cost Optimization
• Value Creation
• IT Architecture
• Digital Transformation