Technology Product Manager - ERP Finance

at  Johnson Johnson

To support their Pharm TranSCend program, Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Lead Product Manager ERP
Finance.
At the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, we are working to create a world without disease.
Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring
together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. We are Janssen. We collaborate with the world for the
health of everyone in it. Learn more at www.janssen.com and follow us @JanssenGlobal.
Pharm Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional
processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains. The
program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost effective, fit for
purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility. Additionally, the program will
remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.
As part of the Pharm Transcend Program, the Lead Product Manager Finance will be an active member of the Pharm
Supply Chain Technology team, driving global standardization within Pharma of ERP technology solutions in the scope of
Accounts to report area. Primary responsibility for this role includes managing design, build and deployment of Finance
related capabilities in Innovative Medicine S4 platform. The potential candidate should have a good understanding of
integration with CFIN system and should be able to lead end to end integrated data migration, cut over activity and month
end support processes during and post implementation phases.
The position leads design, validation, and delivery of SAP S/4 capabilities and data aligned with business process needs.
The position governs the scope of the SAP S/4 template and drives template innovation and evolution through the
deployments.
Job responsibilities-
Requirements Definition · Support Business Product Owner in defining end to end business process · Support Business Product Owner in defining user stories · Shape and prioritize backlog, utilizing business expertise and understanding of customer needs, translate 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” · Ensures the backlog is healthy: at least 2-3 sprints ahead of squad within definition of ready to enter the sprint and with a clear definition of done.
Solution Design · Explain how requirements may be implemented from a functional standpoint and drive/improve user experience · Drive selection of solution options, work with the Lead Engineer to assess tech elements of the solution prior to user testing · Support Lead Engineer in defining technical solutions · Identify business needs related to solutions requiring integration and configuration options as well as understand application landscape to ensure solution meets organizational needs. · Design integrations based on business needs and J&J best practices and recommend appropriate connection types, while evaluating impacts.
Product Delivery · Facilitate release planning, sprint planning and demos with stakeholders · Accountable to manage the integrated build with the Software Engineers, Testers and Release Train Engineers to ensure the end-to-end build of a particular part of a solution is compliant and works as designed. · Support Lead Engineer to plan and execute all Technical Testing; Support Business Process Owner to plan and execute User Acceptance Testing. · Apply compliance requirements within scope of responsibility, ensures SDLC documentation, system configuration and compliance activities are up to date as required · Drive reporting and analytics to provide visibility on squad performance and monitor sprint metrics and user results
Operational Leadership · Shape the squad vision & roadmap; Steer the squad in delivering products & features oriented around business impact · Interact with other Squads within the Project/Platform as part of synchronization ceremonies to implement cross-squad tasks · Drive engagement with third parties to support delivery of squad objectives · Plan resourcing for the squad (i.e. new role, change in role), create ASOE requests, interview, select and onboard members to join the squad · Drive continuous improvement across the product lifecyc le

The product Analyst ERP Finance role will take responsibility for one or more of following scope areas:

• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• CFIN Replication
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Integration with Sales & Distribution and Purchasing function
• Intercompany Transactions

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications-

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Domain Expertise
• Strong Knowledge of S4 Hana financial processes: Accounts Receivables; Accounts Payables; CFIN Replication;

Data migration strategy; Cutover activities in integration with Sales & Distribution; Material Management Team

• Strong Knowledge of S4 Hana technical capabilities: Clean core technical design; Data integration methodology;

Fiori Application assessment and design

• Understanding the end-to-end business process linkages across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance and

Master Data.

• Experience in Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare industry and good Knowledge of SOX & GxP compliance regulations.
• Experience with Agile methodology and strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle

Management model and documentation.

• Leadership Skills & Behaviors
• Focuses on Business agility, Agile delivery with a fail-fast mindset, and measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional self-organized teams.
• Contributes ideas that challenge thinking.
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability of accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on

informed judgment.

• A constant learner, looking for new ways to implement features and functions that creates higher levels of

customer satisfaction

• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• CFIN Replication
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Integration with Sales & Distribution and Purchasing function
• Intercompany Transaction