IT Senior Manager WMS RTE

Are you passionate about innovative technology and interested in being a part of a team that will develop IT solutions that will deliver life changing healthcare products to customers and patients in need? If you are looking to make a difference, our IT Technology Services (TS) team seeks to attract technology leaders like you!

We believe our customers and patients come first. The Johnson & Johnson IT Supply Chain organization strives to provide a prompt, accurate, and positive customer experience not only in the last mile, but in every mile of a product's journey to our doctors, nurses and patients, mothers and fathers, and all others who use our products and services.

We are digital. We are leading a digital transformation to serve our customers with a specific focus on how we can most effectively use technology within our end-to-end Supply Chain and commercial businesses. Our digital products serve our Innovative Medicine & MedTech sectors that not only provides creative breakthroughs and leading health care products but are growing J&J's business models to integrate, interact and enable next-generation health care solutions.

We're searching for an exceptional Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Release Train Engineer with WMS integration with ERP experience to be part of our WMS replacement initiative to start with. In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in coordinating and facilitating the agile delivery process for this strategic project. This position presents a unique opportunity to leverage your skills and expertise to positively impact the lives of patients worldwide by optimizing our supply chain operations.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Release Train Engineer (RTE) for the WMS replacement initiative, overseeing the agile release train (ART) and ensuring alignment with our mission to deliver life-saving medications.

• Collaborate closely with product owners, scrum masters, and stakeholders to prioritize features, manage dependencies, and optimize the delivery of value to patients in need.

• Facilitate agile ceremonies, including Program Increment (PI) planning, Inspect & Adapt, and lead ART Leadership meetings.

• Drive continuous improvement within the ART by identifying bottlenecks, resolving impediments, and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration to ensure the timely delivery of critical medications.

• Act as a servant leader, guiding teams through the SAFe framework, promoting best practices, and fostering a culture of accountability and empowerment in service of our mission.

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, providing visibility into the progress, risks, and outcomes of the WMS replacement initiative, highlighting the impact on patient care.

• Facilitate ART Ceremonies.

• PI Planning.

• Inspect & Adapt.

• ART Leadership meetings.

• Drive Clearance of Impediments in servitude of the ART and in conjunction with Steering Committee.

• Collaboration

• Work across multiple BT, Architecture, PL and TS groups to define and deliver innovation solutions.

• Accountable for cross team communication.

• Understands core internal IT products and ability to drive business value.

• Business Process Improvement

• In partnership with Product Management, continuously drive process improvement opportunities.

• Leadership by influence

• Lead cross functional teams to drive them to a solution that addresses the business needs.

• High level of flexibility to ensure responsibility for the shape and design of projects required throughout any multi area of the business and cross PLs solutions.

• Communicate within the technical and business environments with ability to interpret, develop and present information to multiple audiences.

• The SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) will:

• Optimize flow and communications across iterations and Product Increments (PI)

• Facilitate PI Planning via synthesis of Vision, Roadmap and Backlogs

• Periodic synchronization across Release Trains & Solution Trains, with Inspect & Adapt workshops.

• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature & capability estimation.

• Escalate impediments to Steering Committees for assistance in clearance for the team.

• Driving Scaled Agile delivery, working in partnership with the Product Owner and Solution / Data Engineer roles to manage risk in the backlog.

• Subject Matter expert in platform solutions offered throughout Johnson & Johnson Technology.