Project Manager Lead

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

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function

R&D Process Engineering

Job Category

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Yokneam, Haifa District, Israel

Job Description

About Cardiovascular

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager Lead position to act as a functional lead within the Testers & Calibration group, for our Yokneam site.

This role includes functional leadership and limited people management responsibility, with a primary emphasis on cross-project coordination, integrated planning, and portfolio-level oversight of multiple projects operating in parallel.

The PM Lead enables consistency, transparency, and execution discipline across projects, and leads a planning-oriented function that supports long-term capacity, readiness, and operational alignment in a complex, regulated environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Portfolio Master Planning & Governance
• Own and maintain the departmental master plan across all projects, product versions, and NPIs
• Prioritize resources in alignment with leadership direction
• Ensure portfolio delivery meets quality, timeline, and cost objectives
• NPI Commercialization & Cross-Functional Alignment
• Consolidate requirements from R&D, Supply Chain, Engineering, Regulatory, Service, and external partners into an integrated operational roadmap
• Lead readiness from requirements through implementation and ECO release
• Execution & Risk Management
• Drive structured execution across the portfolio
• Define and track KPIs, milestones, and deliverables
• Identify and mitigate risks while ensuring governance adherence
• Enterprise Stakeholder Leadership
• Serve as the primary operational interface across development teams, Global Supply Chain, affiliates, and other enterprise entities
• Ensure cross-functional transparency, alignment, and decision support
• PM & Supply Chain Functions Management
• Supply Chain & Operational Integration
• Integrate material, capacity, and long-term resource planning into project execution
• Oversee ERP master data and production performance tracking
• Coordinate closely with Purchasing, Production, QA, Warehouse, and Shipping
• Lead financial management for projects and supply chain: own OPEX and CAPEX planning, forecasting, tracking
• Supplier & Contract Manufacturer Oversight
• Manage commercial relationships with Tester & Calibration system suppliers
• Oversee contract manufacturers’ production and supply performance
• Department Representation & Reporting
• Collaborate with peer OPMs and R&D PMs across engineering teams
• Present portfolio updates in governance forums and executive reviews
  
  

• Communicates business related issues and opportunities to next management level
• Follows all Company guidelines related to Environment, Health & Safety practices
• Ensures personal and Company compliance with Company policies and applicable laws
• Performs other duties assigned as needed
  
  

• BSc in Eng. Field – must have
• PMP Certificate as an advantage
• At least 2 years of project manager experience
• At least 2 years of R&D/SC positions experience
• Experience in a Medical device company as an advantage
  
  

• Leadership skills
• Good understanding of complicated multidisciplinary systems
• Business understanding and wide systemic view
• Problem solving & Decision-making skills
• Good communication skills – verbal and writing
• Can handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Self-motivated and project-oriented, whether independently or with a team
• Good interpersonal relations