Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy- Colombia

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Job Function

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function

Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Job Description

Ethicon Inc, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently recruiting for a Portfolio Governance & Strategy Lead, located in New Brunswick, NJ.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

USA: - R-106070

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

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 ↗

The Senior Manager, Portfolio Governance & Strategy Leader leads the Strategic Portfolio Management capability across MedTech Supply Chain Digital, ensuring alignment among business strategy, investment decisions, resource planning, portfolio execution, and value realization. The role evolves portfolio governance, demand intake, prioritization, value management, analytics, and performance measurement practices to improve investment decisions and executive transparency. It also connects project execution tools with portfolio platforms to strengthen efficiency, data quality, reporting, and end-to-end visibility. As a strategic business partner, the leader works across Digital Leadership, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business partners to align investments with enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Portfolio Governance. Lead and evolve the Strategic Portfolio Management framework across MedTech Supply Chain Digital. Establish governance structures, operating models, decision forums, and review cadences. Align strategic priorities, investment planning, resource allocation, and portfolio execution. Partner with senior leaders to develop portfolio roadmaps and drive maturity through standardization, process excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Demand Management and Portfolio Prioritization. Govern enterprise demand intake, assessment, and prioritization. Maintain frameworks that evaluate strategic alignment, value, complexity, resource demand, risk, and financial impact. Facilitate portfolio review councils and governance boards, establish portfolio gating and investment review practices, and reinforce transparent and consistent investment decisions.

• Value Management & Benefits Realization. Lead portfolio-level value management and benefits realization. Establish methods for measuring financial and non-financial value, partner with Finance and Business leaders to define value drivers, return-on-investment methods, and success metrics, and supervise forecasted and realized benefits. Integrate value realization into governance, prioritization, and investment decisions.

• Portfolio Analytics & Performance Management. Provide executive transparency into portfolio health, investment and financial performance, resource utilization, risks, and strategic alignment. Establish portfolio benchmarks, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting. Conduct scenario planning, forecasting, and investment analysis and use analytics to find opportunities to improve portfolio performance.

• Resource & Capacity Management. Lead strategic resource planning and capacity management across the portfolio. Partner with portfolio and functional leaders to optimize resource allocation and investment planning. Establish demand forecasting, capacity planning, and resource prioritization frameworks and monitor constraints, demand trends, and delivery risks.

• Portfolio Process & Technology Integration. Define and govern the portfolio management technology strategy and roadmap. Integrate project management tools, including JIRA, Planisware, and Quickbase, with portfolio solutions to create visibility from strategy through execution. Lead digitization and automation across intake, governance, reporting, resource planning, and value tracking; improve data quality and accessibility; and promote tool adoption and procedures.

• Change Control & Investment Governance. Lead enterprise investment and change governance, including Change Control Board oversight. Ensure decisions balance strategic priorities, risk, funding constraints, and organizational capacity. Facilitate executive decisions through structured governance forums and transparent reporting.

• Leadership & Organizational Development. Develop portfolio management capabilities through coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. Build partnerships across Digital, Finance, PMO, Product, Technology, and Business organizations. Foster accountability, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement, and lead and develop high-performing teams with meaningful growth opportunities.

Qualifications

Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations or equivalent preferred; advanced degree preferred

Experience and Skills

Required

• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience.

• Complex global Project, Program, or Portfolio Management leadership experience

• Strong strategic leadership and business acumen, with the ability to align investments to organizational priorities.

• Deep expertise in Strategic Portfolio Management, portfolio governance, demand management, prioritization, and investment planning.

• Experience establishing portfolio governance forums, intake processes, stage gates, and executive decision frameworks.

• Experience governing portfolio and project technologies, system integration, and process automation.

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.

• Ability to influence global, matrixed organizations without direct authority. Strong change management, continuous improvement, organizational transformation, and team-development capabilities.

Preferred

• Progressive experience in leadership roles within Supply Chain, Commercial, digital transformation, portfolio management, or large transformation programs

• Understanding of Supply Chain, Digital Transformation, Technology Delivery, and enterprise planning processes.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Strategic Portfolio Management;