Sr. Director, IT Portfolio Management, Orthopedics

Johnson & Johnson is a global leader in healthcare innovation, uniquely positioned across Innovative Medicine and MedTech to deliver breakthroughs that profoundly impact health for humanity. This role is part of the planned separation of our Orthopaedics business into a standalone company, DePuy Synthes. Upon completion of the transaction (expected within 18–24 months), this position will transition to DePuy Synthes, with employment governed by its policies and benefit plans.

About the role

The Sr. Director, IT Portfolio Management is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and governing the global IT investment portfolio to ensure alignment with DePuy Synthes’ business strategy, value realization objectives, and transformation priorities. This role partners closely with executive business and technology leaders to drive disciplined demand management, investment prioritization, and delivery transparency across the IT portfolio, enabling strategic growth, operational efficiency, and scalable technology outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise IT portfolio strategy, ensuring alignment of technology investments with business objectives, financial targets, and transformation priorities.
• Establish and evolve the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) operating model, including governance structures, decision rights, and standardized processes for demand intake, prioritization, funding, and value realization.
• Own portfolio financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, cost transparency, and investment discipline through business case rigor and ROI/value tracking.
• Govern AI initiatives across the IT portfolio by establishing a structured intake, evaluation, and prioritization process for AI use cases, ensuring alignment with business value, risk, regulatory requirements, and enterprise AI strategy.
• Oversee portfolio performance by driving transparency into delivery status, financial health, risks, dependencies, and benefits realization through standardized executive reporting and metrics.
• Provide enterprise-level oversight of programs and projects, enforcing consistent delivery standards and ensuring discipline across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk management.
• Align portfolio priorities with enterprise capacity by driving resource planning, utilization, and trade-off decisions across competing initiatives.
• Lead IT portfolio governance for separation and transition activities, ensuring alignment to Day 1/Day 2 objectives, managing cross-functional dependencies, and governing TSA execution and exit milestones.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise risk, cybersecurity, compliance, and financial governance standards by embedding controls into portfolio management processes.
• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio management capabilities, including processes, tools, analytics, and reporting to enhance decision-making and execution discipline.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing portfolio management function, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and collaboration across IT and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline (required). Master’s degree or MBA (preferred).

Requirements

• 12–15+ years of experience in IT portfolio, program, and project management leadership within complex, global organizations.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise PMO / EPMO functions at scale.
• Deep expertise in portfolio and program management frameworks, governance models, and delivery methodologies.
• Strong experience managing large, complex, cross-functional programs and transformation initiatives.
• Solid understanding of technology delivery models (Agile, hybrid, and traditional).
• Experience with enterprise IT financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and value realization tracking.
• Demonstrated ability to align technology investments with business strategy and measurable outcomes.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to support executive-level investment decisions.
• Excellent executive communication skills, including presenting complex portfolio insights to senior leadership.
• Proven track record of building, leading, and developing high-performing global teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and influence skills, with the ability to partner across business and IT leadership.
• Experience driving change, governance discipline, and continuous improvement at enterprise scale.

Preferred Experience

• Supporting large-scale transformation, divestiture, or operating model change.
• Background in regulated or highly matrixed environments.
• Experience working across global regions and time zones.
• Familiarity with life sciences, medical devices, or healthcare environments.
• Experience with enterprise portfolio and delivery tools (e.g., Planview, ServiceNow, Clarity, Azure DevOps).
• Relevant portfolio, program, or financial management certifications.

Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus. Up to 10-15% travel domestically and internationally as required.

Pay

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $178,000.00 - $307,050.00.

Benefits

• Vacation: 120 hours (standard).
• Sick time: 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours for Colorado residents, 56 hours for Washington residents).
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays: 13 days per calendar year.
• Work, Personal and Family Time: Up to 40 hours per calendar year.
• Parental Leave: 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child.
• Bereavement Leave: 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
• Caregiver Leave: 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period.
• Volunteer Leave: 32 hours per calendar year.
• Military Spouse Time-Off: 80 hours per calendar year.

For additional general information on Company benefits, visit https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits.