Staff R&D Project Manager

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 As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: R&D Product Development Job Sub Function: Robotics Job Category: Scientific/Technology All Job Posting Locations: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America Job Description: About Orthopaedics 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 Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech We are searching for Staff R&D Project Manager to be based out of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Purpose: The Staff Project Manager – Power Tools is responsible for planning and executing assigned projects within the Power Tools platform in Digital R&D, ensuring delivery against scope, schedule, cost, and quality in a regulated medical device environment. Power Tools are electro-mechanical orthopaedic solutions used by surgeons, combining mechanical mechanisms, motors and drivetrains, batteries and power electronics, embedded firmware, and cutting accessories into hand-held and capital surgical systems. Reporting to the Platform Program Manager – Power Tools, this role owns the project-level integrated plan (WBS/IMS), project budget baseline and EVM tracking, project RAID management, change control, and stakeholder communications. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional execution across mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, firmware, systems, V&V, quality, regulatory, supply chain, operations, and manufacturing partners, and drives disciplined design controls, prototype and build phase readiness, product development, Design Verification & Validation, Process Validation (PVE),  design transfer, and phase-gate readiness to enable predictable delivery outcomes.

Own project planning and baseline management for assigned Power Tools projects, including project charter, scope baseline, WBS, and an integrated master schedule aligned to the platform program plan and to hardware build and tooling lead times. Manage project schedule execution, critical path tracking, milestone readiness, and schedule recovery actions; maintain and communicate weekly status to the platform leadership team. Plan and drive the electro-mechanical build and test cadence, including prototype, , product development, Design Verification & Validation, Process Validation (PVE) phases, ensuring builds, test units, tooling, fixtures, and sample quantities are scheduled and resourced ahead of need dates. Coordinate integration across mechanical design, electrical/PCB design, motor and drivetrain, battery and charging, and embedded firmware workstreams,