Sr. Manager, Global Workplace Strategy

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Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Real Estate Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Prague, Czechia

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Sr. Manager, Global Workplace Strategy.

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):

United States - Requisition Number: R-039037

High Wycombe, UK - Requisition Number: R-042501

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

At Engineering & Property Services (E&PS) we take care of all J&J buildings around the world providing end to end services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery to Facilities Management. We have a profound influence on the entire J&J Enterprise, providing innovative workplaces where our employees can collaborate and grow, and delivering flexible site solutions which enable our business to best serve our important customers and patients.

The Sr. Manager, Workplace Strategy is accountable for the regional strategy to support optimized design of J&J Facilities and support projects across J&J's portfolio of businesses & sites within the region of its own responsibility.

This role is responsible for assisting in the development of strategies for innovative, user-centric workplace environments, through partnerships with teams around the globe to deploy these strategies.  Delivering on below responsibilities will require defining the business case influencing senior leaders to gain consensus to drive workplace efficiency and effectiveness.  

A suitable candidate for this role will have deep knowledge of workplace strategies in office environments, program development & deployment, project management and business acumen.

Key relationships include Strategic Space Planning, Project Delivery (E&D), E&PS Global Functions, E&PS Regional Leads, EHS, GHS, IT, Security, and other related J&J Functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will communicate with E&PS Leadership Teams, J&J senior business leadership in a region, J&J finance across multiple sectors, Real Estate & FM leaders, HR & IT leadership in a region, and Workplace Experience team.

You will be responsible for:

Strategic Planning & Development

• Use regional experience, internal data and external information to build programs that best satisfy the diverse needs of J&J

• Leverage regional data and insights to inform and align the workplace design and operation strategies to best support the businesses

• Partner with Regional Strategic Space Planning to uncover opportunities to optimize the portfolio and support regional business strategies

• Support the Workplace & Facilities Survey and generate insights to shape programs and strategies across all functions related to office work (Workplace, FM, IT, HR, Inclusivity, Wellness, etc.)

Policy, Standards & Guideline Management

• Communicate and train Policies, Standards & Guidelines – Standardize workplace practices & solutions

• Support actively the maintenance of workplace playbook

• Support program metrics based on external and internal benchmarks and research

• Business owner for all regional workplace data analytics and dashboards

Management of Program and Program Innovation

• Support innovation pilots for developing new concepts

• Refine, scale and deploy successful pilots appropriately across the enterprise

• Evolve the workplace change management program to meet evolving needs and partner with FM to support sustaining high performing workplaces

• Support approval process of change management vendors and scope for workplace projects

• Develops and maintain the organisational change tools and expertise to support and sustain deployments (with both internal and external partners)

• Use external and internal insights to drive continuous improvement of existing workplace programs and participate in the development of new workplace programs

Leadership & Stakeholder Relations

• Provide material presentations & briefings – prepare high level strategy reports and updates

• Site specific stakeholder engagement – as needed manage relationship with regional/local site leaders & functions to support workplace success

• Apply regional governance criteria to successfully deploy programs in partnership with regional teams

• Support regional talent (both external and internal) to promote and execute Workplace Experience strategy. This includes training and coaching.

Program Delivery

• Promote understanding of JNJ Workplace Programs to enable the E&PS organizations to support business strategies and needs

• Provide the tools and resources to successfully plan global workplace projects

• Represents Workplace Strategy in Project Execution Planning (PEP) session for workplace projects

Project Delivery

• Support regional teams to provide visioning, option analysis, scope development and test fit design capability for large office projects globally.

• Coordinate the design of workplaces with the appropriate change management and operations of the workplace to best serve the business needs

• Approves change management vendors and scope for workplace projects

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in business, architecture, design, engineering or related fields is required. A master's degree is preferred.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

Required:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience in a Workplace Strategies environment

• Deep knowledge of workplace strategies in office environments

• Excellent judgment, analytical, decision making, design and problem-solving skills

• Knowledge of MS. Office Suite

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proven organization, coordination, and action tracking skills

• Ability to function effectively and multitask when presented with tight deadlines

• Out of the box thinking, innovation mentality

• Financial analysis, business case preparation and strategic business planning

• Demonstrated ability to partner, lead diverse teams through change and deliver results in a matrix environment

• Demonstrated ability to identify & adopt emerging approaches and industry innovations for J&J

• Knowledge of industry trends and leading practices with respect to workplace strategy and innovation

• Ability to facilitate workplace visioning with senior management and translate business needs into workplace solutions

• Ability to communicate at the FM LT level while integrating and communicating with the FM regional organizations

• Ability to adapt emerging standard methodologies and industry innovations

Preferred:

• Experience in design/architecture, change management, project management and facility management

• Global/Regional experience preferably across multiple geographies

Other:

• This position may require up to 30% of domestic and/or international travel.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Alliance Formation, Budget Management, Business Savvy, Contract Management, Contract Monitoring, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Developing Others, Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Investment Management, Leadership, Negotiation, Project Reporting, Real Estate Management, Regulatory Environment, Risk Management, Strategic Change, Strategic Thinking, Team Management

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