Principal Project Manager

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 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 Principal Project Manager to work out of Raynham, MA or West Chester, PA or Warsaw, IN

Purpose:

The Principal Project Manager, Hip & Knee R&D Data Operations, Budget & Program Excellence serves as a strategic leader within the Hip & Knee R&D organization. This individual is responsible for advancing portfolio visibility, enabling data-driven decision making, and driving operational excellence across project, program, and budget management processes.

The role leads high-impact initiatives focused on portfolio analytics, financial planning, resource management, governance, reporting, digital tool deployment, and business process transformation. Working across Hip and Knee within our Depuy Synthes organization, partnering closely with PMO, Finance, Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Commercial organizations, the Principal Project Manager ensures scalable operating models enable improved execution, decision quality, and organizational effectiveness.

This position acts as a trusted partner to Hip and Knee R&D Leadership, translating business needs into actionable programs, analytics, and operational solutions that support innovation and portfolio growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Operations & Portfolio Analytics

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of R&D portfolio analytics, dashboards, metrics, and reporting capabilities.
• Establish governance processes for portfolio data accuracy, consistency, transparency, and accessibility.
• Partner with Finance, PMO, R&D and cross functional teams to design and implement integrated reporting solutions for project, portfolio, resource, and financial management.
• Drive deployment and adoption of portfolio management tools, analytics platforms, databases, and reporting systems.
• Translate complex data into executive-ready insights that support strategic investment and resource allocation decisions.
• Develop performance metrics and operational KPIs to monitor portfolio health, execution effectiveness, and organizational productivity.

Budget & Financial Management

• Lead annual operating planning, long-range financial planning, and portfolio investment management activities for Hip & Knee R&D.
• Develop and manage portfolio budget tracking processes, forecasts, spend analyses, and variance reporting.
• Partner with Finance and R&D leaders to evaluate investment opportunities, business cases, ROI analyses, and capital allocation decisions.
• Support development of resour…