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On-site in Ringaskiddy·Full-time·Added 5 days ago (last checked 22 Oct)
36 open roles
Our summary
- Salary
- €70,100 - €121,210 a year
- Work mode
- On-site, Ringaskiddy
- Contract
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5+ years




Skills
Nice to have
Johnson & Johnson is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Cork.
Requirements
Education & certifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree required in project management, regulatory affairs, life sciences, engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
- Master's degree preferred.
Experience and Skills
Required:
- Typically requires 5-8 years of experience in project management, preferably within Medical Device industry
- Proven experience managing cross functional projects in a medical device, or regulated environment
- Strong project planning, scheduling, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet established deadlines
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Proficient in MS Office
Preferred:
- Experience in supporting new product development and/or product lifecycle management for medical devices.
- Previous experience in project management within a regulatory framework (e.g. submission projects with Notified Body)
- Solid understanding of European Medical Device framework, and quality systems
- Understanding of preparing, submitting, and maintaining regulatory filings and approvals.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills including experience presenting at meetings with Regulatory Authorities.
- Experience working with global Regulatory Affairs teams and aligning local activities with global strategies.
- Experience using project management and collaboration tools
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
Other:
- Languages: English (written and verbal) required. German (written and verbal) is a plus.
- Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification preferred
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.
Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees' and companies' performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location's eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.
*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.
The role
Job Function: Project/Program Management Group
€70,100.00 - €121,210.00
What you'll do
Project/Program Management
Purpose: The Principal Project Manager develops and maintains schedules and priorities for Technical Documentation and Change Notification submissions to Notified Bodies under Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). Serving as DePuy Synthes' primary point of contact for project planning and execution with Notified Body counterparts, this role provides business teams and Notified Body representatives with clear direction to support timely reviews and achievement of franchise goals.
- Coordinates activities concerned with submissions to EU Notified Bodies including applications and project tracking for new product introduction as well as for changes to existing products.
- Liaises with business units to ensure appropriate execution of submissions.
- Develops and maintains detailed project plans, timelines, and status reports for stakeholders and leadership.
- Identify project risks and issues, implement mitigation plans, and escalate as appropriate.
- Coordinates maintenance of MDR Certificate data and associated documentation.
- Represents DePuy Synthes as point of contact for interactions with EU Notified Body with regards to MDR applications, change notifications, TD Assessments and for recurring project and business meetings.
- Establishes accountability for the preparation of necessary outlines, summaries, status reports, memos, graphs, charts, tables, and slides.
- Interacts with EU regulatory agency personnel in order to expedite submission and approval of applications as necessary.
- Facilitates relationship building/maintenance with Notified Body by coordinating recurring connections (e.g. weekly, monthly, annual face-to-face meetings)
- Consults with business unit personnel to establish and prepare appropriate priorities for EU regulatory filings for product approvals.
- Supports continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, systems, and project management practices.
Job Category
Professional
All Job Posting Locations
Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland
About Orthopedics
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 Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics 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 the best talent for a Principal Project Manager role.
Hiring process
Apply
Digital interview
Video call · 30–60 min
Either pre-recorded answers to sent questions (about 10 minutes, you can re-record twice) or a live video interview of 30 minutes to an hour.
Interviews with the team
With hiring manager, sometimes other team members · 1–2 sessions
Questions about your academic and work experience, with time for your own questions.
Offer
- Reviewing applications for popular roles can take several weeks.
- Interviewers are trained in fair hiring and ask behavioural, competency-based questions.
About Johnson & Johnson
- Industry
- Pharma
- Founded
- 1886
- Employees
- 100,000+
- Headquarters
- New Brunswick, USA
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