Program Delivery Leader, XTA Early Dev

☞ Johnson & Johnson

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Update day: 22-11-2025

Location: Beerse Antwerp

Category: Other

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Job type: Full-time

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Description:

Position Summary

The Program Development Leader (PDL) is accountable for the operational execution of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP). As a disease area thought partner, the PDL is responsible for the development of the program-level strategy and ensuring cross-functional alignment, identifying, and resolving program-level risks that may impact timelines or budgets.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the development of the program-level operational strategy and ensuring alignment across functions, Delivery Units and DAS areas / TA / portfolio (e.g., E2E connectivity from Global Development and non-Global Development partners, share lessons learned for program-level consistency, and monitor KPIs to track program-level success).
  • Accountable for the delivery of the operational strategy in alignment with the Clinical Development Plan, ensuring alignment with business goals and TA / clinical delivery and trial delivery objectives (including resourcing, budget, and change control, partnering with CDT sub-teams, timeline creation). Attend CDT and co-lead CT in collaboration with clinical leader.
  • Lead scenario planning and mitigate program-level risks that may impact timelines / budget, ensure appropriate quality oversight, and appropriately escalate issues on clinical teams and to CDT, Quality and functional leadership.
  • Ability to effectively communicate the operational strategy, and defend the operational plan and costs associated to CDT, TA leadership and at governance meetings (e.g TA governance, DC/IC)

Other Duties



    • Leads and ensures inspection readiness for program through risk identification and readiness review.

    • Provides leadership during Health Authority inspections and on the identification of risks and mitigation plans at the program level for key issues.
    • Support L&A activities when appropriate.
    • Mentor & support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.
    • Foster employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors.

    Qualifications: Required Minimum Education: BS degree or equivalent

    Required Years of Related Experience:Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    • Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process
    • Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I-IV); must have the ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial.
    • Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
    • Experience leading without authority and in muti-functional matrixed and global environments.
    • Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills are essential to this position.
    • Operates and executes with limited supervision. Experience mentoring/coaching others.
    • Strong project planning/management, communication and presentation skills are required.

    Percentage Traveled:

    15% - 20% (Domestic and International)

    People Management Experience:

    People Management Experience Is Highly Preferred.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    Preferred Minimum Education:Advanced degree

    Preferred Area of Study:Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy)

    Preferred Related Industry Experience:Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology

    Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    • Experience leading global clinical neurodegeneration programs/trials
    • Early clinical development experience

    Key Working Relationships:

    Internal:DAS Leaders, Trial Management Director, Clinical Trial Leaders, Clinical Trial Managers, Clinical Trial Assistants, Delivery Operations leaders, representatives of other GD Functions and Clinical Teams, GRA.

    External:Investigators, Patient Advocacy Groups, External Service Providers.

    Supervisory Responsibilities:

    Direct or Indirect Reports:None

    Decision Making Authority:

    • Recommends budget amounts.
    • Makes budget decisions.

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    Deadline: 06-01-2026

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