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# IM Transcend Deployment Lead Analyst

- **Company:** Johnson & Johnson
- **Location:** New Brunswick, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $96,000 - $155,250
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Data Validation, Data Conversion, Data Migration, Power BI, SAP (Applications), SAP Project Management, Test Scripts, Virtual Environment, Powerquery, SAP S/4HANA
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careers.jnj.com/en/jobs/r-108132/im-transcend-deployment-lead-analyst/

## About the Role

Required:

 * Minimum of 4 years professional related experience required

 * Minimum of a bachelor's degree required

 * Strong knowledge of Product Costing and manufacturing plant reporting

 * Ability to comprehend SAP design documentation and test scripts

 * Knowledge and experience working with SAP is required

 * Strong analytic skills and ability to balance big picture with attention to detail

 * Passionate to develop expertise in complex financial topics

 * Agile mindset

 * Strong communication skills and ability to clearly articulate complex issues

 * Team player and collaborative working style

 * This position can be located in North America, Puerto Rico, LATAM, or EMEA. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

 * This role may require up to 10%

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 * Experience in a major business transformation / ERP Project

 * Experience as Lead Analyst for a large manufacturing site

 * Experience leading testing cycles - BST, UAT, data validation

 * Experience using Jira project tool

 * Expert knowledge of SAP ERP platform

 * Knowledge of digital tools (PowerQuery, PowerBI, …)

 * Experience with working in global / virtual environments

## Description

Innovative Medicines Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into a single ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

The program will simplify the Innovative Medicines ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a digital backbone that is fit for purpose, allowing us to support the business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

The IM Transcend Deployment Lead Analyst will be part of the Innovative Medicines Transcend Finance Deployment Team, reporting to the Supply Chain Finance Deployment Manager; supporting the implementation of the E2E future state Finance processes as part of the S4/Hana implementation within the global transformation program - including inventory accounting, product costing, manufacturing variance reporting - as well as other supply chain financial and reporting processes.

Responsibilities:

General Responsibilities

 * Support the Supply Chain Finance workstream through the deployment phases of all Transcend releases

 * Assist Data Migration, Business Simulation Testing (BST), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Business Adoption, Cutover, and Hypercare

 * Partner with BPO and GTO teams on global template development and deployment

 * Identify and analyze deployment risks and mitigation activities

 * Identify workstream interdependencies with outside programs (Signifi Transact, AFO reporting, others)

 * Provide Credo based leadership to foster an environment of inclusiveness and continued career and personal development

Data Conversion, Migration, and Validation

 * Prepare the data conversion and validation for standard costing

 * Lead product costing & inventory validation activities and adhere to timelines according to deployment map

Testing Planning and Execution

 * Support BST and UAT cycles for each release

 * Partner with TPO, GTO, and GPO teams to resolve test defects

 * Review and analyze testing results in line with compliance standards

Business Adoption

 * Partner with Business Adoption Leads, GPO, TPO, BPO Teams, Base Business Stakeholders to deploy end-to- end change management strategies

 * Support post-go live hypercare period to ensure end users can perform all essential functions in the period following go live

 * Ensure adherence to J&J change management framework