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Johnson & Johnson is hiring an Associate Director, Learning Architecture to lead the design and implementation of effective learning experiences within the Innovative Medicine sector. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to analyze learning needs, architect engaging learning solutions, and measure their impact to drive business outcomes and improve performance.

Highlights

Lead needs analysis and collaborate with Learning Business Partners and Program Managers to define learning objectives and success metrics.
Design learner-centric learning experiences leveraging adult learning theory and a mix of modalities aligned with the 6 Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning.
Develop high-level design documents, storyboards, and prototypes, and oversee content creation by internal or agency teams.
Facilitate design sessions with stakeholders to ensure alignment and strategize continuous learning and sustainment plans.
Analyze feedback and measurement data to continuously improve learning effectiveness and impact.
Required proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Teams, SharePoint, Planner, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and basic experience with content authoring or prototyping tools.
Minimum of 8 years' experience in Learning & Development, focusing on Learning Strategy, Instructional Design, or Learning Experience Design; Master's degree preferred.
Experience within pharmaceutical or regulated environments and commercial roles is preferred.
Compensation ranges from $120,000 to $207,000 base pay, with eligibility for an annual performance bonus and comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plans, and paid time off.
Position may require up to 10% domestic travel and demands strong project management, communication, and stakeholder influence skills.

Associate Director, Learning Architecture Full Description

Associate Director, Learning Architecture

Hybrid Work

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Full time

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function: Human Resources

Job Sub Function: Learning & Instructional Design

Job Category:Professional

All Job Posting Locations:Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Associate Director, Learning Architecture to be located in Titusville, NJ or Horsham, PA.

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Purpose: We are looking for an exceptional Associate Director, Learning Architecture to join our Learning Excellence Center (LEC). This role will be responsible for being a strategic and trusted advisor to the J&J IM North America Learning Excellence Learning Teams. In this role, you will contribute to the creation of outstanding learning experiences leveraging your design expertise to support performance and drive business outcomes. The day-to-day responsibilities will require a combination of creativity, collaboration, and a commitment to creating evidence-based, effective and engaging learning experiences in a variety of modalities that amplify learning effectiveness and impact. Our approach is grounded in the 6 Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning to ensure that our learning experiences drive measurable results.

Key responsibilities include:

Collaborating with Learning Business Partners (LBP) and/or Program / Learning Execution Managers (PM/LEM) to conduct a thorough needs analysis, clearly understand learning demand needs, clarify desired business objectives and subsequently create learning and performance objectives, determine desired behavior change in the target audience, how success will be measured, and more
Designing engaging and learner-centric learning experiences using adult learning theory and the right modality mix to meet the needs of a modern learner
Architecting the full learning experience by owning overall learning experience design and collaborating closely with other LEC team members as necessary to determine pull-through/continuous learning approach, measurement/learning effectiveness strategy, and deployment plan (in addition to design of the learning event itself)
Creating high-level design documents, storyboards, rapid prototyping, and making recommendations on approaches that enhance the quality of the learning experience. On a project-by-project basis, this role may also be responsible for detailed design and partnering with a Developer/Creator (internal or agency) to develop content
Overseeing and/or supporting teams (internal or agency) conducting detailed design and development activities to build out learning solutions
Facilitating high-level design working sessions as needed with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of the learning solution prototype against the business needs
Strategizing and designing learning program sustainment and adoption plans
Gathering feedback on learning experiences for continuous improvement; analyzing measurement data and producing summaries/overviews for stakeholders and leadership
Being versed in modern learning technology and capabilities that can translate into learning experiences
Remaining current with latest and future learning experience trends and sharing best practices

Learning Architects should be prepared and equipped to service a diverse set of stakeholders ranging from therapeutic area learning teams to leadership and marketing capability teams, aligned to our organizational pillars.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; Master's degree in Learning is preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

8+ years experience in Learning & Development, specifically Learning Strategy, Instructional Design and/or Learning Experience Design
Experience leading needs analysis efforts with multiple stakeholders to uncover root needs
Well versed in Microsoft Office Products (Teams, SharePoint, Planner, MS Word, PPT, Excel, etc.)
Basic experience in content authoring tools and/or prototyping tools
Excellent project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all organizational levels.
Success in this role requires the individual to be a self-starter, skilled communicator, and dot-connector that is both creative and customer focused

Preferred:

Experience in pharmaceutical learning & development
Experience in commercial roles (e.g., sales, sales leadership, account management, management, marketing)
Pharmaceutical/regulated environment experience

Other:

This position may require up to 10% domestic travel

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $120,000 to $207,000.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :$120,000 to $207,000

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: - Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year - Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year - Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below.

https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits (https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits)

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