Overview
DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, Real Estate Delivery – Americas; this Hybrid position will be in New Brunswick, NJ (USA). Alternate Hybrid locations may be considered at Raynham, MA, (USA), Raritan, NJ (USA), or West Chester, PA (USA).
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, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Details of any planned changes will be provided at an appropriate time.
Position Summary
The Director, Real Estate Delivery – Americas is accountable for the end‑to‑end execution of real estate transactions, projects, and portfolio initiatives across the Americas region. This role leads regional delivery teams and partners to execute the global real estate strategy with speed, discipline, and financial rigor while ensuring governance, standards, and approval frameworks are followed. It acts as the primary execution owner for the Americas, translating global strategy into on‑the‑ground delivery while balancing business urgency, cost discipline, and risk across a portfolio of office, R&D, manufacturing, and residential assets. The role collaborates with business, operations, finance, and EHSS leaders to support business continuity, workplace effectiveness, and long‑term infrastructure strategy.
Scope Of Role
- Regional portfolio: Americas portion of ~63 DPS properties
- Functional scope: Transaction management, project execution, regional portfolio delivery, lease administration, compliance
- Geographic reach: North America and Latin America
- Authority: Regional delivery ownership and execution accountability within global governance, standards, and approval frameworks
Key Responsibilities
- Regional Real Estate Delivery Leadership
- Own and lead real estate delivery across the Americas, ensuring transactions and projects are executed on time, on budget, and to standard.
- Serve as the single point of accountability for regional execution performance.
- Lead and develop regional RE delivery teams and matrixed partners.
- Drive standardization, governance, and best‑practice sharing across RE delivery teams to improve speed, quality, and controls.
- Transaction & Portfolio Execution
- Execute real estate transactions including leases, renewals, expansions, exits, dispositions, and residential housing arrangements.
- Partner with Governance & Strategy on business cases, approvals, and prioritization, ensuring alignment to global strategy.
- Manage lease administration activities and ensure accurate documentation and compliance.
- Project Execution & Performance Management
- Oversee project execution across the region, ensuring adherence to scope, cost, schedule, and quality expectations.
- Apply best practices, standardized delivery models, and performance management disciplines across projects.
- Identify and proactively manage execution risks and issues.
- Strategic Space & Site Delivery
- Deliver strategic space planning and site initiatives aligned to workplace standards and portfolio strategy.
- Partner with Property Services and FM to ensure seamless handoff from project delivery to operations.
- Support site changes, consolidations, expansions, and relocations.
- Compliance & Governance Adherence
- Ensure all regional activities comply with global RE governance, approval thresholds, and controls.
- Act as the regional escalation point for compliance, execution risk, and delivery challenges.
- Maintain audit‑ready documentation and adherence to internal controls.
- Deliver projects and services in compliance with applicable safety, quality, regulatory, and company standards; partner with EHSS to embed safe execution.
- Stakeholder & Supplier Management
- Partner closely with Global RE Governance & Strategy, Property Services, Strategic Supplier Management, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Business Leaders.
- Drive accountability from third‑party providers delivering regional RE services.
- Influence and align senior stakeholders through clear executive communication, decision support, and change leadership.
- Core Capabilities
- Regional real estate delivery leadership
- Transaction and lease execution
- Project delivery and performance management
- Portfolio execution and site delivery
- Financial and business case discipline
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Stakeholder and vendor management
Qualifications & Experience
- 12+ years of experience in corporate real estate delivery, transactions, or project management
- Experience leading regional portfolios in a global enterprise
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- Proven ability to lead through influence in a global, matrixed organization and manage multiple concurrent initiatives across diverse geographies and time zones
Preferred
- Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent)
- Experience leading regional portfolios in a global enterprise
- Background in medical device, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industries
- Experience with workplace strategy, site consolidation, or portfolio optimization initiatives
- Familiarity with sustainability, energy efficiency, or green building standards
- Executive‑level presentation, negotiation, stakeholder management, and change leadership capabilities
- Certifications such as PMP, or similar project/real estate credentials
- Additional regional languages
Other
- Travel up to 50%, including international travel across Americas
- Languages: English required; Spanish or Portuguese preferred
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 & Johnson is committed to providing an inclusive interview process. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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