Senior Manager, Global Customer Solutions Emerging Markets

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is seeking a Senior Manager for Global Customer Solutions in Emerging Markets. This role focuses on leading end-to-end customer service operations, driving continuous improvement, and managing a multi-tiered team to deliver high-quality customer experiences. The position involves adapting global standards to local needs, building cross-border teams, and sponsoring transformation initiatives including digital CX, automation, and AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong operational leadership, people management experience, and a track record in continuous improvement and identifying digital solutions, including AI, for customer service.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead end-to-end customer service operations across CEE, Turky, RCIS & MEA, leading all aspects of order management, returns, critical issues, and SLA performance; serve as the senior escalation point for the Emerging Market region.
  2. Build and sustain strong relationships with key commercial partners and strategic customer accounts; represent Customer Solutions in commercial and supply chain engagements and support high priority customer critical issues.
  3. Drive operational excellence by standardizing processes, reducing manual touchpoints, and improving interaction and transaction efficiency to elevate the customer experience.
  4. Ensure consistent application of policies, controls and regulatory requirements (including SOX where relevant); own functional governance, risk controls, and operational continuity planning.
  5. Lead people management for the Customer Solutions team: recruit, coach, and develop front line leaders; run performance conversations, career development planning, retention initiatives, and succession readiness.

Skills

Required

  • Minimum 8–10 years of relevant professional experience
  • Minimum 2 years of people management experience
  • Strong operational leadership with a track record of meeting service, quality and cost targets in complex contact centers or customer operations.
  • Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement/Lean methodologies and driving process improvements.
  • Experienced in identifying digital solutions and implementing AI into the world of Customer Service
  • Excellent communication and partner leadership skills
  • Solid analytical skills and comfort with metrics, reporting and basic data analysis tools (MS Excel, PowerPoint).

Nice to have

  • experience managing distributed or remote teams preferred
  • familiarity with contact center platforms, CRM systems and EDI/API customer channels
  • Direct experience working in relevant EMEA markets with knowledge of local and regional regulatory and commercial environments
  • Background in MedTech, healthcare, or life sciences
  • Prior experience leading site-level transformations and multi-site collaboration.
  • Advanced degree preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • AI solutions
  • digital CX
  • automation
  • process excellence
  • continuous improvement
  • regulatory requirements
  • SOX