Luiz Fernando R.

About Luiz Fernando R.

With 14 years of experience bridging strategy, operations, and business execution, I specialize in transforming how global departments plan, prioritize, and deliver value. Currently at Johnson & Johnson Global Legal Department, I lead high-impact initiatives that align legal objectives with enterprise performance — optimizing budgets, streamlining workflows, deploying technology, and enabling teams across regions.As an Electrical Engineer with an MBA in Project Management and PMP certification, I bring a structured, analytical, and process-driven approach to problem solving. I thrive at the intersection of law, business, and technology — simplifying complexity, scaling efficiency, and creating governance models that stick.Legal Operations & Portfolio Manager with global scope and LATAM roots, I oversee portfolios using OKRs, Stage-Gate governance, and cost-to-value metrics. I work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, IT, and Procurement to ensure transparency, accountability, and results.I bring clarity to ambiguity. I connect strategy to execution. I help legal teams operate like a business.

Experience

1. Legal Pmo & Portfolio Governance Manager

   Johnson & Johnson

   Jun 2022 — Present · US

   Acted as Project Manager for Project Diamond, supporting the Consumer Health (Kenvue) spinoff by coordinating HCC workstream, managing cross-functional dependencies, aligning timelines across HCC leadership and Diamond Lead, and ensuring risk mitigation and readiness for Day 1 separation.• Designed and implemented the Legal PMO Technology operating model, including governance structure, stage-gates, RACI, and KPI frameworks — improving delivery consistency and reducing rework across global initiatives.• Led Legal Technology Portfolio Governance, integrating intake, prioritization, value case evaluation, and project delivery oversight to ensure alignment with Legal Strategy and corporate objectives.• Owned Technology Portfolio budgeting, annual financial planning, and long-range investment forecasting, partnering with Finance and Legal Leadership to guide funding allocation and cost transparency.• Partnered with Legal Leadership, Finance, IT, and Procurement to enhance cost visibility, vendor oversight, and multi-year budgeting forecasts. • Built and deployed enterprise dashboards (Smartsheet + Power BI) to monitor Technology portfolio health, investment performance, cycle times, adoption, and value realization — enabling data-driven decision-making across 60+ initiatives.• Established Business Review cadence across Legal, IT, and Finance, reducing decision-making cycles and clarifying Technology portfolio prioritization tradeoffs.• Standardized intake and prioritization workflows, improving alignment between regions, practice groups, IT, and Finance.• Supported the Legal Technology roadmap, including modernization of Spend & Matter Management and Work Management platforms business case and budgeting.

Education

• FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas

  MBA, Project Management

  2009 — 2010

• Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering

  2000 — 2006

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Supply Chain Management MicroMasters, Supply Chain Analytics

  2017 — 2017

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Supply Chain Management MicroMasters, Supply Chain Technology and Systems

  2017 — 2017

• Harvard Business School

  Open Innovation

Skills

• Seis Sigma
• Gestão
• Análise
• Project Coordination
• Management
• Strategic Planning
• Ms Project
• Excel
• Contract Management
• Manufacturing
• Planejamento De Projetos
• Gestão De Projetos
• Microsoft Excel
• Gestão De Engenharia
• Conflict Management
• Gestão De Contratos
• Analysis
• Project Management
• Teamwork
• Engenharia
• Indústria Manufatureira
• Negociação
• Procurement
• Sap
• Project Engineering
• Negociação De Contratos
• Negotiation
• Liderança De Equipe
• Engineering
• Microsoft Office
• Engenharia De Projetos
• Estratégia Empresarial
• Aprovisionamento
• Microsoft Project