Associate Director, Quality Business Enablement (AI)

Location: Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Horsham, PA; or San Diego, CA, United States. The position is onsite and may require up to 10% domestic and international travel.

Salary: $137,000–$235,750 per year.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and innovative medicines focused on preventing, treating, and curing complex diseases.

What you will do

• Partner with process owners and business leaders to identify priorities and shape a portfolio of quality solutions for R&D Quality.
• Lead program governance across scope, resources, risks, timelines, validation expectations, and business outcomes.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, validated, and compliance-sensitive digital solutions.
• Advance inspection intelligence, audit analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities for proactive quality management.
• Coordinate with Enterprise AI, Quality Data & Analytics, and Technology organizations to reuse enterprise platforms and governance standards.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, training, adoption, vendor oversight, and communication with senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required; an MS or PhD in data science, statistics, AI, computer science, engineering, life sciences, or a related field is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or another regulated industry, including 5+ years leading strategic initiatives, process improvement, and digital enablement.
• Experience with inspection and audit intelligence, business requirements, validated solutions, agile delivery, product or program governance, UAT oversight, adoption planning, and value realization.
• Deep expertise in GxP/GCP, GAMP 5, CSA/CSV, data integrity, audit trails, and 21 CFR Part 11.
• Experience influencing senior leaders through VP level and above, collaborating across matrixed organizations, and managing complex initiatives independently.
• Strong communication, change leadership, stakeholder alignment, accuracy, and attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Experience directing vendor, offshore, or technology delivery teams.
• Experience evaluating AI-enabled decision-making use cases in GxP processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment centered on individual dignity, diversity, and equal opportunity.
• Participation in a consolidated retirement plan, pension, and 401(k) savings plan.
• Vacation, sick time, holidays, personal and family time, parental leave, caregiver leave, bereavement leave, and volunteer leave.
• Support for an inclusive interview process and reasonable accommodations.