Senior Director – Head of Technology, Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation

Location: High Wycombe, UK; Cambridge, MA; Spring House, PA; La Jolla, CA; or Beerse, Belgium. Hybrid role with up to 15% domestic and international travel.

Company

Johnson & Johnson develops healthcare solutions across Innovative Medicine and MedTech to prevent, treat and cure complex diseases.

What you will do

• Own the technology strategy, portfolio, delivery and operational performance for Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation.
• Partner with Data, Data Science and AI leaders to define multi-year technology, data and AI roadmaps, architectures, operating models and investment priorities.
• Lead people, products, platforms and matrixed teams supporting Immunology, Oncology, Neuroscience and external innovation.
• Direct the design, integration, validation, deployment and lifecycle management of data products, analytical solutions and AI-enabled scientific workflows.
• Connect laboratory systems, ELN, LIMS, research data platforms, knowledge graphs, analytics environments, AI/ML platforms and clinical systems.
• Establish secure patterns for external collaborations, licensed assets, acquired data and partner-platform integration, including provenance, consent, metadata and interoperability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Biology, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Medicine or a related scientific or technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of technology or digital product experience in pharmaceutical R&D, including at least 5 years leading people or substantial matrixed teams.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical R&D value chain, including target discovery and validation, lead optimization, translational research, biomarkers and clinical trial execution.
• Experience with laboratory systems, instrumentation integration, laboratory automation, ELN/LIMS, FAIR data, metadata, ontologies, data lineage or scientific knowledge management.
• Experience delivering with data science and AI organizations, including advanced analytics, responsible AI, model lifecycle management and production adoption.
• Strong strategic, people leadership, consulting, influencing, communication and conflict-resolution skills in complex global matrix organizations.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree, PhD or MD in a relevant life-science, translational, clinical or data discipline.
• Experience with multi-omics, imaging, in vivo, assay, biomarker, translational and clinical data integration.
• Experience supporting external scientific collaborations, due diligence, data acquisition or partner integration.
• Background in pharmaceutical or biotechnology discovery, translational medicine, clinical development or external innovation.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on employee dignity, diversity and equal opportunity.
• Opportunity to work across Innovative Medicine and MedTech healthcare innovation.
• Collaboration with scientific, clinical, data, engineering, security and technology services organizations.
• Hybrid work arrangement with domestic and international travel of up to 15%.