Director, R&D Data Science, Data Products Global Development

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Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director R&D Data Science Data Products Global Development.

This position has a primary location of Madrid Spain but is also open to Barcelona Spain. This position requires up to 25% travel.

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The Director Data Products Global Development is responsible for leading the strategy design and delivery of user-centric reusable data products that enable advanced analytics data science and AI/ML solutions across the Global Development organization. This role ensures that high-value internal and external development data assetsincluding protocol study design operational regulatory disclosure and real-world data (RWD/RWE)are standardized productized and integrated into Janssens enterprise R&D data ecosystem.

Working closely with Global Development Data Science teams Clinical Development Operations and Regulatory stakeholders as well as the broader Data Strategy & Products organization this leader ensures that Global Development data products are AI-ready semantically consistent and interoperable enabling trial efficiency regulatory readiness and improved compliance outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Product Strategy & Execution

• Lead a team to define and deliver data products addressing critical Global Development use cases (e.g. study startup TMF metadata operational KPIs submission readiness).

• Define and maintain a roadmap for Global Development data products spanning protocol development through clinical trial disclosure.

• Develop data products through agile delivery and FAIR data principles ensuring scalability interoperability and reuse across Janssen functions and external partners.

• Integrate internal and external Global Development data sources including CRO-provided datasets performance benchmarks and regulatory datasets.

Ontology & Semantic Modeling

• Contribute to the development and governance of a Global Development Ontology to enable semantic consistency across operational and regulatory domains.

• Align Global Development Ontology with enterprise metadata standards and external frameworks (e.g. CDISC HL7 FHIRetc).

Collaboration & Integration

• Partner with Knowledge Management Data Product Architecture & Governance and Master Data Management teams to ensure Global Development data products integrate seamlessly into enterprise ontologies knowledge graphs and catalogs.

• Collaborate with Global Development stakeholdersincluding Clinical Regulatory Medical Writing QA and Safetyto co-create solutions that maximize the value of development data assets.

• Interface with regulatory and compliance teams to ensure data products meet submission disclosure and transparency requirements.

Team & Operating Model Leadership

• Lead a cross-functional team of product owners data engineers and Global Development domain experts.

• Establish governance models agile delivery processes and value-tracking metrics for Global Development data products.

Value Realization & Communication

• Define and track KPIs to measure the impact of data products on study startup times operational insights and regulatory compliance.

• Communicate product vision roadmap and value realization to Global Development leadership Data Science teams and executive stakeholders.

• Champion data literacy and adoption within the Global Development organization.

Strategic Impact

• The Director Data Products Global Development ensures Global Development data is transformed into trusted AI-ready products that accelerate study startup improve operational insights and strengthen regulatory readiness. By embedding semantic rigor and aligning with enterprise data strategy this role positions Global Development data as a strategic asset that enables trial efficiency compliance and innovation across Janssen R&D.

Qualifications

Education

• PhD or Masters in informatics computer science life sciences or related discipline.

• 8 years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D with focus on clinical development operations regulatory or data product management.

• Strong track record in data product development integration or semantic modeling in a regulated domain.

• Experience working with multi-modal development data including clinical trial protocol operational submission and disclosure datasets.

Skills & Expertise

• Deep knowledge of Global Development processes clinical trial design and regulatory requirements.

• Deep knowledge of data products database design data transformation/mapping.

• Familiarity with metadata management ontologies knowledge graphs and industry standards (e.g. CDISC FHIR ICH).

• Strong leadership collaboration and communication skills with ability to translate technical strategy into business/science value.

• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption of new data capabilities across a complex organization.

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