Senior Principal Engineer, Operational Data Enablement

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About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments finding cures and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a Senior Principal Engineer Operational Data Enablement in Raritan NJ or Titusville NJ or Spring House PA or Beerse Belgium or Allschwil Switzerland.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States (Raritan NJ or Titusville NJ or Spring House PA) - Requisition Number: R-062470

Beerse Belgium - Requisition Number: R-063167

Allschwil Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-063169

Remember whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Position Summary:

The IDAR EASE (Enabling Analytics & System Excellence) Team is focused on developing analytical solutions to improve how we use data and technology to drive decisions. We keep user experience at the center of all we do to reduce barriers to data and insights for Global Development.

The Senior Principal Engineer Operational Data Enablement is accountable for understanding and documenting a multisystem view of operational data flows and data lineage with a focus on reducing duplicate data capture and minimizing user burden across systems through repetitive data entry across platforms and technological issues that result in poor data quality at the source. This role operates at the intersection of business processes operational systems data governance and reporting and is responsible for defining and driving a roadmap of data and system improvements that enable trusted consistent and reusable operational data given a vast multi-system landscape required to execute Clinical Trial Operations.

This role partners closely with solution owners business process owners and team members to identify conflicting or unclear data definitions nonauthoritative data sources and breakdowns in data lineage. The Senior Principal Engineer establishes frameworks that enable consistent definitions connects the dots between process technology and data teams to help prioritize and lead the technical actions that drive the greatest progress toward our goals focusing as far upstream as possible.

Principal Responsibilities:

Data Lineage & Integration Pathways

• Define and maintain endtoend data lineage across operational systems including how and when data flows between systems and into downstream reporting and analytics.
• Identify gaps redundancies and inefficiencies in systemtosystem integrations that contribute to duplicate data entry or inconsistent data.
• Partner with technology teams to influence integration design decisions that improve data quality and reduce user burden.

Data Quality Enablement

• Identify systemic drivers of data quality issues and lead efforts to optimize technologies to reduce and avoid such issues over time.
• Partner with team members solution owners and process owners to establish continuous monitoring approaches that incentivize action by users to correct their data in a timely manner

Solution & Domain Advisement:

• Act as the primary point of contact for operational data context across assigned solution domains.
• Collaborate and act as key advisor with solution owners to assess potential downstream impacts of system or data changes to other systems dashboards and analytics products.
• Ensure operational data enablement considerations are embedded into solution roadmaps and enhancement planning.
• Provide oversight to service providers as needed to manage delivery timelines prioritization appropriate time periods for delivery and instruction at a level of detail needed to complete the work.
• Provides delivery management oversight for related initiatives including activities related to stakeholder management change management project plan creation work assignments risk management and tracking that span cross-functional stakeholders internal IT partners and vendor resources.

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Contacts inside the company may include representatives & executives from:

Leaders of Global Development Functions such as Project Management Planning Resourcing & Partnerships Delivery Units Global Clinical Operations IDAR and Global Development Strategy Roles.

Additional JRD partners including but not limited to broader R&D Leaders J&J Technology Leadership Finance and Data Science Supply Chain Quality and others.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Required Work Experience:

8 years experience designing reporting and analytics solutions business-focused solutioning and / or equivalent relevant experience.

Required Education: Bachelors Degree required

Preferred Education:

• Advanced Degree Preferred
• Preferred course work is in quantitative scientific or business disciplines

Required Skills:

• Able to work on multiple projects with conflicting deadlines.
• Action-oriented inquisitive self-starter with an ability to learn quickly and challenge the status quo.
• Demonstrated ability to support cross-functional teams.
• Leadership skills including: overall business mindset big picture problem solving with attention to detail interpersonal skills excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Strong ability to think holistically across systems processes and data domains.
• Proven ability to assess and prioritize critical data elements and systemic issues.
• Proactive selfdirected approach with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills across business and technology teams.
• Ability to translate complex data and system concepts into clear actionable insights.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical executionfocused delivery.

Other:

• Travel: Up to 10% required to support project teams at multiple site J&J Travel Policy for additional restrictions.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry highly preferred.
• Experience with clinical trial operations and process highly preferred.

This job posting is anticipated to close on March 17 2026. The Company may however extend this time-period in which case the posting will remain available on to accept additional applications.

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