Associate Director, AI Next Frontier

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Science

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville New Jersey United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Associate Director AI Next Frontier.

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 Associate Director AI Next Frontier will serve as a key leader in shaping building and scaling next-generation AI capabilities across Marketing Patient and Commercial Operations within the US Pharmaceutical organization. This role is focused on reimagining commercial engagement through Generative AI and Agentic AI enabling intelligent personalized and scalable experiences with HCPs patients payers and internal stakeholders.

The Associate Director will contribute to the AI Next Frontier roadmap lead high-impact AI product initiatives across all three pillars and drive the development and deployment of AI-powered solutions that unlock growth efficiency and innovation across the commercial enterprise.

You Will Be Responsible For:

Cross-Pillar Leadership & Execution

• Lead end-to-end AI product development across all three pillars including ideation design development deployment and performance measurement.

• Translate business needs from Marketing Patient and Commercial Operations stakeholders into scalable AI-driven solutions and product opportunities.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders across Marketing Sales Patient Services Commercial Operations and Medical Affairs.

• Partner with data science engineering and design teams to deliver production-ready AI solutions integrated into the ecosystem.

• Support evaluation and management of external AI vendors platforms and strategic partnerships across all three pillars.

• Establish and contribute to best practices for AI product development experimentation and scaling across the commercial organization.

• Ensure all AI initiatives align with regulatory privacy ethical and medical/legal/regulatory (MLR) standards.

• Champion adoption of AI capabilities across Marketing Patient and Commercial Operations teams fostering a culture of innovation and experimentation.

Qualifications / Requirements

Education

• PhD preferred Masters degree required.

• Advanced degree in Data Science Computer Science Statistics Engineering Marketing Analytics Business Analytics or related field preferred.

Experience & Skills

• 7 years of experience in AI machine learning data science marketing technology commercial analytics or advanced analytics.

• Demonstrated experience leading AI-driven transformation initiatives across one or more of the following: marketing patient services or commercial operations.

• Strong expertise in modern AI technologies including Generative AI (LLMs) Agentic AI systems NLP and machine learning.

• Hands-on experience with LLM applications prompt engineering RAG architectures and/or AI agents.

• Ability to translate complex business needs across marketing patient and commercial operations domains into AI product strategies and scalable solutions.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across business and technical domains.

• Experience evaluating or working with external AI vendors and enterprise AI platforms.

• Excellent communication storytelling and stakeholder influence skills across both technical and executive audiences.

• Pharma healthcare or regulated industry experience preferred.

• Familiarity with CRM platforms (e.g. Veeva Salesforce) omnichannel marketing ecosystems and patient hub operations is a plus.

Location

• Based in Titusville NJ or Horsham PA with required travel between both locations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics Consulting Critical Thinking Data Analysis Data Privacy Standards Data Quality Data Reporting Data Savvy Data Science Data Visualization Digital Fluency Econometric Models Mentorship Strategic Thinking Tactical Planning Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137000 to $235750 USD.

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical dental vision life insurance short- and long-term disability business accident insurance and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Companys long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay including Floating Holidays 13 days per calendar year Work Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave 10 days Volunteer Leave 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. Experience:

Director