Head of Technology Therapeutic Areas (TAs) & External Scientific Innovation (ESI)

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Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is currently recruiting for a Senior

Director Head of Technology Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation supporting the Immunology Oncology and Neuroscience Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation organization to be located in either Cambridge MA; Spring House PA; La Jolla CA; Beerse Belgium or High Wycombe UK.

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: R-100953

Belgium: R-101308

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

The Senior Director Head of Technology Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation will own the technology profile strategy portfolio delivery and operational performance required to advance therapeutic-area science and externally sourced innovation across Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. The role will establish a deep sustained partnership with the Data Data Science and AI (DDSAI) organization to ensure that technology data products advanced analytics and AI capabilities are jointly shaped around the highest-value scientific and clinical priorities.

This is a critical leadership role in the Research Systems organization enabling a next-generation R&D technology ecosystem that is highly automated software-defined data-centric and close partnership with DDSAI the role will ensure that scientific data is created and managed according to FAIR principlesFindable Accessible Interoperable and Reusableand that laboratory knowledge analytics data science and decision-support capabilities connect end to end.

In a business-partnering capacity this leader will work with scientific clinical translational and portfolio teams across Immunology Oncology and Neuroscience as well as External Scientific Innovation to develop and manage a coherent technology profile spanning disease understanding target discovery target validation lead finding lead optimization biomarker strategy and clinical trial design and execution.

The role will act as the primary Technology partner to DDSAI for the Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation portfolio. Together the organizations will define shared outcomes roadmaps architectures operating models and investment priorities and will co-lead matrixed teams spanning data engineering data science AI/ML Engineering Laboratory Systems Enterprise Architecture Information Security & Risk Clinical Technology Data Platforms and Technology Services.

You will shape innovative and evolving capabilities and talent directing the strategy architecture delivery and operations of technology products that support discovery biology laboratories externally generated scientific data translational research clinical evidence generation biomarker development and therapeutic-area portfolio decisions. Additional duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Lead people products platforms systems and projects across the Therapeutic Areas and External Scientific Innovation portfolio including direct reports matrixed employees and strategic partners.
• Establish outcome measures and report progress value risk dependencies and resource needs for workstreams and capabilities within scope.
• Serve as a member of the Research Systems Senior Leadership Team and represent the technology agenda with Therapeutic Area and External Scientific Innovation leadership teams.
• Develop and maintain jointly with DDSAI a multi-year technology data and AI profile and roadmap aligned with therapeutic-area strategies external innovation priorities scientific workflows and enterprise technology standards.
• Apply product portfolio and Agile delivery practices with DDSAI product data science and engineering leaders to translate scientific needs into scalable reusable and measurable technology data and AI capabilities.
• Be accountable for reliable day-to-day operation and lifecycle management of in-scope platforms partnering with suppliers and Technology Services to meet service levels manage change remediate risk and keep platforms secure and supported.
• Lead within established policies procedures and governance with accountability for system quality regulatory compliance privacy security and continuous improvement.
• Assess business value scientific impact feasibility cost and risk for projects enhancements and rollouts; provide clear recommendations and investment options.
• Co-lead with DDSAI the design build integration testing deployment validation adoption and lifecycle management of data products analytical solutions and AI-enabled technology supporting target discovery and validation lead finding and optimization biomarkers and clinical trial design and execution.
• Build executable implementation plans with clear outcomes timelines owners dependencies adoption measures and key milestones.
• Partner with Therapeutic Area External Scientific Innovation and DDSAI leaders to jointly prioritize the portfolio based on patient and scientific value data readiness strategic fit reuse potential risk and return on investment.
• Establish technology patterns for the secure evaluation onboarding and integration of external collaborations licensed assets acquired data and partner platforms including provenance rights consent metadata and interoperability requirements.
• Maintain a current view of scientific and technology trends across Immunology Oncology Neuroscience and the external innovation ecosystem; translate insights into practical technology strategy and capability choices.
• Analyze scientific and operational challenges using a deep understanding of target-to-clinic workflows laboratory practices data architecture and the drivers of therapeutic-area portfolio decisions.
• Partner with DDSAI to design scalable secure and interoperable solutions including integrations across laboratory instruments ELN LIMS research data platforms knowledge graphs analytics environments AI/ML platforms and clinical systems.
• Structure and execute proofs of concept with DDSAI using explicit scientific hypotheses fit-for-purpose data responsible AI practices and agreed success measures then create plans to industrialize integrate and scale successful capabilities across Therapeutic Areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Biology Bioinformatics Chemistry Medicine or a related scientific or technical discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• A PhD MD or equivalent experience in a relevant life-science translational clinical or data discipline is an advantage.
• A minimum of 10 years of technology or digital product experience in pharmaceutical R&D is required including a minimum of 5 years leading people and/or substantial matrixed teams.
• Working knowledge of the pharmaceutical R&D value chain including target discovery target validation lead finding lead optimization translational research biomarker strategy and clinical trial design and execution.
• Demonstrated experience in several of the following:
  • Discovery biology laboratory systems instrumentation integration laboratory automation ELN and LIMS capabilities
  • FAIR research data metadata data lineage ontologies semantic standards and scientific knowledge management
  • Joint delivery with data data science and AI organizations including data-product operating models advanced analytics responsible AI model lifecycle management and production adoption
  • Multi-omics imaging in vivo assay biomarker translational and clinical data integration and analytics
  • AI/ML-enabled scientific workflows scalable compute model lifecycle management and decision-support products

• Familiarity with the scientific and technology requirements of Immunology Oncology and Neuroscience research including disease-area-specific data modalities and biomarker approaches.
• Proven success in technology portfolio management product delivery business relationship management and adoption of capabilities in a complex global matrix including sustained partnership with enterprise data data science and AI organizations.
• Experience supporting external scientific collaborations due diligence data acquisition or partner integration in the pharmaceutical biotechnology academic or venture ecosystem.
• Ability to translate scientific and clinical requirements into resilient secure reusable and scalable technology products and data capabilities.
• Strong strategic and people leadership skills with the ability to operate independently while maintaining an enterprise and global perspective.
• Strong consulting facilitation influencing and conflict-resolution skills across scientific clinical data and technology stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex scientific and technical concepts to broad audiences and executive leaders.
• Prior experience leading technology in pharmaceutical or biotechnology discovery translational medicine therapeutic-area research clinical development or external innovation is strongly preferred.
• Experience with large-scale scientific data laboratory knowledge-management portfolio biomarker or clinical technology platforms and relevant strategic suppliers is preferred.
• Up to 15% domestic and international travel may be required.

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