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At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub** **Function:

Data Science Portfolio Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

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 https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an Associate Director, Data Science & Digital Health to lead the development of data-driven digital products that accelerate and streamline clinical trial operations. This role will focus on designing and scaling tools that support protocol development, site and country planning, and other high-impact areas of clinical trial productivity.

As a hands-on product leader, you’ll translate complex business problems into clear technical requirements, partner closely with engineering and data science teams, and manage end-to-end delivery of solutions. You’ll also play a key role in establishing agile ways of working, tooling infrastructure, and best practices across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

+ Product Development & Execution Own the delivery of high-impact clinical trial enablement tools by writing detailed requirements, defining user stories, and managing backlogs. Ensure timely, high-quality execution across agile sprints.

+ Technical & Cross-Functional Collaboration Serve as the day-to-day product lead working closely with software engineers, data scientists, and UX designers.

+ Roadmap & Prioritization Translate stakeholder input into structured product roadmaps, balancing user needs, technical feasibility, and strategic value. Use data to drive prioritization decisions and track delivery metrics.

+ Stakeholder Engagement Engage with internal users such as protocol authors, feasibility managers, and trial delivery leaders to deeply understand workflows and pain points. Actively gather feedback to improve product usability and adoption.

+ Agile Leadership & Tooling Champion product management best practices. Help define sprint cadences, retrospective formats, and delivery KPIs in collaboration with scrum leads and project managers.

+ Launch & Iteration Lead pilots, user acceptance testing, and rollout planning. Monitor usage metrics and implement improvements based on data and feedback.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business); advanced degree preferred.

+ 8+ years of experience in digital product management or technology delivery, preferably in clinical trial start-up/execution, or pharma/biotech/medtech business operations

+ 5+ years Data Analytics experience with proven track record of success for driving forward large initiatives by generating buy-in, managing multiple complex projects, and continuously completing excellent quality analytics is required.

+ Familiarity with modern software development and product management tools including SQL, Python, R, github, Jira, etc.

+ Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical teams to deliver scalable, user-centered tools.

+ Experience creating and managing product documentation, backlogs, roadmaps, and metrics dashboards.

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort operating across technical and non-technical audiences.

+ People Management and experience leading functional teams with proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.

+ Experience with enterprise software product management and oversight of enterprise software solutions with a deep understanding of clinical development and relevant business applications.

+ Strong and proactive stakeholder engagements skills are critical.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Familiarity with clinical trial operations, including protocol development, country/site planning, and digital transformation in R&D.

+ Basic technical fluency in data systems, APIs, or machine learning concepts (for collaboration, not implementation).

+ Experience conducting user research or usability testing in a regulated or complex domain.

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$137,000 - $235,750

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be 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.  Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).  This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.  Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: – Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year – Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year – Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year – Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below.