Sr Director, R&D Data Science Head of Data Strategy & Products – TA Focus

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Job Function :

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function : Data Science

Job Category : People Leader

All Job Posting Locations :

Zug Switzerland

Job Description :

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Sr Director R&D Data Science - Head of Data Strategy & Products TA Focus . This position has a primary location of Titusville NJ but is also open to Spring House PA; Cambridge MA; San Francisco CA or Zug Switzerland. The position requires 25% travel.

For US applicants please use requisition : R-035880

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Position Summary :

The Head of Data Strategy & Products TA Focus leads development of Data Strategy and the strategy design and delivery of user-centric reusable data products that enable delivery of Data Science and AI solutions for TA Discovery and drug development.

This leader will be managing 3 specialized sub-teams : Data Strategy & Products for Oncology TA Data Strategy & Products for Immunology TA and Data Strategy & Products for Neuroscience TA. This leader will be implementing use cases to unify data across domains scale semantic / knowledge and embedding services and institutionalize data governance.

This role establishes the productization of high-value data assets across TAs focusing on internal and external data sources (e.g. performance data competitor information etc.) and RWE. Head of Data Strategy & Products TA Focus works in close collaboration with Data Science TA teams.

A core responsibility includes developing a TA Ontology as the semantic backbone of TA data aligned with the broader strategy of integration of R&D data landscape. The ontology serves as a foundational layer for data product standardization reuse and interoperability. The Head of Data Strategy & Products TA focuses on working in close collaboration with centralized Data Product Architecture & Governance Knowledge Management functions. Seamless integration between data product structures and graph-based reasoning capabilities is jointly ensured.

Beyond the close collaboration with the Data Product Architecture & Governance Knowledge Management Master Data Management the following liaisons are critical for the success to establish a Data Strategy & Products function for TAs :

Collaborates with the broader Data Science and Digital Health team

Ensures alignment with the master data management team on shared entities e.g. clinical trial sites studies etc. and controlled vocabulary e.g. indications therapeutic areas etc.

The Head of Data Strategy & Products TAs plays a central role indriving awareness engagement and adoption of data products across TA Discovery clinical development operations and adjacent functions.

By fostering a culture of data literacy trust and self-service the Head of Data Strategy & Products TA ensures that data assets are not only built but embraced and sustained as enterprise capabilities.

Key Responsibilities :

Data Strategy :

Develop data strategyas an ongoing program of improvement partnering with Data Science TA teams in aligning to business needs and priorities of TAs

Data Product Strategy & Execution

Defines and maintains a roadmap for data products supporting TAs

Embeds product thinking agile delivery and FAIR data principles across the product lifecycle.

Ontology & Semantic Modeling

Leads the development and governance of a TA Ontology to enable semantic consistency across TA domains.

Aligns the ontology with internal metadata standards and external frameworks

Collaboration with Knowledge Management

Contributes to shared governance of vocabularies taxonomies and semantic layers that enable knowledge reasoning search and graph-based automation.

Team & Operating Model Leadership

Builds and leads a cross-functional team.

Establishes agile delivery processes value tracking metrics and product lifecycle governance.

Value Realization & Communication

Defines and tracks KPIs.

Communicates product vision roadmaps and value realization to stakeholders.

Qualifications :

Education & Experience

PhD or Masters degree in life sciences informatics natural sciences data science or related discipline.

10 years in data platform / data engineering / governance leadership with significant experience in pharma / biotech R&D or regulated domains.

Strong business acumen in pharmaceutical and / or Data Science drug discovery and data product development / data science solution space

Track of records working with high throughput screening data omics chemical and biological data for building data science solutions at scale

Prior leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and vendor / partner ecosystems

Strong record of delivering business-critical data solutions.

Experience in data product design and semantic modeling.

Familiarity with ontological frameworks metadata governance and industry standards.

Strong working experience with pre-clinical data clinical data and real-world data is required

Track of record in building data strategy to making business impact

Strong background in data analysis solution development and architecture

Excellent communication interpersonal and written skills.

Energy enthusiasm and drive to create a positive working relationship with the business and the team

Experience in managing and leading a team showing understanding of different cultures to achieve global business objectives

Ability to multi-task incorporating good organizational skills and flexibility to prioritize work and deliver the maximum business value

Ability to build strong networks across the business to develop sponsorship at all levels of the business

Ability to influence and drive change in a complex organizational environment.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess and manage data-related risks.

Leadership Competencies

Strategic & Systems Thinking Operational Excellence Governance Mindset

People & Culture Builder Outcome Orientation Risk & Compliance Stewardship

Strategic Impact :

Through this role high-value data products are positioned as strategic enablers of insight automation and compliance across TAs. By embedding semantic rigor and aligning with industry-wide data harmonization efforts the Head of Data Strategy & Products plays a central role in transforming how TAst data is structured shared and used across the organization and beyond.

Other :

Travel Less than 25% to conferences and key internal meetings

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 () or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Experience :

Exec

Key Skills

Laboratory Experience,Vendor Management,Design Controls,C / C++,FDA Regulations,Intellectual Property Law,ISO 13485,Research Experience,SolidWorks,Research & Development,Internet Of Things,Product Development

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1