Johnson & Johnson
Sr Director, R&D Data Science - Head of Data Strategy & Products – TA Focus
Johnson & Johnson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, us, 02140
Overview
Sr Director, R&D Data Science - Head of Data Strategy & Products – TA Focus at Johnson & Johnson. Join to apply for the
Sr Director, R&D Data Science - Head of Data Strategy & Products – TA Focus
role at
Johnson & Johnson . Location: Primary Titusville, NJ; also open to Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; or Zug, Switzerland. Travel: 25% required.
Job Description
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) 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.
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.
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. The 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 in driving 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 strategy as 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 record 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 record in building data strategy to make 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 TAs 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 AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $173,000 to $299,000. Additional description for pay transparency: employees may participate in standard company benefits and long-term incentive programs.
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Sr Director, R&D Data Science - Head of Data Strategy & Products – TA Focus at Johnson & Johnson. Join to apply for the
Sr Director, R&D Data Science - Head of Data Strategy & Products – TA Focus
role at
Johnson & Johnson . Location: Primary Titusville, NJ; also open to Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; or Zug, Switzerland. Travel: 25% required.
Job Description
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) 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.
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.
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. The 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 in driving 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 strategy as 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 record 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 record in building data strategy to make 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 TAs 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 AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $173,000 to $299,000. Additional description for pay transparency: employees may participate in standard company benefits and long-term incentive programs.
#JRDDS #JNJDataScience #JNJIMRND-DS
#J-18808-Ljbffr