Head of Technology

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Job Function:

Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security

Job Sub Function:

Product Strategy

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

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 or Beerse, Belgium.

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

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 AI-augmented. In close partnership with DDSAI, the role will ensure that scientific data is created and managed according to FAIR principles-Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable-and 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.

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 techno