Associate Director, Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety

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Job Function: Project/Program Management Group Job Sub Function: R&D Project Management Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

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

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS) Integration & Transition Management based in Beerse, Belgium. Please note that this role is also 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): Spring House, PA or La Jolla, CA
- Requisition Number: R-101345 Beerse, Belgium
- Requisition Number: R-098578 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Purpose: The Associate Director, Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS) Integration & Transition Management is responsible for leading and coordinating preclinical and translational science integration activities associated with acquisitions, licensing transactions, collaborations, strategic investments, options, divestitures, and other business development outcomes across PSTS. This role serves as the central PSTS integration coordinator, ensuring diligence findings are translated into comprehensive integration plans, risks are proactively managed, dependencies are identified, and commitments are executed across functions. The incumbent will partner closely with Corporate and R&D Due Diligence and Integration partners, including PSTS functional leaders, Scientific & In Vivo Strategies, Safety, Compliance, Data Governance, Facilities, Finance, Regulatory, EHS, and external partners to enable successful transition of assets, capabilities, facilities, data, systems, and operational processes. The Associate Director will coordinate information coming from Due Diligence activities to ensure PSTS Integration Day 1 readiness and subsequently will track progress against integration milestones, coordinate issue resolution, and provide leadership visibility into integration readiness, execution status, risks, decisions, and resource requirements.

You will be responsible for:

Integration Leadership & Program Management

Lead PSTS integration planning and execution coordination for acquisitions, licenses, collaborations, strategic investments, options, and divestitures. Serve as the primary PSTS integration coordinator and central point of contact for post‑transaction activities. Translate diligence findings and deal commitments into actionable workstreams with clear owners, timelines, dependencies, decision points, and deliverables. Refine fit‑for‑purpose framework, including workstream teams, decision forums, escalation pathways, and leadership reporting. Develop and maintain cross‑functional integration project plans; facilitate cross‑functional meetings; drive decisions and accountability to sustain execution. Support Day1, Day100, transition, and long‑term integration planning, tailored to the deal structure and asset stage.

Diligence Handoff & Integration Readiness

Coordinate the structured handoff of PSTS diligence findings, open questions, risks, assumptions, and commitments into the integration phase. Assess readiness across scientific operations, quality and compliance, safety, data, facilities, vivarium operations, CRO relationships, budget, and resourcing. Identify operational gaps, business continuity risks, required assessments, and time‑critical actions; establish mitigation and co