Senior Principal Engineer, Investigator and Patient Solutions

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:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Digital

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

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

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 - Requisition Number: R-012922

• Belgium - Requisition Number: R-014966

• Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-014967

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for a Senior Principal Engineer, Investigator and Patient Solutions (I&PS).  This position is a hybrid role and can be located in Beerse, Belgium. 

The Senior Principal Engineer will provide operational and strategic leadership to patient and site-facing solutions related to resource, budget, and portfolio management.  This role has responsibility for coordinating and planning, driving technical operations, services, and related projects and processes for capabilities administered by I&PS.

This Senior Principal Engineer will manage the interface between stakeholders, system, and processes, to ensure that all capabilities are aligned and effectively executing against identified organizational goals for capabilities supporting site staff enablement and training.  Provide input to operational plans with measurable contribution towards the achievement of department results for the Digital Research and Development (R&D) area.  This position plays a critical role in the growth and development of the group and contributes to organizational effectiveness, transparency, and communication as a matrix leader driving projects, innovation, and capability growth or as a People Manager, through the recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and development of people while building an inclusive and diverse working environment.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Lead high-impact technology projects to enhance site staff engagement, digital health, patient recruitment, study management/oversight and digital collaboration across clinical trials.

• Lead/manage a high-functioning and diverse team to enable industry-leading, inspection-ready practices for supported capabilities, with a focus on delivering measurable value for stakeholders.

• Explore internal and external trends to identify emerging technologies and potential opportunities to enhance clinical trial support systems through agile experimentation and design thinking.

• Maintain a strategic focus on customer satisfaction, ensuring solutions are beneficial, meet regulatory compliance standards and are tailored to the needs of clinical study teams.

• Prepare and manage financial plans, ensuring cost-effective resource allocation for technology projects and/or base business activities.

• Oversee the application of project management best practices, ensuring all technology implementations follow structured processes, from planning to training.

• Lead anticipation, early detection, prevention and management of risks and issues impacting departmental deliverables and activities.

• Develop both short- and long-term technology roadmaps, ensuring alignment with clinical, operational, and In