Vice President, AI Next Frontiers Strategy and Execution

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Science Portfolio Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Vice President, AI Next Frontiers Strategy and Execution.

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 

Purpose:

The VP, AI Next Frontier will set the strategy and execution of the AI strategy globally for J&J Innovative Medicine to drive competitiveness, execution and optimization of Innovative Medicine AI efforts. This includes defining the use cases, identifying the fit for purpose AI capabilities, scaling these capabilities across TAs, and operationalizing the next generation of AI capabilities across the Global Commercial Strategy Organization (GCSO).

In addition, this leader will steer the AI strategy across regions, influencing budget and delivery, including governance to ensure efficient, synergistic and effective implementation across regions. The leader will be accountable for the AI Next Frontier roadmap for Innovative Medicine Commercial, provide strategic leadership, and drive enterprise-level AI product development and deployment. The VP, AI Next Frontiers will be responsible for continual innovation in AI, including external ecosystem partnerships with tech partners, customers and driving AI Fluency within GCSO.

This role spans all TAs and functions in GCSO and partner across functions (legal, HCC, Privacy etc), regions and IT. The VP, AI Next Frontier will chair the Worldwide AI Steering Committee to drive effective and efficient deployment of AI efforts at a cross-regional level. This leader will participate in the enterprise AI Council. The VP, AI Next Frontier will be accountable for the AI strategic budget within GCSO (~$5M) and influence both the investment and the value/ROI of the investment (>$20M)

This leader will report into the Chief Global Commercial Data and AI Officer, GCSO.

This position is located in Raritan, NJ with consideration to be in Horsham, PA.

You will be responsible for:

• Define and lead the global AI Next Frontiers strategy, enterprise roadmap, and execution agenda for Innovative Medicine Commercial, including identification of high-value use cases, fit-for-purpose capabilities, and scalable deployment across therapeutic areas, functions, and regions.

• Influence senior leadership across GCSO, Worldwide and regional commercial organizations, medical affairs, and data, analytics, and AI functions to align on enterprise priorities, accelerate adoption, and embed AI into business strategy and decision-making.

• Shape cross-functional strategy and partnerships with R&D, technology, and enterprise data and AI leaders to enable differentiated capabilities, drive operating model alignment, and ensure execution against enterprise objectives.

• Own strategic investment cases and demonstrate business value and ROI for AI investments exceeding $20MM annually