Head of Technology – Discovery

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:

Enterprise Management

Job Sub Function:

Technology Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

La Jolla, California, United States of America, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines is currently recruiting for a Senior Director - Head of Technology, Discovery supporting our Therapeutics Discovery (TD) & Preclinical Sciences & Translational Safety (PSTS) organizations.

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):

Belgium, Req #: R-050751 

The Senior Director, Head of Technology – Discovery, will be responsible for the overall technology strategy, project management, and application support & development for the Therapeutics Discovery (TD) & Preclinical Sciences & Translational Safety (PSTS) business functions of Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines.

This is a critical leadership role in the Research Systems organization, supporting Discovery and Early Development, an organization that exists to enable a next-generation R&D ecosystem that is highly automated, software-defined, data-centric and AI-augmented. Our remit is to remove repetitive manual work, ensure data is FAIR, and architect information and compute so every digital tool, assay and process connects end-to-end. By providing scalable compute, robust data fabrics and integrated digital workflows across discovery, CMC and clinical supply.

In a business partnering capacity this role will be engaged across scientific functions including Global Discovery Chemistry, Discovery Technology & Molecular Pharmacology, Biologics Discovery, Cell & Genetic Medicines Discovery, In Silico Discovery, In Vivo Pharmacology & Pharmacodynamics, Bioanalytical Sciences, Drug Disposition and Metabolism, Toxicology and Pathology to deliver the J&J IM Pipeline.

Partnering with scientific functions, this role will lead and contribute to matrixed teams alongside Data Science & Digital Health and cross-functional technology partners: Engineering, Laboratory Systems, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security & Risk, and Technology Services.

You will focus on innovative and evolving capabilities and talent, to help deliver Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine’s objective to build a world class discovery engine by leading large global programs and initiatives across the franchise and/or enterprise. Additional duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Responsibility for both people (direct and/or indirect) as well as systems and projects. Lead a team of about 5-8 direct reports as a people leader, along with 15 - 20 indirect employees and contractors.

• Report on the progress of workstreams/capabilities within scope of responsibility.

• Roles on the overall leadership team of the Research Systems SLT

• Develop a future roadmap for systems or capability areas within areas of responsibility and ensure the technical approaches and capabilities solutions are in-line with technical/business strategy.

• Complete understanding and experience working within and leading an Agile development team.

• Accountable for the day-to-day operation of Discovery Systems. In partnership with Suppliers and Technology Services, ensuring that all tickets are resolved within SLA and change management processes are followed as defined in change management procedure and platformed is patched and upgraded to supported level.

• Manage within the framework of established policies and procedures with accountability for all systems and their enhancements.

• Provide evaluation and cost estimation for all Chemistry focused projects, enhancements and roll outs, including und