Director, URP Data Lead

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:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Governance & Policy

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

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

Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

We are searching for the best talent for Director, URP Data Lead to be in Titusville, New Jersey.

The Director, URP Regulatory Data Lead provides overall departmental leadership and is accountable for directing and driving the Data Enablement strategy, activities, and staff for the URP project.

Principal responsibilities

• Director URP Data Lead is responsible for the creation of a leading-edge data enablement program to ensure the timely delivery of clean URP data to drive the development of new GRA unified regulatory platform and improve Regulatory Operations & Digital Innovation’s  (RODI’s) ability to proactively identify, assess and manage data quality and identify potential risks, in close alignment with all GRA applications.
• This position will establish a URP data landscape, aligning individual data sets and associated requirements (ingestion, integration, modeling, etc.) with the systems and technology landscape.
• Ensure central, regional, and local URP business data needs as well as overall efficiencies and quality are met.
• Ensure close alignment and appropriate interaction with other RODI data office, R&D, Pharma and cross-sector initiatives to establish and maintain data governance policies and standards.
• Stay attuned to the impact of global initiatives and direct the regulatory contributions on the implementation strategy for globally developed regulatory authority programs.
• Partner with key data/system functions across R&D, IT and the Enterprise.
• Provide strategic input to the current and future tools and processes used to collect, share, submit and track regulatory submission information (data) and ensure the necessary related business support and services are provided to the GRA community.
• Contribute expertise to internal or external initiatives to influence evolving policy and requirements that may impact the URP capabilities.
• Ensure development and governance of the regulatory applications oversight from a business perspective to increase efficient use, consistency, and general knowledge across URP team and in relation to other R&D, Pharma and cross sector initiatives.
• Anticipate business needs and evolve data and technology capabilities ahead of industry trends.
• Lead a global team of experts via direct and indirect reports, and teams where required.
• Provide leadership that is customer-focused and empowers, promotes and motivates high-performing teams, drives innovation, fosters collaboration and diversity, and delivers results.
• Foster a mindset of data stewardship and collective ownership to ensure data is accessible throughout the organization to drive insights, analytics and decision making. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• University/Bachelor’s in Science, Business, or Computer Science / Technology or equivalent experience is required
• Minimum of 10-12 years of data-oriented experience in a medium to large scale matrix regulated industry (experience related to R&D area is preferred).<