Associate Director, Data Science & Digital Health

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 Science Portfolio Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 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

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an Associate Director, Data Science & Digital Health to lead the development of data-driven digital products that accelerate and streamline clinical trial operations. This role will focus on designing and scaling tools that support protocol development, site and country planning, and other high-impact areas of clinical trial productivity.

As a hands-on product leader, you’ll translate complex business problems into clear technical requirements, partner closely with engineering and data science teams, and manage end-to-end delivery of solutions. You’ll also play a key role in establishing agile ways of working, tooling infrastructure, and best practices across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Development & Execution Own the delivery of high-impact clinical trial enablement tools by writing detailed requirements, defining user stories, and managing backlogs. Ensure timely, high-quality execution across agile sprints.
• Technical & Cross-Functional Collaboration Serve as the day-to-day product lead working closely with software engineers, data scientists, and UX designers.
• Roadmap & Prioritization Translate stakeholder input into structured product roadmaps, balancing user needs, technical feasibility, and strategic value. Use data to drive prioritization decisions and track delivery metrics.
• Stakeholder Engagement Engage with internal users such as protocol authors, feasibility managers, and trial delivery leaders to deeply understand workflows and pain points. Actively gather feedback to improve product usability and adoption.
• Agile Leadership & Tooling Champion product management best practices. Help define sprint cadences, retrospective formats, and delivery KPIs in collaboration with scrum leads and project managers.
• Launch & Iteration Lead pilots, user acceptance testing, and rollout planning. Monitor usage metrics and implement improvements based on data and feedback.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business); advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in digital product management or technology delivery, preferably in clinical trial start-up/execution, or pharma/biotech/medtech business operations
• 5+ years Data Analytics experience with proven track record of success for driving forward large initiatives by generating buy-in, managing multiple complex projects, and continuously completing excellent quality analytics is required.
• Familiarity with modern software development and product management tools including SQL, Python, R, github, Jira, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical teams to deliver scalable, user-centered tools.
• Experience creating and managing product documentation, backlogs, roadmaps, and metrics dashboards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort operating across technical and non-technical audiences.
• People Management and experience leading functional teams with proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
• Experience with enterprise soft