Assoc. Dir., Transcend R&D Data Mgmt.

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:

R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Supply Operations

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 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

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):

US - Requisition Number: R-070528

Belgium - Requisition Number: R-069375

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

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Transcend R&D Data Management role in Beerse, Belgium or U.S. (Malvern, PA or Horsham, PA).

Purpose: 

Innovative Medicine Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational Supply chain processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform (SAP S4 Hana) for growth and efficiency gains. 

The program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes in order to have a cost effective, fit for purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility.  

R&D is an integral part of the IM Transcend program, in order to transform and standardize relevant R&D supply chain processes, to include them within the global IM Transcend Template. 

The Transcend R&D program team is looking for an Associate Director, Transcend R&D Data Management. The Data Management lead is accountable for leading the Data pillar for R&D within the Transcend transformation program.  

The role owns the end-to-end data strategy and delivery outcomes across master and transactional data domains, ensuring compliant, reliable, and scalable data foundations that enable R&D and Clinical Supply Chain processes across a global operating model.  

The position is reporting into the Transcend R&D Program Director.  

You will be responsible for: 

• Set and execute the Transcend R&D Data strategy, roadmap, and data deliverables aligned to Transcend release milestones and Program Increment cadence (design, build, test, cutover, and hyper care). 

• Define data domain scope, standards, and ownership model (RACI); chair data decision forums and manage escalations across the program. 

• Lead data governance and stewardship operating model, including policies, procedures, controls, and lifecycle management . 

• Direct data migration and cutover execution, including profiling, cleansing, mapping, reconciliation, and formal sign-off, in close partnership with the program data management team and technology partners 

• Partner with arc