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Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Biological Research

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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   
 

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Global Proteomics to be located in Cambridge, MA.
 

Purpose: Do you want to use your hard earned skills and drive to make a difference in the lives of patients? This team and platform lead role combines scientific depth, operational leadership, and strong cross functional collaboration to deliver across the Johnson & Johnson portfolio. The candidate will join the growing Discovery Proteomic Platforms (DPP) group within the Discovery Technologies and Molecular Pharmacology (DTMP) department of Therapeutics Discovery to apply groundbreaking approaches to high scale proteomic analysis.
 

Lead a motivated team dedicated to deploying groundbreaking mass spectrometry proteomics technologies as we, together, tackle the challenges of target identification and validation as well as therapeutic optimization. Work across a leading multiomics organization to provide integrated insights across a variety of 'omics layers. Support the identification and development of targets as well as small and large molecule therapeutics for diseases within Oncology, Immunology, and Neuroscience. Work in an exciting, interdisciplinary environment, overlapping the different stages of the discovery pipeline. With your help, we will drive development of medicines for our patients!
 

You will be responsible for:

• Managing and developing a team of wet‑lab scientists; build an inclusive, feedback‑rich culture focused on scientific excellence, safety, and continuous improvement.
   
• Full operational ownership of the global MS lab: capacity planning, scheduling, SLAs, sample logistics, and lab uptime.
   
• Planning, overseeing, and performing/providing oversight for proteomics studies supporting target ID/validation, MoA elucidation, biomarker discovery, and therapeutic optimization.
   
• Establishing delivery frameworks with clear SLAs, cycle‑time targets, and prioritization aligned to portfolio decision points and pre‑portfolio (platform‑building) needs.
   
• Partnering closely with bioinformatics/data science to ensure robust QC, FAIR data practices, and decision‑ready analyses.
   
• Collaborating deeply with leaders across multiomics; harmonize experimental design for coordinated readouts.
   
• Translating sophisticated proteomics findings for non‑experts and governance forums; influence study design and portfolio strategy across biology, chemistry, biologics, safety, DMPK, and clinical translation.
   
• Demonstrating creativity and apply novel approaches to solving scientific problems. Propose novel and practical ideas, aligned with scientific strategies and demands.
   

Qualifications / Requirements

Education:

• A Doctorate (in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology or a related field) is required.
   

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience in a proteomics laboratory, including 4+ years in a drug discovery setting.
   
• Proven track record leading mass spectrometry operations (people, platforms, and processes) with measurable portfolio impac