Associate Director, Digital Change Lead

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting an Associate Director, Digital Change Lead, the strategic lead for modernizing the Clinical Risk Management (CRM) digital and data landscape. The role sets direction, priorities, governance, investment cases and value measures for CRM-owned digital capabilities and related cross-functional initiatives, partnering with CRM leadership, RDQ functions, enterprise programs, technology organizations and external partners. The role covers portfolio-level leadership across digital lifecycle management, process modernization, data accessibility and quality, controlled change and sustainable adoption.

Key responsibilities

• Digital strategy and portfolio leadership: define and maintain the CRM digital and data strategy, target state, roadmap, investment priorities, value measures and portfolio sequencing.
• Lifecycle and modernization accountability: lead CRM digital solution lifecycles and major modernization initiatives, from business need and requirements to implementation, release decisions, adoption, enhancements and retirement.
• Governance, prioritization and executive escalation: design and chair decision-making mechanisms for demand, change, risk, data and investment priorities, and resolve or elevate cross-functional, quality, compliance, resource, architecture and operating-model issues.
• Data, taxonomy and information strategy: set direction and standards for trusted data, master data, taxonomy, metadata, definitions, accessibility, quality oversight, interoperability and analytics.
• Cross-functional and enterprise alignment: represent CRM-OpEx in RDQ, R&D and enterprise forums and partner on joint digital initiatives.
• Commercial, vendor and resource leadership: set supplier direction, delivery expectations, sourcing and resource approaches, budget recommendations and performance oversight for external providers, contractors and consultants.
• Quality, compliance and inspection leadership: ensure quality and compliance risk is managed and lead significant audit or inspection matters.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably in science, technology, data, engineering, business or a related field; master's or advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics, technology, consulting or regulated life sciences, including leading complex digital, data, quality or process portfolios.
• Experience defining strategy, roadmaps, business cases, budgets, governance models, business requirements, operating models and value measures for digital or process modernization.
• Experience leading digital solution lifecycle management, systems implementation, data governance, master data, taxonomy, analytics and process modernization.
• Knowledge of clinical trial risk management, R&D quality processes, GxP expectations, computer system lifecycle practices and quality and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams, and strong executive communication, negotiation, change leadership, program management, financial acumen and vendor leadership skills.