Head of Technology – Clinical Operations
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Titusville • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $178,000 - $307,050 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CloudMicroservices
About the role
- Lead technology strategy, product roadmaps, delivery and governance for solutions supporting clinical trial data acquisition and operations on a global scale.
- Manage and develop a global team of product and technical leaders (direct and matrixed) responsible for platform, integration, and reporting solutions.
- Drive modernization: composable / microservices architectures, API strategy, cloud-native design, observability and real-time data pipelines.
- Partner with business and clinical leaders to translate scientific and operational needs into technical solutions that improve trial efficiency, quality, and insight delivery.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory, security, and local data privacy requirements while enabling collaborative development and scaling of capabilities.
- Oversee product management practices, prioritization, release planning, and lifecycle management in a matrix organization.
- Champion agile delivery, process engineering, and design/architecture best practices across teams.
- Represent technology with senior stakeholders and influence cross-functional strategy, budgets, and roadmaps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science, IT, Informatics, or related).
- Advanced degree and/or professional technology certification preferred.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical/biotech technology OR Master’s + 8 years OR PhD + 5 years of relevant R&D technology systems experience.
- Deep knowledge of R&D/clinical operations, clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and trends in clinical data analysis.
- Proven experience driving innovation using digital technology and data science in scientific/clinical settings.
- Strong design and architecture expertise; experience with agile methods, microservices, and composable architectures.
- Demonstrated success leading product management and matrixed engineering organizations in a complex, global environment.
- Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills across global stakeholders.
- Experience managing global priorities across multiple business areas and developing cross‑disciplinary teams.
Benefits
- Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
- This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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Hard skills
microservices architectureAPI strategycloud-native designreal-time data pipelinesagile methodsproduct managementprocess engineeringdesign best practicesarchitecture best practicesstatistical methods
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationrelationship-buildingcollaborationinfluenceprioritizationteam developmentcross-functional strategystakeholder engagementinnovation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeadvanced degreeprofessional technology certification