Johnson & Johnson

Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations

Johnson & Johnson

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $173,000 - $299,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serve as a key partner to the Vice President, Global Head of Scientific & In Vivo Strategies (SIS) and the PSTS Global Leadership Team
  • Have overall strategic and operational accountability across PSTS, integrating global strategic planning, portfolio operations, facilities and laboratory operations, and strategic outsourcing across a global network
  • Partner with the PSTS Global Leadership Team to translate scientific strategy into integrated operational, portfolio, and outsourcing plans
  • Drive harmonization of global business processes, scenario planning, capacity alignment, and change management to enable delivery of PSTS short‑ and long‑term objectives
  • Provide strategic oversight of PSTS portfolio operations, ensuring alignment between scientific priorities, operational capacity, resourcing, timelines, and financial commitments
  • Establish and maintain portfolio governance frameworks, performance metrics, and decision‑support processes to enable effective prioritization, risk management, and trade‑off decisions across PSTS
  • Lead PSTS global outsourcing strategy, including in‑house versus outsource assessments, CRO governance frameworks, vendor qualification, performance management, KPI development, external portfolio budget forecasting, escalation processes, and long‑term partner optimization
  • Foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture, serve as a visible and effective change agent for global initiatives, and provide strategic decision‑making across all areas of responsibility while nurturing innovation and talent development
  • Responsible for the review and approval of all PSTS operational strategies as well as be a primary contributor to issue review and recommendation/resolution processes
  • Serve as a global champion and leader for staff change management and engagement strategy, continuous improvement projects that promote individual development, team development, development of institutional knowledge and best practices for leveraging the entire PSTS network in an optimal manner
  • Directly and indirectly lead a team of operational professionals providing leadership, mentorship, and career development opportunities for the global team members
  • Responsible for future capital planning, innovation strategy, portfolio governance, budget, resourcing and timeline commitments for operational activities

Requirements

  • Advanced degree (MS, PhD, DVM, MD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory sciences, operations, portfolio management, and/or outsourcing within pharmaceutical R&D and/or CRO environments
  • Strong working knowledge of nonclinical sciences and R&D business operations
  • Demonstrated experience in portfolio governance, prioritization, and decision-support frameworks
  • Proven ability to develop and execute enterprise-level strategy and business transformation initiatives
  • Experience with program, portfolio, and financial management
  • Ability to translate data into insights and strategies into executable action plans
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills
  • Demonstrated people leadership and change management experience
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life insurance
  • short- and long-term disability
  • business accident insurance
  • group legal insurance
  • consolidated retirement plan (pension)
  • savings plan (401(k))
  • Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
portfolio managementoutsourcinglaboratory operationsfinancial managementprogram managementdata analysisstrategic planningrisk managementKPI developmentchange management
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementcommunicationnegotiationpeople leadershipmentorshipcollaborationinnovationstrategic decision-makingteam developmentcontinuous improvement
Certifications
advanced degree (MS, PhD, DVM, MD)