Johnson & Johnson

Senior Principal Engineer, Operational Data Enablement

Johnson & Johnson

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Raritan • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $137,000 - $235,750 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Define and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage across operational systems, including how and when data flows between systems and into downstream reporting and analytics.
  • Identify gaps, redundancies, and inefficiencies in system‑to‑system integrations that contribute to duplicate data entry or inconsistent data.
  • Partner with technology teams to influence integration design decisions that improve data quality and reduce user burden.
  • Identify systemic drivers of data quality issues and lead efforts to optimize technologies to reduce and avoid such issues over time.
  • Partner with team members, solution owners, and process owners to establish continuous monitoring approaches that incentivize action by users to correct their data in a timely manner.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for operational data context across assigned solution domains.
  • Collaborate and act as key advisor with solution owners to assess potential downstream impacts of system or data changes to other systems, dashboards, and analytics products.
  • Ensure operational data enablement considerations are embedded into solution roadmaps and enhancement planning.
  • Provide oversight to service providers as needed to manage delivery timelines, prioritization, appropriate time periods for delivery, and instruction at a level of detail needed to complete the work.
  • Provides delivery management oversight for related initiatives, including activities related to stakeholder management, change management, project plan creation, work assignments, risk management, and tracking that span cross-functional stakeholders, internal IT partners, and vendor resources.

Requirements

  • 8+ years’ experience designing reporting and analytics solutions, business-focused solutioning, and / or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree required
  • Advanced Degree Preferred
  • Preferred course work is in quantitative, scientific, or business disciplines
  • Able to work on multiple projects with conflicting deadlines.
  • Action-oriented, inquisitive self-starter with an ability to learn quickly and challenge the status quo.
  • Demonstrated ability to support cross-functional teams.
  • Leadership skills including: overall business mindset, big picture problem solving with attention to detail, interpersonal skills, excellent presentation and communication skills.
  • Strong ability to think holistically across systems, processes, and data domains.
  • Proven ability to assess and prioritize critical data elements and systemic issues.
  • Proactive, self‑directed approach with the ability to influence without direct authority.
  • Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills across business and technology teams.
  • Ability to translate complex data and system concepts into clear, actionable insights.
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical, execution‑focused delivery.
Benefits
  • 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
  • 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
  • Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data lineagedata qualitysystem integrationreporting solutionsanalytics solutionsdata monitoringchange managementrisk managementproject managementbusiness solutioning
Soft Skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillscommunication skillscollaborationstakeholder engagementproblem solvingself-starteraction-orientedinquisitivestrategic thinking