Technical Lead, Therapeutic Area – Enabling Innovation

Johnson & Johnson

Technical Lead in Therapeutic Area Enabling Innovation at Johnson & Johnson. Designing high-impact technology solutions to support scientific workflows and data-driven research.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeRaritan • Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $94,000 - $151,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing scalable technical architectures and solutions for therapeutic area products, with a strong focus on collaboration across product management, engineering, and architecture teams. Proficient in evaluating emerging technologies and driving continuous improvement in complex scientific workflows.

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Technical SolutioningArchitectural DesignProof-of-Concept DevelopmentCollaboration Across TeamsLife Sciences Experience

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Hard Skills

Technical ArchitectureIntegration PatternsData PlatformsAI SolutionsWorkflow OrchestrationScalable SolutionsTechnical Feasibility EvaluationBacklog PrioritizationRoadmap PlanningEmerging Technologies Assessment

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsInfluencing Technical Direction

Industry Keywords

Life SciencesPharmaceutical R&DBiotechScientific SoftwareResearch InformaticsHealthcare TechnologyMatrixed Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead technical solutioning for Therapeutic Area products
Define end-to-end technical architectures across scientific workflows, data platforms, AI solutions, and knowledge management ecosystems.
Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture, data, and security standards
Promote reuse of existing platforms and shared capabilities
Partner with Product Managers
Shape product designs to ensure feasibility, scalability, and maintainability
Quickly validate technical assumptions before investment decisions
Provide technical input into backlog prioritization, sequencing, and roadmap planning
Build lightweight proof-of-concepts and technical spikes to assess new technologies and integration approaches
Enable delivery across teams
Work closely with engineering teams to ensure designs are clearly understood and implemented effectively
Align with enterprise architects, platform teams, and vendors on solution direction
Identify and manage technical dependencies across products
Drive continuous improvement
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and scale solutions across TA products
Bring forward and evaluate relevant emerging technologies (e.g., data platforms, AI/GenAI, workflow orchestration) and recommend build, buy or partner approaches.
Contribute to evolving architecture frameworks and best practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, or related discipline.
6+ years of experience designing and implementing technical solutions, architectures, and integrations for complex business or scientific workflows
Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical R&D, biotech, scientific software, research informatics, or healthcare technology.
Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures, integration patterns, and implementation roadmaps.
Demonstrated ability to quickly evaluate technologies, build prototypes, and validate technical feasibility through proof-of-concepts and pilots.
Experience collaborating across product management, engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience influencing technical direction without direct management responsibility.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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