Director, R&D Data Science, MDM Products

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Science

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Director, R&D Data Science, MDM Products.

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine 

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM), a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director, R&D Data Science, MDM Products

This position has a primary location of Titusville, NJ but is also open to Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA.  This position requires up to 25% travel. 

Purpose:

The Director, Product Mastering is responsible for establishing and governing an end-to-end mastering capability for product-related data, beginning with compounds in Therapeutic Discovery (TD), continuing through Preclinical Sciences & Translational Safety (PSTS), extending into Pharmaceutical Therapeutics Development & Supply (PTDS), and connecting seamlessly with clinical trial and regulatory data. This lifecycle mastering ensures continuity into commercial brand naming and labeling. 

This role ensures that product master data—including compounds, formulations, investigational products, clinical identifiers, regulatory submissions, and commercial brand hierarchies—is trusted, harmonized, and semantically consistent across the entire R&D to Commercial continuum. The Director will leverage ontologies and knowledge graphs to connect and contextualize product information across silos, enabling advanced analytics, AI/ML, regulatory compliance, and global interoperability. 

You will be responsible for: 

End-to-End Product Mastering Strategy 

• Define and execute a mastering strategy covering the full product lifecycle: from discovery compounds → preclinical entities → development products (PTDS) → clinical trial identifiers → regulatory designations → commercial brand names. 

• Ensure a single, authoritative source of truth for all product-related master data, harmonized across functions and systems. 

• Identify gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for automation, external data partnerships, and standards alignment. 

Ontology & Knowledge Graph Development 

• Lead the development and governance of a Product Ontology that links compounds, formulations, regulatory identifiers, and brand entities. 

• Apply knowledge graph technologies to connect product data across TD, PSTS, PTDS, clinical, regulatory, and commercial domains. 

• Align ontology and graph models with enterprise metadata standards and external frameworks  

Governance & Standards 

• Establish stewardship, ownership, and governance models for product master data across R&D and Commercial. 

• Define and enforce standards for product hierarchies, nomenclature, and lifecycle transitions. 

• Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial to ensure product mastering supports submission, labeling, and compliance needs. 

Integration & Collaboration 

• Collaborate with Knowledge Management, Data Products, and Metadata/Cataloging teams to ensure product master data is discoverable, connected, and reusable across the enterprise. 

• Work with IT (JJT) to evaluate and implement enabling technologies for ontology, graph-based integration, and master data platforms. 

• Align with parallel MDM domains (e.g., patient, site, account) to ensure cross-domain consistency. 

Quality, Performance & Communication 

• Define and track KPIs for product master data quality, timeliness, and traceability across the lifecycle. 

• Provide governance dashboards and reports to R&D and Commercial leadership. 

• Communicate the vision, progress, and value realization of product mastering to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders. 

Strategic Impact 

• The Director, Product Mastering ensures that product-related data is connected across the full R&D-to-Commercial lifecycle. By embedding ontology-driven governance and leveraging knowledge graphs, this role transforms product data into a trusted, AI-ready asset that accelerates discovery, supports regulatory submissions, ensures compliance, and strengthens commercial readiness. 

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education

• Bachelor degree required, Master’s or PhD preferred in life sciences, regulatory sciences, informatics, data science, or related field. 

Skills & Expertise 

• 8+ years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D or commercial functions, with significant exposure to product lifecycle and regulatory data. 

• Demonstrated expertise in master data management is required, ontology development, and knowledge graph applications is preferred.

• Proven track record of integrating product data across discovery, development, clinical, regulatory, and commercial domains. 

• Strong understanding of product data standards. 

• Hands-on experience with metadata management, ontologies, and graph-based integration technologies. 

• Ability to connect scientific, regulatory, and commercial perspectives into a unified product mastering framework. 

• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. 

• Ability to influence and drive adoption of product mastering practices across global organizations is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Master Data Management (MDM)

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics, Budget Management, Compliance Management, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Privacy Standards, Data Quality, Data Reporting, Data Savvy, Data Science, Data Visualization, Developing Others, Digital Fluency, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Program Management, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $164,000 to $282,900 USD.

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. 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. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 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 Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours  Additional information can be found through the link below.  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits