Job Function
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development
Job Sub Function
Pharmacology
Job Category
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; San Diego, California, United States of America; Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description
Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations, located in Beerse, BE; La Jolla, CA; or Spring House, PA.
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, 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.
Oversight of Operational Planning Across PSTS
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.
Oversight of PSTS Portfolio Operations
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.
Oversight of Strategic Outsourcing & External Partnerships
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.
The Senior Director will 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.
Leadership & Team Management
As a member of the PSTS Cross‑Functional Operations Leadership team, responsible for the review and approval of all PSTS operational strategies and for contributing to issue review and recommendation/resolution processes. Lead a global team of operational professionals, providing leadership, mentorship, and career development opportunities. Responsible for future capital planning, innovation strategy, portfolio governance, budgeting, resourcing, and timeline commitments for operational activities.
Qualifications
Required Minimum Education: Advanced degree (MS, PhD, DVM, MD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline.
Required Years of Related Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory sciences, operations, portfolio management, and/or outsourcing within pharmaceutical R&D and/or CRO environments.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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
Expected travel: 20% domestic and international.
Compensation
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $173,000 to $299,000. The position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the applicable plan.
Benefits
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be 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; and a consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Employees Are Eligible For The Following Time Off Benefits
Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time – up to 40 hours per calendar year (up to 56 hours if residing in Washington State)
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
Equal Opportunity Employer
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. Johnson & Johnson actively seeks qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Inclusive Interview Process
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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills
Clinical Data Management, Data Savvy, Developing Others, Drug Discovery Development, Financial Competence, Inclusive Leadership, Innovation, Leadership, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Pharmacovigilance, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Management, Regulatory Affairs Management, Researching, Scientific Research, Technical Credibility, Validation Master Plans
Preferred Skills
Clinical Data Management, Data Savvy, Developing Others, Drug Discovery Development, Financial Competence, Inclusive Leadership, Innovation, Leadership, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Pharmacovigilance, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Management, Regulatory Affairs Management, Researching, Scientific Research, Technical Credibility, Validation Master Plans
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