Director, AI Products

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow.

About the role

The Director, AI Products will be responsible for supporting the implementation, delivery, and scaling of strategic AI initiatives within J&J Innovative Medicine. Reporting to the Vice President, Global Data Platforms and AI Products, within the Global Commercial Data and AI department, this individual will partner closely with business leaders and product teams leading AI Next Frontiers initiatives to translate prioritized AI opportunities into scalable solutions that improve business outcomes. The role requires strong AI technical skills; the ability to connect business needs with data, analytics, and AI capabilities; and partnership and execution excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and enablement activities for a portfolio of prioritized AI initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements, define use cases, and support solution design and deployment.
• Ensure AI solutions are aligned with business objectives and user needs.
• Translate business questions and needs into data, analytics, and AI design requirements that will scale across teams and geographies.
• Support prioritization of enhancements and future capability roadmap and development.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled solutions through technical and business-centered leadership.
• Develop communication, training, and engagement plans that promote successful implementation.
• Partner with business leaders to integrate AI capabilities into existing workflows and decision-making processes.
• Monitor user adoption and identify opportunities to improve utilization and effectiveness.
• Partner closely across the Global Commercial Data and AI organization, with business teams throughout GCSO, and with functional partners in JJT, Healthcare Compliance, and Commercial teams.
• Promote awareness and understanding of AI capabilities across business stakeholders.
• Support AI fluency initiatives and educational efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced quantitative degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of experience in analytics, AI, digital transformation, consulting, commercial operations, product management, or related fields.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects in complex matrix organizations.
• Demonstrated success implementing data, analytics, or AI solutions that achieved measurable business outcomes.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders to define requirements and support technology adoption.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences industry.
• Experience working with commercial functions such as commercial excellence, customer or omnichannel engagement, insights and analytics, or commercial operations.
• Demonstrated success supporting implementation of Generative AI, machine learning, automation, or advanced analytics solutions.

Technical Knowledge

• Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and emerging agentic AI architectures.
• Design and deployment of AI-enabled business solutions, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), enterprise knowledge retrieval, content generation, conversational AI, and workflow automation capabilities.
• Predictive analytics, machine learning, and advanced analytical techniques applied to business decision-making.
• Data platforms, cloud-based analytics environments, and AI-enabled data products.
• Experience with enterprise AI and analytics platforms including Microsoft Copilot, Snowflake, Databricks, Dataiku, or similar technology ecosystems is preferred.
• Modern data architecture concepts, including data products, semantic layers, metadata management, knowledge graphs, and scalable enterprise data foundations.
• Structured, unstructured, and multimodal data management required to support AI applications.
• Ability to effectively translate between business leaders, product managers, data scientists, and technology organizations to accelerate delivery and adoption of scalable AI solutions.

Leadership Characteristics

• Strong execution orientation
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Customer-focused and impact-oriented mindset
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging AI capabilities
• Continuous improvement mindset

Pay

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

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Long-term incentive program.
• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (56 hours for employees who reside in the State of Washington)
• 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