Senior Director, Immunology Data & AI Systems

About the role

We are seeking a strategic and technical leader to Deliver data products and associated AI applications that are aimed at accelerating the Immunology R&D Pipeline. This role reports through the Research & Development Data Science & Digital Health (DSDH), directly to Vice President, Immunology and Cardiopulmonary, DSDH. They will be tasked with leading a team to accelerate and scale the development of foundational enterprise data products, and deployment of a diverse set of scaled AI models and solutions for the entire Immunology therapy area.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to develop technical requirements for Immunology-facing data products that enable AI applications.
• Attract, upskill and retain top talents in the field, manage a technical team, and collaborate with key stakeholders in R&D, DSDH, and Johnson & Johnson Technology (JJT).
• Define and maintain a roadmap for Immunology data products, spanning discovery, translational research, clinical development, and real-world evidence.
• Partner with Knowledge Management, Data Platforms & Governance, and Master Data Management teams to ensure Immunology data products integrate seamlessly into enterprise ontologies, knowledge graphs, and catalogs.
• Lead a team that works with key business partners to develop and deploy impactful and scalable AI solutions for Immunology.
• Contribute to the development and governance of an Immunology Ontology to enable semantic consistency across discovery, clinical, regulatory, and real-world data.
• Establish and work with governance models, agile delivery processes, and value-tracking metrics for Immunology data products and AI tools.
• Champion data literacy and adoption within the Immunology therapeutic area (TA).

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD) in disciplines such as Computer Science, AI/ML, Engineering, Biomedical engineering, Applied Mathematics or similar.
• Minimum of 10 years of post-academic, industry, or equivalent, experience.
• Experience with diverse, high dimensional data sets, such as multi-modal Immunology data, including omics, imaging, translational, clinical trial, and RWE data.
• Extensive experience in creating scalable and impactful data-driven solutions, including managing their full life cycle (design, development, testing, deployment, operations & maintenance, etc.).
• Strong experience in people leadership, and ability to work in a matrixed organization.
• Excellent communication skills and strategic thinking capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Life Sciences, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical or Medical Tech sector.
• Experience with Immunology Ontology enterprise metadata standards and external frameworks (e.g. CDISC, GA4GH, FHIR, NCI Thesaurus).
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption of new data capabilities across a complex organization.

Benefits

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $196,000 to $342,700. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. 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. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Employees Are Eligible For The Following Time Off Benefits: vacation, sick time, holiday pay, and additional time off.