Global Lab Workflow Systems Leader

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Beerse; On-site; EUR 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Senior Manager, Lab Workflow Systems to lead the evolution of digital Lab Workflow Systems across Therapeutics Development & Supply. You will shape strategy, manage a global team of Digital Product Owners, and collaborate with science, data, quality, and technology teams from Beerse or Malvern.

The role focuses on governance, value realization, and compliant, scalable laboratory systems while enabling analytics and future AI capabilities in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, life sciences, engineering, informatics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of proven experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, laboratory informatics, or another regulated technology environment, including meaningful experience in digital product or system leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in directly managing, coaching, and developing employees, combined with the ability to lead through influence in a global environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and communicate the vision, strategy, target landscape, and roadmap for the Lab Workflow Systems portfolio, together with the Digital Product Owners and in alignment with organizational priorities.
• Lead and mentor a global team of Digital Product Owners, creating clear accountability, prioritization, capability development, and effective collaboration across the portfolio.
• Own portfolio-level prioritization, governance and value realization, using adoption, service, data quality, and productivity measures to guide decisions.
• Ensure effective operational stewardship through lifecycle planning, service health oversight, compliance and audit readiness, issue escalation, and sustainable support models.
• Partner with scientific, data, quality, validation, architecture, technology, cybersecurity, and delivery teams to translate business needs into practical system and data strategies.
• Shape and coordinate change, communication, training, and adoption with functional change leads, local customers and the Digital Product Owners.
• Promote workflow standardization and automation and identify relevant opportunities to enable analytics and future AI capabilities.
• Influence vendor strategy and performance, partnering with procurement and technology owners on contracts, service levels, roadmaps, and integration commitments.
• Build internal and industry networks to benchmark the portfolio, exchange knowledge, and introduce relevant leading practices.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Systems thinking

Inclusive leadership

People leadership

Global perspective

Strong communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in chemistry/chemical engineering/pharmaceutical sciences/life sciences/engineering/informatics

Tools

SAP Product Lifecycle Management

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Senior Manager, Lab Workflow Systems to lead the evolution of digital Lab Workflow Systems across Therapeutics Development & Supply. You will shape strategy, manage a global team of Digital Product Owners, and collaborate with science, data, quality, and technology teams from Beerse or Malvern.

The role focuses on governance, value realization, and compliant, scalable laboratory systems while enabling analytics and future AI capabilities in a