Lead Lab Systems & Data Platforms (R&D)

Brighter Signals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 88,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 120 hours

Sick time 40 hours

Holiday pay

Work/personal time 40 hours

Parental Leave 480 hours

Bereavement Leave 240 hours

Volunteer Leave 32 hours

Military Spouse Time-Off 80 hours

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson, a global leader in healthcare, seeks a Manager, Laboratory Systems & Data Platforms to drive the strategy and lifecycle of ELN/LIMS and data platforms across DePuy Synthes R&D. You will partner with IT, Quality, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant laboratory solutions.

The role focuses on business ownership, roadmap development, and deployment adoption across diverse sites, ensuring data integrity and value realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a related field with 5–9 years of experience in a regulated industry.
• Experience leading or governing applications, product roadmaps, portfolios, demand, or cross-functional governance across multiple sites.
• Experience translating business needs into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision, multi-year roadmap, governance model, and lifecycle strategy for lab systems and data platforms.
• Own demand intake, translate needs into business requirements and backlog, and manage release planning.
• Develop scientific data storage and governance strategies across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Lead budgets, forecasts, timelines, dependencies, risks, and vendor commitments.
• Coordinate with IT, Quality, Cybersecurity, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable lab technologies.
• Provide change management, trainings, and adoption activities for lab deployments.

Skills

Regulated industry experience

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic product leadership

Budget management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/IT/CS/Data Science or related

Master's degree in related field

Tools

ELN

LIMS

LabVantage

LabWare

BIOVIA

ComplianceBuilder

Job description

Johnson & Johnson, a global leader in healthcare, seeks a Manager, Laboratory Systems & Data Platforms to drive the strategy and lifecycle of ELN/LIMS and data platforms across DePuy Synthes R&D. You will partner with IT, Quality, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant laboratory solutions.

The role focuses on business ownership, roadmap development, and deployment adoption across diverse sites, ensuring data integrity and value realization.