Senior Manager, Global Governance Lead 2 openings

Johnson & Johnson; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare leader is seeking a Senior Manager Global Governance Lead to develop and maintain the governance framework across the clinical data lifecycle. The successful candidate will have extensive pharmaceutical experience and a strong background in regulatory requirements. This full-time position has a hybrid work model, primarily based in High Wycombe, United Kingdom, and involves leading initiatives to advance Clinical Data Standards solutions.

Benefits

Competitive performance-based compensation

Annual performance bonus

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and personal time

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience.
• Expert knowledge of GCP, ICH and industry standards.
• Demonstrated leadership in decision making.

Responsibilities

• Develop governance framework across clinical data lifecycle.
• Work directly with governance councils to ensure standards adoption.
• Track and analyze metrics on standards use by trial teams.

Skills

Clinical Data Standards

Decision Making

Project Management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or scientific discipline

Advanced degrees (e.g., Master, PhD)

Job description

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. We develop smarter, less invasive solutions, leveraging our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today and deliver breakthroughs of tomorrow, profoundly impacting health for more.

Job Function: Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function: Clinical Data Management

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

As part of Innovative Medicine, we are seeking a Senior Manager Global Governance Lead within Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting (IDAR). This role develops, executes and maintains the governance framework across the clinical data lifecycle for standards development, maintenance and implementation.

Purpose

This position is responsible for developing, executing and maintaining the governance framework across the clinical data lifecycle. The role works directly with governance councils and committees (e.g., Global council, TA/DAS councils) to ensure adoption of standards, leading development of content for review and ensuring decisions are based on a comprehensive understanding of standards and portfolio needs. The position tracks and analyzes metrics both globally and across TA’s to ensure required levels of standards use by trial teams. This position focuses primarily on Global governance.

The role may be located in High Wycombe, United Kingdom; Beerse, Belgium; Leiden, Netherlands; Allschwil, Switzerland; Titusville, NJ / Raritan, NJ / Spring House, PA, US. (Hybrid / 3 days onsite per week preferred)

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United Kingdom – Requisition Number: R-046222

Belgium/Netherlands – Requisition Number: R-048139

Switzerland – Requisition Number: R-048143

United States – Requisition Number: R-048145

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

You will be responsible for:

• Acting independently to facilitate programs and innovative initiatives for the organization to advance Clinical Data Standards solutions.
• Working to achieve operational, functional and business targets with measurable impact on results for the Clinical Data Standards area.
• Developing processes to provide accurate, timely and consistent clinical data standards to study teams.
• Leading the implementation of new technologies for the development and implementation of clinical data standards.
• Guiding junior colleagues through consultation and mentoring in techniques and processes and providing functional (matrix) supervision.
• Integrating Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals and decision‑making.

Principal Relationships

Internal: Align, collaborate, advise and share best practices with other functions and teams in Therapeutic Areas, Global Development, Regulatory Affairs, Data Sciences, Clinical Data Standards and others as needed.

External: Interact and collaborate with vendors. Act as a J&J representative for defining process standards and sharing best practices with industry counterparts and working groups as required.

Are you ready to join our team? Then please read further!

Education and Experience Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in a scientific technology or healthcare discipline or equivalent experience. Advanced degrees preferred (e.g., Master, PhD).
• At least 8 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience in a related discipline (e.g., data management, biostatistics, clinical or statistical programming).
• Expert knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP, ICH) and industry standards (e.g., SDTM, ADaM).
• Demonstrated written and verbal communications skills.
• Demonstrated customer focus and solution‑oriented experience.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills to build relationships with internal and external business partners.
• Proven leadership on cross‑functional projects.
• Proven leadership in decision making and problem solving.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

For United States applicants only:

The expected base pay range for this position in the United States is $137,000 to $235,750 (USD).

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

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.

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are 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.

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long‑term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time‑off benefits:

• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year
• 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
• Bereavement leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period; 10 days
• Volunteer leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military spouse time‑off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on company benefits please go to the company benefits portal. This job posting is anticipated to close on January 5, 2026. The Company may however extend this time‑period in which case the posting will remain available for additional applications.

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. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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 contact us via the internal employee contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills: Clinical Data Standards, Decision Making, Project Management, Leadership

Preferred Skills: Advanced Analytics, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Trials Operations, Data Privacy, Standards, Data Quality, Data Savvy, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Innovation issue Escalation, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Leverages Information, Organizing, Program Management, Regulatory Affairs Management, Research Ethics, Technical Credibility

Required Experience: Senior Manager

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience Required: Years

Vacancy: 1

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