Sr Manager Operations DI lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Leiden; On-site; EUR 83,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Vacation days

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Well-being reimbursement

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine in Leiden, Netherlands, seeks a Senior Manager Operations Data Integrity Lead to drive data governance and compliance across Biotherapeutics Operations. You will lead a matrix of Quality, Site Compliance, and Operations teams to embed DI controls on the shop floor and support processes, with audit readiness as a key measure.

The role reports to the Sr. Director Biotherapeutics Operations and collaborates with various SMEs to translate global requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, automation, quality, or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in GMP-regulated manufacturing, operations, quality, automation, validation, compliance, or data integrity.
• Strong working knowledge of EU GMP/EudraLex, Annex 11, FDA expectations, 21 CFR Part 11 principles, ALCOA+, data lifecycle management, and computerized system controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the Operations Compliance Programme.
• Act as SPOC for Operations Compliance, partnering with Quality, IMRC and Operations leadership.
• Drive compliance ownership, documentation discipline, escalation practices and compliance culture across Operations.
• Execute the Site Quality Plan, ensuring actions are prioritized, resourced and delivered.
• Provide a clear compliance narrative to Leadership Teams, including status, trends, risks and required decisions.
• Lead inspection readiness and regulatory response.
• Maintain continuous inspection readiness by identifying compliance vulnerabilities and ensuring timely remediation.
• Coordinate internal and external inspections, including readiness assessments, interview preparation, evidence management and inspection logistics.
• Own inspection responses from observation through closure, ensuring robust root cause analysis, commitments and sustainable CAPAs.
• Translate regulatory requirements into operational strategy and continuous improvement.
• Convert regulatory expectations and compliance gaps into operational priorities, roadmaps, projects and measurable outcomes.
• Sponsor and drive strategic compliance initiatives to strengthen systems, processes, facilities and quality performance.
• Drive risk-based decision making and governance.
• Identify, assess and communicate compliance risks, recommending effective mitigations.
• Facilitate cross-functional prioritization, resource allocation and risk acceptance decisions.

Skills

Data Integrity

Regulatory Compliance

Cross-functional Leadership

Quality Systems

Stakeholder Influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Quality Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Job Description:

The Senior Manager Operations Data Integrity Lead drives the Data Integrity and Data Governance framework for Biotherapeutics Operations, translating global requirements, regulatory expectations, and remediation priorities into practical standards, risk-based controls, governance routines, and measurable improvements. The role reports to the Sr. Director Biotherapeutics Operations, with a dotted line to the Site Data Integrity Lead, and partners with Quality, Site Compliance, GET/JJT Automation, MSAT, QC, System Owners, and Operations leaders. As Operations SPOC for Data Integrity, the role provides matrix leadership to System Owners, SMEs, project leads, and mapping teams to embed DI expectations into shopfloor and support-process ways of working.

Success Measures:

• Operations DI risks are identified, prioritized, remediated, and governed transparently.
• Interim controls cover high-risk systems and data processes during remediation and fewer DI (recurrent) issues persist.
• Data/process-flow maps and risk assessments are completed for priority systems and critical flows.
• Leaders, system owners, and SMEs can explain DI controls during audits and inspections.
• DI governance embedded in routine Operations and QMS processes.

Leadership Behavior:

• Leads with ownership, urgency, and transparency.
• Turns compliance expectations into practical execution and strengthens GMP discipline.
• Builds trust across Operations, Quality, Compliance, and technical teams.
• Challenges gaps constructively and drives risk-, data-, and patient-based decisions.
• Role-models Credo-based leadership, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Own and drive the Operations Compliance Programme

• Act as SPOC for Operations Compliance, partnering with Quality, IMRC and Operations leadership.
• Drive compliance ownership, documentation discipline, escalation practices and compliance culture across Operations.
• Execute the Site Quality Plan, ensuring actions are prioritized, resourced and delivered.
• Provide a clear compliance narrative to Leadership Teams, including status, trends, risks and required decisions.

1. Lead inspection readiness and regulatory response

• Maintain continuous inspection readiness by identifying compliance vulnerabilities and ensuring timely remediation.
• Coordinate internal and external inspections, including readiness assessments, interview preparation, evidence management and inspection logistics.
• Own inspection responses from observation through closure, ensuring robust root cause analysis, commitments and sustainable CAPAs.

1. Translate regulatory requirements into operational strategy and continuous improvement

• Convert regulatory expectations and compliance gaps into operational priorities, roadmaps, projects and measurable outcomes.
• Anticipate evolving regulatory requirements and incorporate them into a multi-year compliance strategy.
• Sponsor and drive strategic compliance initiatives to strengthen systems, processes, facilities and quality performance.

1. Drive risk-based decision making and governance

• Identify, assess and communicate compliance risks, recommending effective mitigations.
• Facilitate cross-functional prioritization, resource allocation and risk acceptance decisions.
• Establish governance, escalation pathways, KPIs, dashboards and maturity metrics to drive accountability, transparency and sustained improvements.
• Challenge root cause analyses and ensure corrective actions address systemic issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, automation, quality, or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in GMP-regulated manufacturing, operations, quality, automation, validation, compliance, or data integrity within biopharmaceuticals or pharmaceuticals.
• Strong working knowledge of EU GMP/EudraLex, Annex 11, FDA expectations, 21 CFR Part 11 principles, ALCOA+, data lifecycle management, and computerized system controls.
• Experience with deviations/NCs, CAPA, change control, audit/inspection readiness, quality risk management, validation, and batch release support.
• Ability to translate compliance gaps into operational actions, governance routines, interim controls, and sustainable remediation plans.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without formal authority and influence senior stakeholders in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to create clear, concise, defensible narratives for leadership and inspections.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Coaching, Collaboration, Controls Compliance, Fact-Based Decision Making, Financial Competence, ISO 9001, Lean Supply Chain Management, Non-Conformance Reporting (NCR), Process Improvements, Quality Control Testing, Quality Standards, Quality Systems Documentation, Quality Validation, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Schematic Design, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

The anticipated pay range for this position, in the primary posting location, is:

€82900,00 - €144210,00

The anticipated pay ranges for additional locations are:

Netherlands – The anticipated base pay range for this position is 106 590,00 - 166 000,00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.