Associate Director, AI-Driven Lab Automation Orchestration

Johnson Johnson; Spring House (PA); Vor Ort; USD 137.000 - 236.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Associate Director, Lab Automation & Intelligent Orchestration to lead AI-native automation platforms on-site in Spring House, PA. This role may require up to 10% travel and involves building scalable data-generating platforms for AI-enabled drug discovery.

The position demands a strategic, hands-on leader who can drive roadmaps, manage cross-functional teams across biology, data science, AI/ML, and informatics, and partner with

Qualifikationen

• Ph.D., M.S., or equivalent experience in Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Biology, or a related discipline.
• At least 6 years of experience developing and scaling laboratory automation, experimental platforms, or advanced technology solutions within drug discovery.
• Strong understanding of drug discovery workflows, complex human-related biological models, and multimodal data generation approaches including omics technologies.
• Deep expertise in laboratory automation, robotics, instrument integration, and workflow engineering, with experience designing and scaling complex experimental platforms.
• Experience building automated workflows that integrate experimentation, data generation, analytics, and digital systems.
• Knowledge of AI-ready data architectures, metadata frameworks, and multimodal data integration strategies.
• Demonstrated success translating emerging technologies into scalable research platforms and leading technical teams in a highly matrixed organization.

Aufgaben

• Drive strategic roadmaps and investment priorities for AI-native experimental platforms that enable scalable experimentation and AI-driven discovery.
• Lead the evaluation, adoption, and scaling of transformative technologies to accelerate learning cycles and discovery outcomes.
• Design, deploy, and scale automated platforms supporting human-related models, multimodal data generation, and omics workflows.
• Build lab-in-the-loop capabilities integrating automation, AI/ML models, analytics, and intelligent orchestration to accelerate experimentation and predictive modeling.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across biology, data science, AI/ML, informatics, engineering, and discovery organizations to align platform development with scientific priorities.
• Build strategic partnerships with technology providers, automation vendors, academic collaborators, and CROs while driving adoption of next-generation capabilities.

Kenntnisse

Lab automation

AI/ML workflows

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Omics data

Drug discovery knowledge

Ausbildung

Ph.D./M.S. in a related field

Jobbeschreibung

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Associate Director, Lab Automation & Intelligent Orchestration to lead AI-native automation platforms on-site in Spring House, PA. This role may require up to 10% travel and involves building scalable data-generating platforms for AI-enabled drug discovery.

The position demands a strategic, hands-on leader who can drive roadmaps, manage cross-functional teams across biology, data science, AI/ML, and informatics, and partner with