Director, Research Data Systems – AI-Ready & FAIR Data

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine seeks a senior leader to drive the research data platforms that enable trusted, governed and reusable data across the Research organization. You will lead ingestion, quality, cataloging, and semantic interoperability while partnering with scientists, governance, and data product teams to accelerate analytics, AI, and translational science.

The role focuses on building scalable, FAIR data environments, data services, and master/reference data, with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Life Sciences.
• 10+ years of technology leadership experience.
• Experience with data platforms and FAIR data principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead research data ingestion and curation platforms.
• Define and operate FAIR frameworks, standards, and governance.
• Oversee metadata cataloging, data quality, and scorecards.
• Partner with scientists, data product teams, and governance leaders.
• Drive data platform strategy across Discovery, translational research, and modeling.

Skills

Tech leadership

Data platform

Cloud data

Stakeholder engagement

Executive influence

Team leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Life Sciences

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine seeks a senior leader to drive the research data platforms that enable trusted, governed and reusable data across the Research organization. You will lead ingestion, quality, cataloging, and semantic interoperability while partnering with scientists, governance, and data product teams to accelerate analytics, AI, and translational science.

The role focuses on building scalable, FAIR data environments, data services, and master/reference data, with