MedTech Data Governance Lead & Stewardship

6209-Medical Devices & Diagnostics Global Services, LLC Legal Entity; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson’s JJ MedTech Epichrom Data Governance & Stewardship Lead in Irvine, CA, will implement data usage policies and governance controls across assets. The role requires collaboration with business, IT, and compliance teams to enable secure data access for preclinical, clinical, and commercial data while driving governance excellence in a regulated environment.

The position features a hybrid schedule (office 2–3 days/week) and opportunities to lead audit workflows, define metrics,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in data science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
• At Least 3 years experience within data governance in a highly regulated industry.
• Experience with data governance technologies used to support stewardship, data quality, lineage, and access management.
• Experience using cloud technologies to build, optimize, and govern data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments.
• Ability to collaborate with business, technical, and compliance team members to translate governance requirements into scalable operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize data usage policies, access controls, and data stewardship requirements across data inventory assets.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve data governance programs, policies, and controls to ensure high-quality and compliant data access.
• Design and develop automation workflows that apply data access and usage policies to governed data holdings.
• Collaborate with business teams to embed data usage policies, standards, and controls across the enterprise data and technology landscape.
• Support trade studies and technical evaluations related to data governance tooling, operational models, and scalable governance implementation.
• Support maintenance of business glossary, data integration, data lineage, and broader data management activities.
• Partner with multi-functional teams to detail data sources, ownership, permitted uses, usage restrictions, and access requirements.
• Enable governed access to preclinical, clinical, and commercial data assets to support patient safety, product development, and operational decision-making.
• Co-lead the implementation of audit workflows to verify and validate data governance implementation.
• Co-lead the development of performance metrics to measure data utilization, compliance, data quality, and governance effectiveness.
• Support continuous improvement of governance practices, including issue identification, remediation tracking, and process optimization.
• Present regularly to internal and external partners on the status, risks, progress, and impact of data engineering and governance tasks.
• Coach more junior colleagues on governance processes, techniques, responsibilities, and operating expectations.

Skills

Accountability

Advanced Analytics

Analytical Reasoning

Data Governance

Data Management

Data Privacy Standards

Data Savvy

Detail-Oriented

Execution Focus

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Data Science/CS/Engineering/Related field

Job description

Johnson & Johnson’s JJ MedTech Epichrom Data Governance & Stewardship Lead in Irvine, CA, will implement data usage policies and governance controls across assets. The role requires collaboration with business, IT, and compliance teams to enable secure data access for preclinical, clinical, and commercial data while driving governance excellence in a regulated environment.

The position features a hybrid schedule (office 2–3 days/week) and opportunities to lead audit workflows, define metrics,