Remote Lab Systems & Data Platforms Lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; United States; Remote; USD 117,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Manager, Laboratory Systems & Data Platforms to lead the R&D laboratory technology roadmap and governance. You will own ELN/LIMS, data integrity, and storage platforms, partnering with IT, Quality, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions across DePuy Synthes R&D.

You will translate lab needs into prioritized requirements, drive adoption, manage lifecycle, and ensure compliance with GxP and risk management standards while coordinating global teams and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, IT, CS, Data Science, or related field.
• 7–9 years in a regulated industry, enterprise applications, digital products, laboratory systems, or scientific data platforms.
• Experience leading or governing applications, roadmaps, portfolios, demand, or cross-functional governance across multiple sites or functions.
• Experience translating business needs into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, prioritized backlogs, and delivery plans.
• Experience with application development, deployment, adoption, sustainment, lifecycle management, or continuous improvement.
• Understanding of regulated GxP environments, data integrity, validation, cybersecurity, quality, and risk-management expectations.
• Experience collaborating with IT delivery teams, Quality partners, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive alignment without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the product vision, multi-year roadmap, governance model, and lifecycle strategy for laboratory systems and scientific data platforms.
• Align technology priorities and investment plans with R&D objectives and laboratory needs.
• Identify opportunities for harmonization, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Serve as Business Owner or provide governance for ELN/LIMS and related technologies.
• Own demand intake, translate needs into requirements and backlog, and manage release planning.
• Lead deployment readiness, demonstrations, adoption planning, and training coordination.
• Execute sustainment and lifecycle processes, including incident escalation and change control.
• Develop data storage strategy and governance for laboratory master data across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Partner with IT, Quality, cybersecurity, validation, data integrity, and quality teams to define requirements.
• Manage product budgets, vendor commitments, and investment recommendations.
• Coordinate software, data platforms, cloud, and services; monitor performance and value.
• Build partnerships across R&D labs, IT, Quality, Manufacturing Quality, and Supply Chain.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Data Management

Informatics

Leadership

Problem Solving

Regulatory Compliance

Quality Assurance

Team Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Science/IT/CS/Data Science

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

ELN/LIMS

LabVantage

LabWare

BIOVIA

ComplianceBuilder

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Manager, Laboratory Systems & Data Platforms to lead the R&D laboratory technology roadmap and governance. You will own ELN/LIMS, data integrity, and storage platforms, partnering with IT, Quality, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions across DePuy Synthes R&D.

You will translate lab needs into prioritized requirements, drive adoption, manage lifecycle, and ensure compliance with GxP and risk management standards while coordinating global teams and