Senior Manager, Data Products

Johnson & Johnson; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 122,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech is seeking a Senior Manager for Data Product Management and Governance. You will lead data product strategy, governance, and marketplace enablement for MedTech data assets, partnering with business, data stewards, and technology teams to ensure usable, well-governed data products.

You will oversee intake, prioritization, and a business-facing roadmap, driving value realization and adoption across analytics, AI enablement, and digital products in a regulated, global

Qualifications

• Experience with data-as-a-product practices and governance.
• Experience in regulated, global enterprise environments (MedTech/healthcare preferred).
• Strong ability to translate business needs into product requirements and measurable outcomes.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead intake process for product demand and prioritize work based on strategic fit.
• Own business-facing roadmap for data products from concept to adoption and retirement.
• Translate objectives and backlog into deliverable requirements for delivery teams.
• Develop business definitions, taxonomies, and improve data discoverability and reuse.
• Partner with data catalog teams to enable a self-service data marketplace.

Skills

Data governance

Data product management

Enterprise data platforms

Regulated environment

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant field

Tools

Alation

Data catalog platforms

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.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Senior Manager, Data Product Management & Governance.

We have a pre-identified candidate for this position; however, other qualified candidates will also be considered.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions 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 https://www.jnj.com/

The Senior Manager, Data Product Management & Governance will lead business-facing data product strategy, intake, prioritization, governance, and marketplace enablement for MedTech Supply Chain data products.

This role will help transform trusted, reusable, well-governed assets that support analytics, digital products, and AI-enabled decision-making.

The Senior Manager will partner closely with business collaborators, data product leaders, technology teams, data stewards, quality, privacy, legal, and regulatory partners to ensure data products are discoverable, usable, and aligned to business value.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a structured intake process for product demand, collaborating with business to assess use cases, define value, clarify requirements, and prioritize work based on strategic alignment, feasibility, risk, and business impact.
• Lead the business-facing roadmap for assigned data products from concept through publication, adoption, improvement, and retirement.
• Translate team member clear product objectives, success measures, backlog priorities, and release-ready requirements for delivery teams.
• Lead the development and adoption of business definitions, domain taxonomies, product content improving data discoverability, understanding, and reuse.
• Partner with Alation and catalog team members to support a consistent, self-service data marketplace experience.
• Define and operationalize data product ownership, stewardship roles, decision rights, and critical issue paths.
• Partner with domain leaders and stewards to maintain business context, data definitions, documentation, access expectations, and lifecycle controls.
• Cross-Functional Delivery Partnership: Serve as the primary business-facing partner to data engineering, architecture, platform, and ecosystem product teams.
• Adoption, Value Realization, and Continuous Improvement: Track adoption, usage, team member feedback, and business value measures for published data products. Find opportunities to improve data product usability, reduce duplication, increase reuse, and accelerate responsible analytics and AI enablement,
• People and Team member Leadership: Provide leadership, mentor, and direction supporting data curation, stewardship, metadata enrichment, and marketplace operations. Build positive relationships across business, digital, technical, and governance communities.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree, advanced degree or equivalent experience in business, information systems, data analytics, supply chain, engineering, healthcare, or a related field
• Experience: A minimum of 8 years of substantial experience in data governance, data and digital product management, or enterprise data platforms, is required.
• Regulated Environment: Experience working in a regulated, and global enterprise environment. Experience in MedTech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, supply chain, quality, or manufacturing environments is strongly preferred.
• Data Product and Governance Expertise: Confirmed experience with data-as-a-product practices, business glossary development, metadata management, data catalog or marketplace platforms, data stewardship, data quality concepts, access governance, and product lifecycle management.
• Leadership and Influence: Proven track record to influence across business partners, Experience leading teams, resources, or cross-functional initiatives is preferred.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into clear product requirements, executive-ready narratives, measurable outcomes, and actionable delivery priorities. Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, management skills are required.
• Technical Acuity: Understanding of modern data platforms, semantic layers, medallion architecture concepts, data pipelines, analytics platforms, AI/ML enablement, and enterprise data controls is helpful.

Preferred Skills And Capabilities

• Experience with Alation or similar enterprise data catalog, marketplace, or metadata management capabilities.
• Experience developing business glossaries, data dictionaries, domain taxonomies, data contracts, certification standards, or governed data product documentation.
• Familiarity with supply chain processes, manufacturing data, quality systems, product lifecycle controls, or enterprise planning processes.
• Confirmed ability to define operating models, RACI structures, governance forums, and decision frameworks that scale across functions and regions.
• Ability to operate successfully in ambiguity, balance strategic and tactical priorities, and drive practical outcomes in a enterprise environment.

Other Requirements

• This role may require up to 10% of domestic and/or international travel based on business needs.
• The attendance policy for this role is fully onsite

At Johnson & Johnson, we’re on a mission to change the trajectory of health for humanity. That starts by creating the world’s healthiest workforce. Through cutting-edge programs and policies, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our employees and the ones they love.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$122,000.00 to $187,127.50

Additional Description For Pay Transparency

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits