Senior R&D Process Lead, Advanced Therapies

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 82,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Vacation days

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Caregiver leave

Well-being reimbursement

Service awards

Insurance plans

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine division seeks a senior R&D process lead for Advanced Therapies and Packaging Technology. You will partner with global teams to translate business needs into end-to-end processes, data, and system capabilities, ensuring regulatory compliance and patient supply continuity.

The role requires cross-functional leadership across Clinical Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Master Data, and Finance, with a focus on process simplification and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Business, Supply Chain, Eng, Life Sciences, Info Systems).
• 6+ years in R&D, clinical supply chain, or related operations (manufacturing/packaging).
• Experience translating business requirements into process, data, or deployment deliverables.
• Experience across global, cross-functional teams in a complex matrix.
• Ability to lead workstreams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, process-mapping, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the R&D process lead for Advanced Therapies and Packaging Technology across assigned releases and deployment activities.
• Represent R&D business requirements throughout design, solution confirmation, build, testing, deployment, stabilization, and hypercare.
• Gather, analyze, document, validate, and prioritize business requirements, scenarios, processes, and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate workshops with process owners, site representatives, deployment teams, and J&J Technology.
• Develop, review, and confirm business scenarios and test cases; coordinate UAT participation.
• Prepare concise status updates and recommendations for leadership.

Skills

R&D process lead

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements gathering

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Eng, Life Sciences, IS

Job description

Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine division seeks a senior R&D process lead for Advanced Therapies and Packaging Technology. You will partner with global teams to translate business needs into end-to-end processes, data, and system capabilities, ensuring regulatory compliance and patient supply continuity.

The role requires cross-functional leadership across Clinical Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Master Data, and Finance, with a focus on process simplification and