Vice President, Commercial Data & AI

Scorpion Therapeutics; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine seeks a Vice President, Commercial Data & AI to lead data, data science, and AI initiatives across the commercial value chain. You will partner with senior leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, develop multi-year strategies, and manage a portfolio of data and AI programs.

The role requires 15+ years delivering large-scale AI solutions, deep fluency in ML and cloud platforms, and a proven ability to deploy generative AI while governing enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred in CS/DS/AI or related field.
• 15+ years delivering large-scale data and AI solutions with leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Fluency in modern ML, large language models, and cloud platforms.
• Proven track record deploying generative AI and managing enterprise data platforms.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and stakeholder influence.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-impact AI opportunities with senior leaders.
• Develop multi-year AI strategies.
• Manage a portfolio of data and AI programs.
• Lead development of generative and agentic AI capabilities.
• Establish scalable AI platforms.
• Embed responsible AI governance.
• Build and lead a cross-functional team of 80+ professionals.
• Drive adoption and change management to deliver measurable value.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder influence

Team leadership

Portfolio management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field

Job description

Vice President, Commercial Data & AI at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, leading the strategy and execution of data, data science, and AI initiatives across the commercial value chain.

Responsibilities

• partner with senior leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities
• develop multi-year strategies
• manage a portfolio of data and AI programs
• lead the development of generative and agentic AI capabilities
• establish scalable AI platforms
• embed responsible AI governance
• build and lead a high-performing, cross-functional team of 80+ professionals
• drive adoption and change management to ensure AI solutions deliver measurable value

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field
• 15+ years of experience in delivering large-scale data and AI solutions, including leading multidisciplinary teams
• deep technical fluency in modern ML, large language models, and cloud platforms
• demonstrated success in deploying generative AI and managing enterprise data platforms
• strong leadership, strategic thinking, and stakeholder influence skills

High-Value

• enterprise AI in healthcare/pharmaceuticals
• portfolio management
• responsible AI governance
• GenAI/agentic systems
• AI platform development

Work Setup

hybrid (3 days on-site in Titusville, NJ, Raritan, NJ, or Horsham, PA; up to 10% travel).

Preference

Preference for candidates with pharmaceutical domain expertise and experience managing external vendors.