Business Data Partner Manager - Shockwave Medical
About The Position
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/. Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Ready to join a team that’s pioneering the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease. Our Shockwave Medical portfolio aims to establish a new standard of care for medical device treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease through its differentiated and proprietary local delivery of sonic pressure waves for the treatment of calcified plaque. Position Overview The Business Data Partner Manager is a pivotal leader responsible for ensuring the organization can reliably capture high-quality commercial data needed to run and grow the business - covering (but not limited to) pricing, contracts, commercial activities, and marketing execution. This role leads a team of three and serves as the primary business partner for intake, requirements definition, prioritization, and functional oversight & co-design of solutions delivered by IT, with a focus on Salesforce.com. The Business Data Partner Manager works cross-functionally with Commercial Operations, Sales, Marketing, Price & Contract, and IT to translate business needs into clear functional requirements and an actionable roadmaps. The role provides end-to-end functional leadership across the solution lifecycle—requirements, design alignment, testing/UAT, release readiness, change management, and adoption—to ensure data intake solutions are scalable, compliant, and fit-for-purpose.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Data/Analytics, or a related field required. Master’s degree a plus.
- 7+ years of relevant experience in commercial operations enablement, business analysis, product ownership, or enterprise systems supporting commercial data.
- 2+ years of people management experience (or equivalent leadership experience), with demonstrated ability to lead and develop others.
- Demonstrated success translating business needs into functional requirements and partnering with IT to deliver solutions.
- Strong requirements management capability (discovery, process mapping, user stories, acceptance criteria, functional specifications).
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and lead cross-functional stakeholders through ambiguity to decisions.
- Strong understanding of data quality concepts and how upstream intake impacts downstream reporting or analytics.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence at multiple levels.
- Comfortable working in Agile or iterative delivery models.
Nice To Haves
- MedTech / Lifesciences industry experience is preferred
- Experience with commercial systems and data domains such as Salesforce.com (or similar CRM), CPQ/pricing tools, contract lifecycle processes, marketing activity tracking, and data platforms/BI.
- Familiarity with governance, privacy, and security considerations for commercial data (e.g., GDPR principles in practice).
- Experience defining KPIs and operating cadences for data quality and adoption.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary interface between business stakeholders and IT for data intake needs across pricing, contracts, activities, marketing, and related commercial processes.
- Establish and run an intake process to capture demand, clarify business outcomes, and ensure alignment to strategy and compliance requirements.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor and driver of decisions and trade-offs.
- Lead the end-to-end requirements process: discovery, current-state mapping, future-state definition, user stories/use cases, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
- Ensure requirements are testable, traceable, and aligned to reporting/analytics needs
- Partner with stakeholders to define and document standard processes, controls, and data definitions that enable consistent capture across markets/teams.
- Own and maintain a prioritized roadmap for data intake capabilities and enhancements, balancing value, feasibility, risk, and dependencies.
- Support governance forums to drive prioritization, scope approval, and release readiness.
- Ensure solutions adhere to internal controls, data privacy, and security expectations (e.g., GDPR considerations where relevant).
- Partner closely with IT product/engineering teams to guide functional design, clarify requirements, and ensure business intent is preserved through delivery.
- Coordinate functional reviews of designs and prototypes; ensure alignment between business processes, user experience, and data intake requirements.
- Drive UAT planning and execution, including test scenarios, defect triage, and sign-off processes; support go-live readiness and hypercare.
- Define and monitor key measures for data completeness, timeliness, and accuracy; lead root-cause analysis and improvement actions.
- Develop and maintain end-user documentation and enablement materials; ensure training and communications are effective for sustained adoption.
- Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve automation and usability.
- Coach and develop a high-performing team of business analysts
- Set clear goals and performance expectations; establish operating rhythms for intake, backlog hygiene, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and customer-centric delivery.
Benefits
- 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 Colorado –48 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
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
