Data Governance and Stewardship Lead - JJMT Electrophysiology

Johnson & Johnson • Irvine, CA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson MedTech Electrophysiology (JJMT EP) is seeking a Data Governance and Stewardship Lead. This role, based in Irvine, CA, operates on a hybrid schedule, requiring 2-3 days per week in the office. The primary focus is to support the creation, implementation, and verification of a data governance framework that aligns data usage and access restrictions with an internal data inventory. This includes operationalizing policies, designing automation for access controls, and collaborating with business teams to embed governance standards across the enterprise data and technology landscape. The role also involves supporting technical evaluations for data governance tools, maintaining business glossaries, and detailing data sources, ownership, and usage requirements. A key aspect is enabling governed access to various data assets to support patient safety, product development, and operational decisions. The Lead will also co-lead the implementation of audit workflows, develop performance metrics for data utilization and governance effectiveness, and support continuous improvement of governance practices. Regular presentations on progress, risks, and impact are expected, along with coaching junior colleagues on governance processes. Understanding and applying Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives is essential.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in data science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
• At Least 3 years experience within data governance in a highly regulated industry.
• Experience with data governance technologies used to support stewardship, data quality, lineage, and access management.
• Experience using cloud technologies to build, optimize, and govern data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments.
• Ability to collaborate with business, technical, and compliance team members to translate governance requirements into scalable operational processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to multi-functional customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in MedTech, healthcare, life sciences, clinical research, medical safety, quality, regulatory, or product development environments.
• Familiarity with clinical, preclinical, post-market surveillance, electrophysiology, IDE, commercial, or product lifecycle data assets.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks in regulated or compliance-driven environments.
• Experience supporting audit workflows, validation and verification mechanisms, governance metrics, or compliance monitoring processes.
• Familiarity with data catalog, metadata management, data quality, access management, workflow automation, dashboarding, or analytics platforms.
• Ability to partner with IT and data engineering teams to implement governance workflows in enterprise data platforms or cloud-enabled analytics ecosystems.
• Experience supporting AI/ML, digital health, or sophisticated analytics use cases through strong data governance, data quality, and data access controls.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize data usage policies, access controls, and data stewardship requirements across data inventory assets.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve data governance programs, policies, and controls to ensure high-quality and compliant data access.
• Design and Develop automation workflows that apply data access and usage policies to governed data holdings.
• Collaborate with business teams to embed data usage policies, standards, and controls across the enterprise data and technology landscape.
• Support trade studies and technical evaluations related to data governance tooling, operational models, and scalable governance implementation.
• Support maintenance of business glossary, data integration, data lineage, and broader data management activities.
• Partner with multi-functional teams to detail data sources, ownership, permitted uses, usage restrictions, and access requirements.
• Enable governed access to preclinical, clinical, and commercial data assets to support patient safety, product development, and operational decision-making.
• Co-lead the implementation of audit workflows to verify and validate data governance implementation.
• Co-lead the development of performance metrics to measure data utilization, compliance, data quality, and governance effectiveness.
• Support continuous improvement of governance practices, including issue identification, remediation tracking, and process optimization.
• Present regularly to internal and external partners on the status, risks, progress, and impact of data engineering and governance tasks.
• Coach more junior colleagues on governance processes, techniques, responsibilities, and operating expectations.
• Understand and apply Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives in day-to-day interactions with team members and collaborators.

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 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 period
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level