Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • San Diego, CA

6d • $173,000 - $299,000

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations , located in either Beerse, BE, La Jolla, CA, Spring House, PA. Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine The Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations will serve as a key partner to the Vice President, Global Head of Scientific & In Vivo Strategies (SIS) and the PSTS Global Leadership Team. The role will have overall strategic and operational accountability across PSTS, integrating global strategic planning, portfolio operations, facilities and laboratory operations, and strategic outsourcing across a global network. Oversight of Operational Planning across PSTS: Partner with the PSTS Global Leadership Team to translate scientific strategy into integrated operational, portfolio, and outsourcing plans. Drive harmonization of global business processes, scenario planning, capacity alignment, and change management to enable delivery of PSTS short‑ and long‑term objectives. Oversight of PSTS Portfolio Operations: Provide strategic oversight of PSTS portfolio operations, ensuring alignment between scientific priorities, operational capacity, resourcing, timelines, and financial commitments. Establish and maintain portfolio governance frameworks, performance metrics, and decision‑support processes to enable effective prioritization, risk management, and trade‑off decisions across PSTS. Oversight of Strategic Outsourcing & External Partnerships: Lead PSTS global outsourcing strategy, including in‑house versus outsource assessments, CRO governance frameworks, vendor qualification, performance management, KPI development, external portfolio budget forecasting, escalation processes, and long‑term partner optimization. The Senior Director will foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture, serve as a visible and effective change agent for global initiatives, and provide strategic decision‑making across all areas of responsibility while nurturing innovation and talent development. As a member of the PSTS Cross-Functional Operations Leadership team, the person in this role will be responsible for the review and approval of all PSTS operational strategies as well as be a primary contributor to issue review and recommendation/resolution processes. The role will serve as a global champion and leader for staff change management and engagement strategy, continuous improvement projects that promote individual development, team development, development of institutional knowledge and best practices for leveraging the entire PSTS network in an optimal manner. This role will directly and indirectly (through matrix relationships) lead a team of operational professionals providing leadership, mentorship, and career development opportunities for the global team members. This role will be responsible for future capital planning, innovation strategy, portfolio governance, budget, resourcing and timeline commitments for operational activities.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD, DVM, MD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory sciences, operations, portfolio management, and/or outsourcing within pharmaceutical R&D and/or CRO environments.
• Strong working knowledge of nonclinical sciences and R&D business operations
• Demonstrated experience in portfolio governance, prioritization, and decision‑support frameworks
• Proven ability to develop and execute enterprise‑level strategy and business transformation initiatives
• Experience with program, portfolio, and financial management
• Ability to translate data into insights and strategies into executable action plans
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated people leadership and change management experience

Nice To Haves

• Clinical Data Management
• Data Savvy
• Developing Others
• Drug Discovery Development
• Financial Competence
• Inclusive Leadership
• Innovation
• Leadership
• Pharmacodynamics
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacometrics
• Pharmacovigilance
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Product Management
• Regulatory Affairs Management
• Researching
• Scientific Research
• Technical Credibility
• Validation Master Plans

Responsibilities

• Partner with the PSTS Global Leadership Team to translate scientific strategy into integrated operational, portfolio, and outsourcing plans.
• Drive harmonization of global business processes, scenario planning, capacity alignment, and change management to enable delivery of PSTS short‑ and long‑term objectives.
• Provide strategic oversight of PSTS portfolio operations, ensuring alignment between scientific priorities, operational capacity, resourcing, timelines, and financial commitments.
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance frameworks, performance metrics, and decision‑support processes to enable effective prioritization, risk management, and trade‑off decisions across PSTS.
• Lead PSTS global outsourcing strategy, including in‑house versus outsource assessments, CRO governance frameworks, vendor qualification, performance management, KPI development, external portfolio budget forecasting, escalation processes, and long‑term partner optimization.
• Foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture, serve as a visible and effective change agent for global initiatives, and provide strategic decision‑making across all areas of responsibility while nurturing innovation and talent development.
• Responsible for the review and approval of all PSTS operational strategies as well as be a primary contributor to issue review and recommendation/resolution processes.
• Serve as a global champion and leader for staff change management and engagement strategy, continuous improvement projects that promote individual development, team development, development of institutional knowledge and best practices for leveraging the entire PSTS network in an optimal manner.
• Directly and indirectly (through matrix relationships) lead a team of operational professionals providing leadership, mentorship, and career development opportunities for the global team members.
• Responsible for future capital planning, innovation strategy, portfolio governance, budget, resourcing and timeline commitments for operational activities.

Benefits

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be 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.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
• of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree