Automation Integration Product Lead
About The Position
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Technology Product Lead for the Automation Integration product space within its R&D Business Technology organization. The team delivers local and global technology capabilities for laboratory automation, scientific workflow orchestration, system integration, and connectivity that support research operations efficiently, reliably, and at scale. The role is located in Spring House, Pennsylvania, or Beerse, Belgium. The successful candidate will lead delivery of automation integration initiatives and work with scientific, operational, and business stakeholders to understand needs and translate workflows and challenges into scalable technology solutions. The role also ensures solutions align with product strategy, architectural principles, standards, and approved technology patterns, while advancing the reuse of shared integration services, APIs, workflow orchestration capabilities, and architecture components. Familiarity with scientific workflows, laboratory operations, and automation technologies is beneficial.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
- Experience in product management, project leadership, solution delivery, systems integration, automation technologies, or related disciplines.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional technology initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and technology platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements and operational needs into technical solutions and delivery plans.
- Strong understanding of enterprise integration principles, including APIs, middleware, messaging, workflow orchestration, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience integrating applications, platforms, instruments, or automated systems in complex enterprise environments.
- Experience working in Agile, product-oriented, or hybrid delivery approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct management authority.
- Strong communication, presentation, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and competing stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience using AI tools and digital assistants to accelerate analysis, synthesize information, develop content, and support decision-making.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related field.
- Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, research, or scientific organizations.
- Knowledge of drug discovery, laboratory operations, screening, profiling, sample management, or other scientific workflows.
- Experience supporting laboratory automation, robotics, scientific instruments, or digital laboratory initiatives.
- Familiarity with automation vendors, platforms, enterprise integration technologies, cloud technologies, security, and data governance principles.
- Experience supporting platform products or shared technology services.
- Experience coordinating vendor relationships and strategic partnerships.
- Demonstrated success driving standardization, platform reuse, and technology modernization initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of one or more automation integration initiatives within the BT Automation Integration product portfolio.
- Define initiative scope, objectives, requirements, and success criteria with scientific, operational, and business stakeholders.
- Develop delivery plans and coordinate execution across multiple teams and technology platforms.
- Manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations to deliver successful outcomes.
- Ensure delivered capabilities achieve measurable business value and support scientific operations.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand automation requirements and workflow needs.
- Translate business processes and operational challenges into scalable technology solutions.
- Serve as the primary technology contact for assigned automation integration initiatives.
- Facilitate alignment among stakeholders, software engineers, automation specialists, and architecture teams.
- Build collaborative working relationships across scientific and technology organizations.
- Ensure automation solutions align with product strategy, standards, architectural principles, and approved technology patterns.
- Promote adoption of shared integration services, APIs, workflow orchestration capabilities, and reusable architecture components.
- Support modern integration approaches, including API-based and event-driven architectures.
- Identify opportunities to improve automation connectivity, workflow accessibility, system interoperability, and operational efficiency.
- Advocate for reuse of existing capabilities before introducing new solutions or technologies.
- Identify opportunities to standardize and simplify integration approaches across automation environments.
- Contribute to the evolution of integration capabilities, technology patterns, and delivery practices.
- Support evaluation of technologies and approaches that can enhance automation, integration, and workflow enablement.
- Promote continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and best-practice adoption across delivery teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
