Senior Principal Engineer, Operational Data Enablement

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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 jnj.com .

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

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About Innovative Medicine

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

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Principal Engineer, Operational Data Enablement in Raritan, NJ or Titusville, NJ or Spring House, PA or Beerse, Belgium or Allschwil, Switzerland or Leiden, Netherlands.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States (Raritan, NJ or Titusville, NJ or Spring House, PA) - Requisition Number: R-062470

Beerse, Belgium - Requisition Number: R-063167

Allschwil, Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-063169

Leiden, Netherlands - Requisition Number: R-063440

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Position Summary:

The IDAR EASE (Enabling Analytics & System Excellence) Team is focused on developing analytical solutions to improve how we use data and technology to drive decisions. We keep user experience at the center of all we do to reduce barriers to data and insights for Global Development.

The Senior Principal Engineer, Operational Data Enablement, is accountable for understanding and documenting a multi‑system view of operational data flows and data lineage, with a focus on reducing duplicate data capture and minimizing user burden across systems through repetitive data entry across platforms and technological issues that result in poor data quality at the source. This role operates at the intersection of business processes, operational systems, data governance, and reporting, and is responsible for defining and driving a roadmap of data and system improvements that enable trusted, consistent, and reusable operational data given a vast multi-system landscape required to execute Clinical Trial Operations.

This role partners closely with solution owners, business process owners, and team members to identify conflicting or unclear data definitions, non‑authoritative data sources, and breakdowns in data lineage. The Senior Principal Engineer establishes frameworks that enable consistent definitions, connects the dots between process, technology, and data teams to help prioritize and lead the technical actions that drive the greatest progress toward our goals, focusing as far upstream as possible.

Principal Responsibilities:

Data Lineage & Integration Pathways

• Define and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage across operational systems, including how and when data flows between systems and into downstream reporting and analytics.

• Identify gaps, redundancies, and inefficiencies in system‑to‑system integrations that contribute to duplicate data entry or inconsistent data.

• Partner with technology teams to influence integration design decisions that improve data quality and reduce user burden.

Data Quality Enablement

• Identify systemic drivers of data quality issues and lead efforts to optimize technologies to reduce and avoid such issues over time.

• Partner with team members, solution owners, and process owners to establish continuous monitoring approaches that incentivize action by users to correct their data in a timely manner

Solution & Domain Advisement:

• Act as the primary point of contact for operational data context across assigned solution domains.

• Collaborate and act as key advisor with solution owners to assess potential downstream impacts of system or data changes to other systems, dashboards, and analytics products.

• Ensure operational data enablement considerations are embedded into solution roadmaps and enhancement planning.

• Provide oversight to service providers as needed to manage delivery timelines, prioritization, appropriate time periods for delivery, and instruction at a level of detail needed to complete the work.

• Provides delivery management oversight for related initiatives, including activities related to stakeholder management, change management, project plan creation, work assignments, risk management, and tracking that span cross-functional stakeholders, internal IT partners, and vendor resources.

Principal Relationships:

Contacts inside the company may include representatives & executives from:

Leaders of Global Development Functions such as Project Management, Planning, Resourcing & Partnerships, Delivery Units, Global Clinical Operations, IDAR, and Global Development Strategy Roles.

Additional JRD partners including, but not limited to, broader R&D Leaders, J&J Technology, Leadership, Finance, and Data Science, Supply Chain, Quality, and others.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Required Work Experience:

8+ years’ experience designing reporting and analytics solutions, business-focused solutioning, and / or equivalent relevant experience.

Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree required

Preferred Education:

• Advanced Degree Preferred

• Preferred course work is in quantitative, scientific, or business disciplines

Required Skills:

• Able to work on multiple projects with conflicting deadlines.

• Action-oriented, inquisitive self-starter with an ability to learn quickly and challenge the status quo.

• Demonstrated ability to support cross-functional teams.

• Leadership skills including: overall business mindset, big picture problem solving with attention to detail, interpersonal skills, excellent presentation and communication skills.

• Strong ability to think holistically across systems, processes, and data domains.

• Proven ability to assess and prioritize critical data elements and systemic issues.

• Proactive, self‑directed approach with the ability to influence without direct authority.

• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills across business and technology teams.

• Ability to translate complex data and system concepts into clear, actionable insights.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical, execution‑focused delivery.

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• Travel: Up to 10% required to support project teams at multiple site locations. See J&J Travel Policy for additional restrictions.

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry highly preferred.

• Experience with clinical trial operations and process highly preferred.

This job posting is anticipated to close on March 18, 2026. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

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