Senior Director, C&SP - Neuroscience & Cardio

Locations: Switzerland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we are reimagining the future of healthcare. Across oncology, immunology, neuroscience, cardiopulmonary, and specialty ophthalmology, our teams discover and deliver transformational medicines that help people live longer, healthier lives. Our heritage includes many first‑in‑class therapies—and we're just getting started.

The Role: Where Strategy Meets Innovation
As Senior Director, you'll serve as a senior leader within Clinical & Statistical Programming, guiding a large, diverse, and geographically distributed organisation. You'll define the long‑term strategy, elevate technical capabilities, and ensure flawless execution across major therapeutic and regional portfolios—typically spanning 100+ FTEs or equivalent budget responsibility.

What You'll Lead & Deliver

• Strategic Leadership
  • Shape the long-range vision for C&SP—technology, talent, processes, capabilities, and partnerships.
  • Guide organisational evolution: operating model design, capability building, and resource strategies that scale with business needs.
  • Lead decision-making for functional strategy, sourcing models, and investment priorities across a highly complex portfolio.
• Operational Excellence
  • Oversee end-to-end delivery of C&SP activities across assigned therapeutic or regional portfolios.
  • Provide leadership for functional inputs into regulatory submission strategies.
  • Partner with Delivery Unit Heads and cross-functional leaders to prioritise workloads, allocate resources, and remove barriers to execution.
  • Ensure process excellence—governance, compliance, documentation, and continuous improvement.
  • Foster deep collaboration across Clinical, Data Science, Statistics, Portfolio Delivery, Quality, Regulatory, Safety, Medical Affairs, and other internal stakeholders.

People Leadership: Building a High-Performance Organisation
This is a role for a strategic people leader who thrives on inspiring large teams through change and complexity. You will:

• Lead, coach, and develop a global leadership team including TA/DA Heads, Portfolio Leads, and Technical Solutions leaders.
• Drive a strong talent strategy encompassing recruitment, succession planning, skill development, and organisational structure.
• Create a culture rooted in innovation, accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
• Make high-impact decisions that influence the long-term direction of the function and broader R&D ecosystem.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree required in computer science, mathematics, data science, public health, or related scientific discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in statistical programming, biometrics, or related areas within pharma/clinical research, with substantial leadership responsibility.
• 5–7+ years people leadership experience, ideally leading managers and large, multi-layered teams.
• Expert understanding of statistical programming, clinical data flows, and modern technical ecosystems.
• Demonstrated strength in talent development, resource management, and organisational leadership.
• Deep knowledge of regulatory guidelines, clinical development processes, and industry standards.
• Proven ability to drive innovation, manage complex portfolios, and lead in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• A passion for customer-centric delivery and continuous improvement.

Why Join Us?
At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, you'll shape the future of clinical evidence generation for one of the world's most respected healthcare companies. You'll have the autonomy to innovate, the scale to make global impact, and the talent ecosystem to turn bold ideas into life-changing realities.

Required Skills:

• Advanced Analytics
• Biostatistics
• Compliance Management
• Data Privacy Standards
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Program Management
• Project Integration Management
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Regulatory Affairs Management
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
• Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) Programming
• Systems Thinking

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.