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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Gurabo, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Job Description

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 looking for the best talent, we are looking for a Principal Scientist, Advance Manufacturing.

The Principal Scientist, Advanced Manufacturing - Synthetics Strategy & Deployment is a global technical and strategic role within Manufacturing Science & Technology (MSAT). The role is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and deploying advanced manufacturing technologies, digital solutions, and innovation programs across the global synthetic drug product network.

This position serves as a strategic leader for advanced manufacturing deployment, partnering with global and site leadership to accelerate technology adoption, enhance process robustness, improve supply reliability, and realize measurable business value. The Principal Scientist drives deployment strategies from concept through commercialization and lifecycle implementation while ensuring alignment with business priorities, technical roadmaps, and regulatory expectations.

The role acts as a global technology leader and trusted advisor to cross-functional stakeholders, enabling scaling and deployment of transformative capabilities including process intensification, real-time release testing (RTRt), process analytical technology (PAT), advanced process control, digital manufacturing, multivariate analytics, modeling, and data-driven manufacturing solutions.

Global Advanced Manufacturing Strategy

Develop and implement global deployment strategies for advanced manufacturing technologies across the synthetic manufacturing network

Partner with MSAT, Supply Chain, JJT, Development, Quality, Specification Management, Regulatory Affairs, and Site Leadership to identify and prioritize deployment opportunities.

Establish long-term technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives, capacity strategies, sustainability commitments, and innovation priorities.

Shape future-state manufacturing and integrated quality capabilities through evaluation of emerging technologies and industry trends.

Influence enterprise investment decisions and technology portfolio prioritization through governance.

Technology Deployment Leadership

Lead global deployment of advanced manufacturing and integrated quality technologies following a prescribed End-to-End Innovation Deployment Process.

Partner with neighboring functions to provide strategic oversight and alignment for technology transfers, scale-up activities, and process implementation.

Ensure effective deployment plans are developed and executed across multiple sites and products.

Drive standardization and best practices across deployment programs.

Ensure successful knowledge transfer and long-term sustainability of deployed technologies.

Business Value Creation and Realization

Define and communicate compelling business cases for deployment opportunities.

Lead development of value propositions including cost, quality, reliability, compliance, cycle time, and sustainability benefits.

Establish value realization frameworks and performance metrics.

Monitor deployment outcomes and ensure achievement of expected business benefits.

Support Long Range Financial Planning (LRFP) and strategic business planning activities through robust opportunity evaluation.

Technical Leadership and Subject Matter Expertise

Provide scientific leadership for complex technical challenges associated with commercial manufacturing processes.

Guide technical decision-making for manufacturing modernization initiatives.

Promote scientific excellence through application of data science, automation, digital technologies, and advanced process understanding.

Global Stakeholder Engagement and Influence

Establish strong partnerships with manufacturing sites, platform organizations, and external collaborators

Influence leadership through clear communication of technical strategy, risks, opportunities, and progress.

Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Represent MSAT in governance forums, steering committees, and strategic initiatives.

Innovation and External Engagement

Monitor external technology developments and benchmark industry capabilities.

Develop relationships with academic institutions, technology suppliers, industry consortia, and strategic partners.

Evaluate emerging solutions and identify opportunities for competitive advantage.

Contribute to publications, patents, and thought leadership activities when appropriate.

Technical Documentation and Regulatory Support

Author and review technical reports, deployment plans, business cases, and scientific assessments.

Support regulatory filings and inspections related to deployment technologies.

Ensure documentation meets corporate quality and compliance requirements.

Establish and maintain technical standards and deployment guidance documents.

Drive consistency in deployment execution and knowledge management globally.

Leadership

Demonstrate Credo-based leadership and influence without authority across a global matrix organization.

Lead complex, multi-site initiatives with significant business impact.

Build and sustain high-performing collaborative networks.

Education:

Required

MS or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemical Engineering, Data Science, or a related scientific discipline

Experience

Required

Minimum 10-15 years of experience in pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, MSAT, process engineering, or related technical functions.

Demonstrated experience leading global deployment of complex manufacturing technologies.

Experience with commercialization, technology transfer, process validation, and lifecycle management.

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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Decision Making, Business Savvy, Coaching, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Crisis Management, Critical Thinking, Disruptive Innovations, Emerging Technologies, Industrial Hygiene, Lean Supply Chain Management, Organizing, Process Control, Process Engineering, Product Costing, Program Management, Project Schedule, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Technical Research

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

102,000-173400

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 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 Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours  Additional information can be found through the link below.  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits