Technical Lead, Therapeutic Area Enabling Innovation

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Job Function:
Technology Product & Platform Management Job Sub Function:
Software Engineering – Product Life Cycle Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Technical Lead, Therapeutic Area Enabling Innovation, to be based in one of the following locations:
Raritan, NJ;
Spring House, PA;
Cambridge, MA;
Beerse, BE. 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, Spring House or Cambridge) - Requisition Number: R-084845 Belgium (Beerse) - Requisition Number: R-090021 Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission. This candidate will support research and drug discovery across Oncology, Immunology, Neuroscience, and other therapeutic areas.

The Therapeutic Area (TA) Enabling Innovation team is uniquely positioned to deliver data, workflow, and knowledge solutions that accelerate scientific discovery and enable evidence-driven decision-making across the research-to-development continuum. By connecting experimental data, computational workflows, and institutional knowledge, we are advancing how scientists design experiments, generate insights, and translate findings into therapeutic impact. In close partnership with scientific teams and the broader IM JJT organization, we develop and scale next‑generation platforms and capabilities that improve speed, quality, and reproducibility across drug development.

About the Role The Technical Lead, Therapeutic Area Enabling Innovation role partners closely with Product Managers to define and deliver scalable, high-impact technology solutions that support scientific workflows and data-driven research. The individual will operate at the intersection of laboratory science, data engineering, cloud platforms, AI/ML, and knowledge management, helping bridge instrument-generated laboratory data through analytical workflows into decision‑ready scientific knowledge.

This includes capabilities spanning instrument connectivity, experimental workflows, multi‑omics analytics, knowledge graphs, AI‑enabled discovery, and translational research platforms. The ideal candidate is a strong solution architect and technical leader with experience in data-intensive environments, capable of guiding teams through design decisions, evaluating tradeoffs, and enabling delivery of reliable, scalable products. This role is accountable for ensuring that technical solutions support business outcomes while aligning to enterprise standards and long‑term product strategy.

• Lead technical solutioning for Therapeutic Area products
• Define end‑to‑end technical architectures across scientific workflows, data platforms, AI solutions, and knowledge management ecosystems.
• Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture, data, and security standards
• Promote reuse of existing platforms and shared capabilities
• Partner with Product Managers
• Shape product designs to ensure feasibility, scalability, and maintainability
• Quickly validate technical assumptions before investment decisions
• Provide technical input into backlog prioritization, sequencing, and roadmap planning
• Build lightweight proof‑of‑concepts and…