Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations

Job Function

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Pharmacology

People Leader

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium;
San Diego, California, United States of America;
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Global Senior Director, Scientific Operations, located in Beerse, BE;
La Jolla, CA; or Spring House, PA.

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, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at

Partner with the PSTS Global Leadership Team to translate scientific strategy into integrated operational, portfolio, and outsourcing plans. Drive harmonization of global business processes, scenario planning, capacity alignment, and change management to enable delivery of PSTS short‑ and long‑term objectives.

Provide strategic oversight of PSTS portfolio operations, ensuring alignment between scientific priorities, operational capacity, resourcing, timelines, and financial commitments. Establish and maintain portfolio governance frameworks, performance metrics, and decision‑support processes to enable effective prioritization, risk management, and trade‑off decisions across PSTS.

Lead PSTS global outsourcing strategy, including in‑house versus outsource assessments, CRO governance frameworks, vendor qualification, performance management, KPI development, external portfolio budget forecasting, escalation processes, and long‑term partner optimization.

The Senior Director will foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture, serve as a visible and effective change agent for global initiatives, and provide strategic decision‑making across all areas of responsibility while nurturing innovation and talent development.

As a member of the PSTS Cross‑Functional Operations Leadership team, responsible for the review and approval of all PSTS operational strategies and for contributing to issue review and recommendation/resolution processes. Lead a global team of operational professionals, providing leadership, mentorship, and career development opportunities. Responsible for future capital planning, innovation strategy, portfolio governance, budgeting, resourcing, and timeline commitments for operational activities.

Required Minimum Education: Advanced degree (MS, PhD, DVM, MD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline.

Required Years of Related

Experience:

Minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory sciences, operations, portfolio management, and/or outsourcing within pharmaceutical R&D and/or CRO environments.

• Strong working knowledge of nonclinical sciences and R&D business operations
• Demonstrated experience in portfolio governance, prioritization, and decision‑support frameworks
• Proven ability to develop and execute enterprise‑level strategy and business transformation initiatives
• Experience with program, portfolio, and financial management
• Ability to translate data into insights and strategies into executable action plans
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated people leadership and change management experience

Expected travel: 20% domestic and international.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $173,000 to $299,000. The position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the applicable plan.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company – sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance; and a consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).