Johnson & Johnson is a global leader in the healthcare industry, operating as one of the world's largest and most diversified pharmaceutical and medical technology companies. With a workforce exceeding 130,000 employees worldwide, the company focuses on developing innovative medicines and medical devices across various therapeutic areas, including oncology, immunology, and neuroscience.

In Spain, Johnson & Johnson maintains a significant footprint with major hubs in Madrid and Barcelona, serving as a key center for both local operations and regional EMEA functions. The company is a prime destination for international professionals, particularly in fields like Data Science, Clinical Research, and specialized engineering, offering a multicultural environment where English is frequently used for global projects.

Founded in 1886 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Johnson & Johnson began by producing sterile surgical dressings. Over the last century, it has evolved into a global healthcare powerhouse through continuous innovation and strategic acquisitions.

For international professionals

Significant presence in Madrid and Barcelona with a wide variety of roles from commercial operations to high-tech R&D.
Many regional EMEA roles are based in Spain, often using English as the primary working language.
Offers robust professional development programs and opportunities for internal global mobility within the healthcare sector.
Strong focus on diversity and inclusion, making it a welcoming environment for international hires from various backgrounds.
Active recruitment for specialized roles in AI, Data Science, and Digital Surgery within the Spanish market.

Associate Director Product Master

Johnson & Johnson

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Science

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Barcelona, Spain, Madrid, Spain

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM), a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for an Associate Director, Product Mastering This position has a primary location of Madrid Spain a secondary location is Barcelona.

Position Summary The Associate Director, Product Mastering is responsible for maintaining and governing an end-to-end mastering capability for product-related data, beginning with compounds in Therapeutic Discovery (TD), extending into Regulatory and commercialization and loss of exclusivity.

This role ensures that product master data-including compounds, formulations, investigational products, clinical identifiers, regulatory submissions, and commercial brand hierarchies-is trusted, harmonized, and semantically consistent across the entire R&D to Commercial continuum. The AD will work cross functionally within R&D, Data science and support develop of ontologies and knowledge graphs to connect and contextualize product information across silos, enabling advanced analytics, AI/ML, regulatory compliance, and interoperability.

Key Responsibilities End-to-End Product Mastering Strategy

Help to develop a data and execute a data management strategy covering the full product lifecycle: from discovery through commercialization and LOE
Ensure a single, authoritative source of truth through stewardship of all product-related master data, harmonized across functions and systems.
Identify gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for automation, external data partnerships, and standards alignment.

Governance & Standards

Establish stewardship, and governance models for product master data across R&D, Supply Chain and Commercial.
Define and enforce standards for product hierarchies, and data model extensions.
Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial to ensure product mastering supports submission, labeling, and compliance needs.

Integration & Collaboration

Collaborate with Knowledge Management, Data Products, and Metadata/Cataloging teams to ensure product master data is discoverable, connected, and reusable across the enterprise.
Align with parallel MDM domains (e.g., patient, site, account) to ensure cross-domain consistency and best practices.

Quality, Performance & Communication

Monitor dashboard and track KPIs for product master data quality, timeliness, and traceability across the lifecycle.
Provide governance dashboards and reports to R&D and Commercial leadership.
Communicate the vision, progress, and value realization of product mastering to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications Education

Bachelor or Master's in life sciences, regulatory sciences, informatics, data science, or related field. Advanced degree preferred

Skills & Expertise

5+ years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D or commercial functions, with significant exposure to product lifecycle and regulatory data.
Demonstrated expertise in master data management, data governance, and data stewardship
Knowledge of ontology development, and knowledge graph applications.
Proven track record of integrating product data across discovery, development, clinical, regulatory, and commercial domains.
Strong understanding of product data standards (e.g IDMP), with hands-on experience with metadata management.
Ability to connect scientific, regulatory, and commercial perspectives into a unified product mastering framework.
Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to influence and drive adoption of product mastering practices across functions.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics, Budget Management, Compliance Management, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Data Privacy Standards, Data Quality, Data Reporting, Data Savvy, Data Science, Data Visualization, Developing Others, Digital Fluency, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Team Management