Senior Manager, Decision Scientist - Global Development

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Science

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D DDSAI are recruiting for a Senior Manager, Decision Scientist.

Locations: Madrid or Hyderabad

J&J Innovative Medicine develops treatments that improve the health of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass oncology, immunology, neuroscience, cardiopulmonary and specialty ophthalmology. Our goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners and from clinics to hospitals. To learn more about Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine visit https://innovativemedicine.jnj.com/

Why This Role Matters

Global Development needs more than trusted data. Teams need reusable intelligence that connects data to decisions, makes assumptions and trade-offs visible, and can be consumed by both people and AI-enabled solutions.

The Senior Manager, Decision Scientist will define and operationalize analytical enrichment, decision context and business logic within Global Development data products. The role will not develop AI/ML models. Instead, it will translate business needs into reusable intelligence requirements, work with AI & Data Science when models are needed, and partner with JJT (IT) to bring approved intelligence capabilities into secure, scalable production use.

Key Responsibilities

Decision and Business Problem Framing

Work directly with Global Development leaders and subject-matter experts to clarify the decision, its context, users, timing and desired outcome.

Translate business questions into reusable intelligence requirements, metrics, decision rules, assumptions, constraints and acceptance criteria.

Identify where trusted metrics can answer the question and where model-based capabilities from AI & Data Science are needed.

Analytical Enrichment

Define reusable descriptive, predictive and prescriptive intelligence capabilities for inclusion in GD data products.

Specify how validated analytical or model outputs should be integrated, governed, explained and consumed.

Define quality thresholds, decision fitness and monitoring requirements for intelligence capabilities.

Turn recurring requests into reusable data-product capabilities.

Decision Intelligence and Knowledge

Map decision processes, dependencies, assumptions, constraints and trade-offs with business experts.

Partner with Data Products to represent and govern decision knowledge consistently.

Create reusable frameworks that support cross-study learning and transparent decisions.

Agent Enablement

Define the business context, decision logic, test scenarios and human-review requirements for AI assistants and agents.

Partner with AI & Data Science on methods and JJT (IT) on production implementation.

Partnership with JJT (IT)

Engage JJT (IT) early to align reuse, architecture, security and operational requirements.

Provide intelligence specifications, business rules, quality standards, test cases and acceptance criteria.

Support build, testing and release, while JJT (IT) leads production engineering, deployment and operations.

Evaluate decision fitness in production and recommend improvements.

Value, Adoption and Reuse

Define and track reuse, adoption, decision quality and business impact.

Partner with Program & Product Management and the GD business to drive adoption and prioritisation.

Maintain reusable specifications and frameworks, and communicate them clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

 

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant data, technology or life-sciences discipline; PhD welcome.

6+ years’ relevant experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology R&D, clinical development, analytics, decision science or data products.

Experience translating business questions into metrics, analytical requirements and decision-support capabilities in cross-functional, regulated environments.

 

Skills and Expertise

Knowledge of Global Development processes and decisions across study planning and execution.

Strong analytical reasoning and ability to distinguish business logic and decision frameworks from model development.

Working knowledge of AI/ML outputs and GenAI or agentic use cases.

Familiarity with data products, semantics, knowledge graphs, ontologies, provenance or AI-ready data is preferred.

Strong cross-functional partnership, stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills.

Impact

By turning recurring Global Development questions into reusable intelligence, this role will improve decision consistency and transparency, reduce duplication and extend the value of AI-ready data products.

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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

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€75,000.00 - €129,260.00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.