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Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business toestablisha standalone orthopedics company, operatingasDePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation isanticipatedto be completed within 18 to24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may berequired, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it isanticipatedthat, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuySynthesand your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes atan appropriate timeand subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Job Overview

The Sr. Director, Data Science & AI provides strategic and operational leadership forenterprisewidedata science and artificial intelligence capabilities supporting DePuy Synthes.Reporting to the Chief Data and AI officer this role will shape and lead the enterprise Data Science and AI organization; defining the strategy, standing up the AI Hub, setting the technical standards and building the team that delivers AI at scale across R&D ,Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Commercial and Corporate functions.

The successful candidate is ahands ontechnologist and strategist in equal measure; able to lay out a multi-year AI strategy for executive audience, evaluate architecture and models, establish governance and standards the make AI safe and defensible in a regulated MedTech environment and lead delivery through global operating model in close proximitywith globalcapabilitycenter(GCC).

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise Data Science & AI strategy,roadmapand investmentin alignment with business priorities and ITobjectives, spanning machinelearning,generativeAI and agentic AI.

• Build, lead, and develop highperformingData Science and AIteam.Hiretop talentdefineroles and career paths andestablisha culture of rigor,speedand accountability.

• Serve as a seniorTechnicalvoice for AI across the enterprise, translating business problems into AI opportunities and setting realistic expectations grounding into what technology can and cannot do.

• Stand up andoperatethe enterprise AI hub; Shared platform, reusable patterns. Model registry anddeliveryaccelerators through which all AI use cases are built and deployed.

• Establish standards and reference architectures for generative and agentic AI, orchestration frameworks, retrieval patterns, semantic layers/knowledge graphs, agent action boundaries,observabilityand Human in the loop controls.

• Evaluate and manage the AI tech stack and vendor ecosystem( cloudML platforms, GenAI Providers, data science tooling) including build vs buy decisions and commercial negotiations in partnership with procurement.

• Partner with business and functional leaders toidentify, prioritize, and deliver highvalue analytics and AI use cases.

• Design and operationalize the enterprise AI governance framework; Model risk management, validation standards, explainability, bias and fairness testing, driftmonitoringand audit trails.

• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, legal and privacy to ensure AI deployments meet GxP,21 CFR Part 11,SOXand data privacy obligations.

• Track and evaluate emerging AIcapabilities( frontiermodels, Agentic frameworks, domain specific models) and bring the right one into enterprise.

• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable data science and AI solutions, including predictive and prescriptive analytics.

• Establish governance, standards, and best practices for data science, AI model development, validation, and lifecycle management.

• Collaborate with enterprise data, digital, and IT teams to enable modern data platforms and advanced analytics capabilities.

• Track performance, value realization, and adoption of Data & AI initiatives, continuously driving improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degreerequiredin Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, ora related field.

• Master's degree or PhD preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 12-14 years of relevant work experience, including senior leadership experience in data science, advanced analytics, or AI.

• Deep currentexpertisein AI/ML Landscape; classic ML, Deep Learning, generative AI/LLMs and agentic architectures.

• DemonstratedexpertiseinMLOps/LLMOpsand production AI at enterprise scale.

• Working fluency with the modern AI/datastack;eg-Databricks/Snowflake/Sagemakeror comparable platforms, vector database orchestrationframeworksand GenAI providerecosystem( Anthropic,openAI,etc.)

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data insights into actionable business outcomes.

• Experience partnering with senior executives and crossfunctional stakeholders.Executive level communication, able to set strategy with C-suite audiences, defend technical position and rigor and translate between business and deep technical stakeholders.

• Strongpeopleleadership, talent development, andchangemanagement capabilities.

Preferred:

• Experience in healthcare, medical technology, life sciences, or regulated industries.

• Familiarity with enterprise data platforms, cloudbased analytics, and AI toolsets.

• ExperienceestablishingAI governance, ethics frameworks, and model risk management.

• Global or matrixed organizational leadership experience.

• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills using data and analytics.

• Proven experience leading enterprisescale data science and AI teams and initiatives.

Other:

• Language: Englishproficiencyrequired.

• Travel: Up to ~20% domestic and international travel may berequired.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness,careerand life journey, please visitwww.careers.jnj.com.

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, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.