Senior Laboratory Data Automation Architect, R&D Therapeutics Discovery

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:
Laboratory Operations

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

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.
 

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
 

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine  
 

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Laboratory Data Automation Architect, R&D Therapeutics Discovery to be located in Spring House, PA.

 
 

Purpose: The Laboratory Data Automation Architect acts as the keystone of automation projects, ensuring that scientific workflows, hardware deployment, software development, and systems integration are all aligned, defined, and interoperable within Johnson & Johnson’s laboratory infrastructures.

This role combines scientific acumen with expert-level capabilities in automation design, platform management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver integrated, scalable, and compliant automation solutions across modality agnostic Therapeutics Discovery.
 

You will be responsible for:



* Architectural leadership
+ Designing and governing scalable, robust automated scientific workflows that span hardware, software, data, and networking layers.
 
+ Defining critical data entities and data flows to enable seamless transitions between disparate components and future-ready extensions.
 
+ Establishing and promoting best methods for API/SDK usage, data models, and integration standards across internal and external tools.
 


* Program and project execution
+ Leading end-to-end automation initiatives from concept through deployment, validation, and ongoing optimization.
 
+ Aligning projects with strategic objectives, timelines, budgets, and risk management in a global, matrixed environment.
 
+ Defining and maintaining platform roadmaps, governance, change control, and documentation.
 


* Hardware and software integration
+ Identifying and selecting instrumentation...