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Associate Director, Product Management
Data, Data Science, and AI

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Generative AI Product Development, Regulatory Strategy, Decision Support, Productivity Tools, Operational Insights, and Domain-Specific Reasoning Systems.

Locations considered are Madrid, Barcelona and Warsaw. A hybrid role.

About the Role

We are seeking an Associate Director, Product Management to help drive the development, delivery, and lifecycle management of AI-enabled products across the Data Science & Digital Health organization. This role supports a portfolio of generative AI use cases across R&D, with focus on regulatory-related workflows where genAI can improve decision quality, efficiency, and consistency.

This position sits at the intersection of data science, regulatory operations, digital product strategy, and user-centered workflow design. The ideal candidate combines strong product management fundamentals with the ability to collaborate deeply with data scientists, engineers, and global functional partners to deliver high-impact AI solutions, including-but not limited to-regulatory strategy, document authoring and review, and decision support.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmapping

· Manage products for AI-driven tools supporting regulatory and other R&D workflows, including regulatory strategy and innovation, productivity, document workflows, decision support, and automation.

· Develop and maintain product roadmaps aligned with business objectives and evolving AI capabilities.

· Collaborate with business and technology teams to define product strategy, vision, and execution with a cross-functional product team, translating human-centered workflows into clear requirements, wireframes, and user stories.

· Support prioritization across competing initiatives, balancing impact and feasibility.

· Identify opportunities where generative AI can streamline document creation, review, and knowledge access.

Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration

· Partner closely with regulatory teams to develop solutions fit-for-purpose and integrated into key workflows

· Engage partners across R&D to understand and incorporate opportunities for synergy

· Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, platform teams, UX, and business partners in a matrixed environment.

· Support alignment among technical and business teams.

· Provide product updates and insights to leadership across Data Science and Digital Health.

Product Development & Delivery

· Support end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to launch and iteration.

· Define user stories, acceptance criteria, and success metrics.

· Manage backlogs and coordinate sprints with technical and design teams.

· Ensure products meet quality, usability, security, and compliance expectations.

· Partner with engineering teams on model integration, data prep, and evaluation cycles.

AI Technology Enablement

· Apply knowledge of generative AI, RAG, agentic systems, and prompt engineering to shape product capabilities.

· Collaborate with data and platform teams to leverage AI-ready datasets and vector retrieval pipelines.

· Support change management and adoption of AI-enabled tools through onboarding and feedback loops.

Required Qualifications

· Advanced degree (MS/PhD) or equivalent experience in Life Sciences, Data Science, Computer Science, AI, or related field.

· 6-8+ years of product management or digital product development experience.

· 2-3+ years collaborating with data science/ML or analytics-driven teams.

· Experience contributing to AI/ML or generative AI product development.

Technical Skills

· Familiarity with generative AI concepts (RAG, knowledge graphs, agent systems, evaluation frameworks).

· Ability to translate workflows and data dependencies into product requirements.

· Experience with agile methodologies, UX principles, and product analytics.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience in regulatory, R&D operations, or scientific workflow environments.

· Experience with developing generative AI tools in life science

· Exposure to data platforms, cloud architectures, and integrating AI services.

· Comfort working with complex datasets and metadata schemas.

Technical Acumen

· Understands AI/ML fundamentals and collaborates effectively with technical teams.

· Bridges business needs with technical capabilities.

· Breaks down workflows into modular product features.

Strategic Thinking

· Balances delivery with long-term product vision.

· Identifies opportunities to improve workflows using AI.

· Synthesizes user input, technical constraints, and enterprise priorities.

Communication & Influence

· Strong communicator across technical and non-technical audiences.

· Influences within matrixed environments.

· Presents product progress and insights effectively.

Problem-Solving & Analytics

· Uses data to inform decisions and measure product success.

· Strong critical thinking and ability to derive insights from complex info.

· Experience with experimentation or evaluation frameworks preferred.

What We Offer - Joining the DSDH Team

· Opportunity to build AI products that improve productivity and decision-making across R&D.

· Collaborative environment with world-class data scientists, clinicians, engineers, and digital health leaders.

· Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and enterprise-scale transformation.

· Competitive compensation and professional development opportunities.

Location & Travel

Occasional travel (up to 25%) for cross-functional workshops, design sessions, and team meetings.

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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.