Description
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Job Function:
R&D OperationsJob Sub Function:
Clinical Supply OperationsJob Category:
People LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, BelgiumJob Description:
Senior Director, Head of Digital Solutions – Clinical Supply Chain
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
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
Belgium - Requisition Number: R-087634
Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-088473
United States - Requisition Number: R-088472
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
We are seeking an experienced and visionary leader to serve as Senior Director, Head of Digital Solutions – Clinical Supply Chain to be based in Beerse, Belgium, Allschwil, Switzerland, Titusville NJ, Horsham PA, Malvern PA US.
Purpose: This role is accountable for shaping and delivering the digital strategy, business transformation roadmap, and organizational capabilities required to build an industry-leading clinical supply chain—one that is reliable, agile, efficient, compliant, and centered on patient and site needs.
The successful candidate will lead a global organization of approximately 70+ employees and contractors while driving the digital and business transformation of Clinical Supply Chain. The role also serves as the senior business leader for the Research & Development scope of the Transcend transformation program, ensuring successful modernization, adoption, and value realization across R&D.
Leadership Profile
We are looking for a leader who combines strategic vision with practical execution. The ideal candidate sees technology as an enabler—not the objective—and can connect business strategy, organizational leadership, process excellence, and digital innovation into a compelling vision that people want to follow.
This leader will simplify complexity, challenge legacy thinking, develop talent, build strong partnerships, and drive accountability for outcomes.
Why This Role Matters
Clinical trials are becoming increasingly complex, global, personalized, and data-driven. The Head of Digital Solutions will play a central role in building the capabilities, organization, and partnerships required to create an industry-leading clinical supply chain while advancing the modernization of Research & Development through Transcend.
Most importantly, this role helps deliver our mission of “Hope in a Box” bringing innovative medicines to patients with greater speed, reliability, confidence, and care.
You will be responsible for:
Strategy & Transformation
Defining and executing the digital strategy and multi-year roadmap for Clinical Supply Chain.
Leading major transformation initiatives that modernize systems, processes, data, and ways of working across Clinical Supply Chain and R&D.
Driving simplification, standardization, and end-to-end process integration across planning, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, logistics, and clinical supply operations.
Ensuring transformation efforts deliver measurable improvements in reliability, agility, productivity, compliance, and patient experience.
Organizational Leadership
Leading and developing a global organization of approximately 70+ employees and contractors across digital solutions, systems, and business transformation.
Building a high-performing, inclusive culture focused on innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous development.
Developing the talent, leadership capabilities, and succession pipeline needed for the future of digital clinical supply.
Strategic Partnerships
Serving as a trusted partner to senior leaders across Clinical Supply Chain, Global Development, Innovative Medicines Supply Chain, Advanced Therapies Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, Johnson & Johnson Technology, and the Transcend organization.
Representing Clinical Supply Chain and R&D in enterprise governance, transformation, and industry forums.
Building strategic partnerships with technology providers, service partners, and industry consortiums to accelerate innovation and adoption of industry standards.
Digital & Technology Capabilities
Overseeing the portfolio of digital products, platforms, and technology solutions supporting Clinical Supply Chain and R&D transformation.
Leading capabilities spanning Randomization and Trial Supply Management (RTSM), Intelligent Clinical Supply Management (iCSM), SAP-enabled processes, advanced planning and forecasting, packaging and labeling systems, logistics visibility, advanced therapies scheduling and orchestration, automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
Establishing strong governance, compliance, risk management, and operational excellence across the systems landscape.
Qualifications / Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Significant leadership experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, supply chain, manufacturing, technology, or business transformation environments.
Proven success leading large global teams in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale business transformation programs involving organizational change, process redesign, technology implementation, and value realization.
Strong understanding of supply chain operations, enterprise systems, digital technologies, and regulated business environments.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
Preferred
Experience in clinical development, clinical trial supply, advanced therapies, manufacturing, logistics, or pharmaceutical supply chain operations.
Experience with SAP-based transformation, RTSM, planning systems, clinical supply systems, intelligent automation, artificial intelligence, and digital product management.
Track record of building strategic partnerships and driving industry-facing innovation.
Other:
Requires proficiency in English (written and verbal) to communicate effectively and professionally.
May require up to 20% domestic and/or international travel, depending on business requirements.
Requires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option of two remote workdays each week.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Clinical Supply Chain, Clinical Trial Protocols, Developing Others, Fact-Based Decision Making, Financial Competence, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Optimization, Laboratory Operations, Leadership, Operations Management, Performance Measurement, Procurement Policies, Program Management, Research and Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic ThinkingThe anticipated base pay range for this position is:
€152,900.00 - €264,385.00Benefits:
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.
