Manager, Data Product Management

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Governance & Policy

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Manager, Data Product Management & Governance.

We have a pre-identified candidate for this position; however, other qualified candidates will also be considered.

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 (

The Manager, Data Product Management – Governance will support the delivery, adoption, and governance of data products across Johnson & Johnson MedTech Digital Solutions. This role will ensure data products are well-defined, discoverable, trusted, and aligned to business priorities, enterprise data standards, and applicable regulatory expectations.

The position partners closely with business collaborators, data owners, technology teams, governance partners, and data engineering teams to translate business needs into clear data product requirements.

The role will advance consistent data product practices, strengthening data transparency, and supporting balanced operating models enabling compliant, scalable, and business-relevant use of data.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Data Product Governance: Support the definition, implementation, governance practices, including ownership, stewardship, controls, metadata expectations, and lifecycle management.

• Business Requirements & Product Enablement: Partner with business team members to collect, clarify, and prioritize product data needs!

• Translating business outcomes into clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and delivery-ready documentation for technical teams.

• Catalog, Glossary & Metadata Management: Maintain and improve business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata standards, and catalog entries are searchable, understandable and consistently defined.

• Data Quality & Stewardship: Coordinate with data owners, stewards, and functional partners to define data quality expectations

• Multi-functional Partnership: Collaborate with technology, data engineering, architecture, privacy, legal, regulatory, and records management partners.

• Operating Model & Adoption: Support the development of repeatable processes, playbooks, governance forums, and communications to improve and sustain business value!

Qualifications

• Required Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience Data Analytics, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field is required; advanced degree experience preferred.

• Required Experience: A minimum of 5 years of significant experience in data product management, data governance, data stewardship, analytics, business analysis, or enterprise data enablement is required.

• Preferred Experience: Experience working in a regulated environment such as MedTech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or another highly governed industry.

• Technical & Functional Skills: Confirmed experience with data catalogs, business glossaries, metadata management, data quality practices, requirements documentation, and multi-functional delivery methods. Familiarity with tools such as Alation, Collibra, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, or related platforms is an asset.

• Leadership Proficiencies: Good communication, team member management, analytical problem-solving, prioritization, teamwork skills, with the ability to influence across business and technology teams.

Other

• This role may require up to 10% of domestic and/or international travel based on business needs.

• The attendance policy for this role is fully onsite

Johnson & Johnson is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$102,000.00 to $155,771.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below.