Manager, Standards Management Expert (adam)

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium +1

Manager, Standards Management Expert (ADaM) at Johnson & Johnson, focusing on clinical data standards strategy, development, and maintenance. This role involves ensuring consistency in clinical data across trials, in compliance with regulatory requirements, and expertise in industry standards like CDISC (ADaM, define.xml) and adjacent standards (HL7/FHIR, OHDSI/OMOP). Responsibilities include managing standards, participating in solution development, coaching junior colleagues, and staying updated on industry trends and regulatory requirements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Acts as a top-level specialist to establish programs and innovative strategies that advance the Clinical Data Standards organization
  2. Manages standards, projects, programs, or processes for Clinical Data Standards in line with agreed internal strategy and regulatory requirements.
  3. Participates in the development of solutions to provide accurate, timely, and consistent clinical data standards to study teams.
  4. Communicates ideas for process improvement, while supporting the design and integration of new technologies to enhance clinical data standards.
  5. Coaches and trains junior colleagues in clinical data standards application and responsibilities.

Skills

Required

  • Expert knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP, ICH)
  • Expert knowledge of industry standards (e.g., SDTM, ADaM)
  • Expert knowledge of adjacent data standards (e.g., HL7 / FHIR, OHDSI/OMOP)
  • Knowledgeable in using common clinical data tools such as LSAF, Pinnacle 21, or SAS
  • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, technology or healthcare discipline, or equivalent experience
  • At least 6 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience in a related discipline; e.g., data management, biostatistics, clinical or statistical programming
  • Demonstrated written and verbal communications skills
  • Demonstrated customer focus and solution-oriented experience
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills to build relationships with internal and external business partners
  • Demonstrated leadership on cross-functional projects
  • Demonstrated leadership in decision making and problem solving
  • Excellent spoken and written English

Nice to have

  • Advanced degrees preferred (e.g., Master, PhD)

What the JD emphasized

  • regulatory requirements
  • clinical data standards
  • CDISC standards (ADaM and define.xml)
  • HL7 / FHIR
  • OHDSI/OMOP