Technology Product Manager - Cheminformatics and Machine Learning

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium +2

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Technical Product Manager for Cheminformatics and Machine Learning to support lead discovery and optimization in small molecule research. This role involves shaping enterprise-wide discovery informatics platforms, defining scientific IT requirements, and managing the deployment of AI/ML models for molecular invention. The candidate will work with business partners, research teams, and vendors to deliver complex projects and modernize chemistry-centric decision-making.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contribute to delivering cheminformatics and the broader discovery informatics platforms on behalf of Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine’s research organization globally.
  2. Define, scout, implement and champion new data-driven and scientific IT approaches across discovery sciences globally.
  3. Lead cross-site, multi-disciplinary projects with internal and external partners.
  4. Provide vendor management for global cheminformatics applications
  5. Contribute to the efficient management of a global cheminformatics infrastructure, including maintaining specific databases and resources

Skills

Required

  • master’s degree in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Data Science, or related subjects, OR a Chemistry related master’s degree and demonstrable experience working with informatics and scientific IT applications OR a master’s degree in Computer Science and experience applying computational methods in chemistry application areas
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience enabling chemistry informatics systems within big pharma
  • Demonstrable ability to be bilingual in both chemistry and technology is a must.

Nice to have

  • Experience leading Machine Learning initiatives in cheminformatics is desirable
  • Experience with pipelining applications such as KNIME or PipeLine Pilot is desirable.
  • Experience with Python is desirable
  • Experience with commercial chemistry software providers such as Schrodinger, Chemical Computing Group, OpenEye, ChemAxon etc is desirable
  • Experience with open source cheminformatics applications, such as RDKit or CDK is desirable
  • Experience with data visualization and analytics tools such as Spotfire, Tableau, Qlick or Power BI is desirable
  • Strong business sense & interpersonal skills. Ability to collaborate with business partners to understand business requirements.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities, multiple partners, multi-functional teams, and evolving needs.
  • Demonstrable competence to influence, negotiate, and build collaborative partnerships and trust across functions.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What the JD emphasized

  • manage the global deployment of AI and ML models for molecular invention

Other signals

  • manage the global deployment of AI and ML models for molecular invention
  • define, scout, implement and champion new data-driven and scientific IT approaches
  • contribute to delivering cheminformatics and the broader discovery informatics platforms