Senior Director, GCA AI & Technology

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Job Function:
Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:
Multi-Family Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:
Position Summary

The Senior Director, GCA AI & Technology serves as an Enterprise leader accountable for the strategy, governance, and execution of GCA's AI and technology ecosystem. This role ensures that GCA employees are enabled by modern capabilities, shared workflows, and strong data foundations-driving smarter, faster, more consistent work across the organization. The Senior Director sets the vision, oversees platform and capability development, leads change and adoption, and stewards GCA's AI and technology portfolio in partnership with Johnson & Johnson Technology.

Strategy & Governance

• Set and govern the strategic direction fA's AI and technology ecosystem inclusive of lead development of the digital and AI transformation roadmap aligned to GCA priorities.
• Own the enterprise portfolio of GCA AI and technology capabilities, tools, platforms, and standards. Ensure alignment with Johnson & Johnson policies, enterprise architecture, and compliance requirements. Serve as GCA's representative on Johnson & Johnson's Artificial Intelligence Council.
• Establish governance, guardrails, decision-making frameworks, and responsible AI use across Communications, WW GA&P and GHE.

Team Leadership: Platform & Capability Owners

• Manages team of three capability/platform owners responsible for building, evolving, and governing the technology platforms supporting GCA's core capabilities.
• Build team, establish Owner roles and establish processes that ensure that Owners are assessing capability needs, defining technology requirements, partnering with J&J Technology to design and implement platforms, driving change management, training, and role-based enablement, and continuously enhancing platforms to meet evolving organizational needs.

Workforce Enablement & Change

• Drive overall workforce adoption and effective utilization of AI and technology capabilities.
• Supervise Workforce Enablement Lead talent accountable for leading analytics-driven approaches to understand usage, barriers, and behavioral trends. Oversee change management, training, communications, and role-based enablement.
• Build team, establish Owner roles and establish processes that ensure that Owners are assessing capability needs, defining technology requirements, partnering with J&J Technology to design and implement platforms, driving change management, training, and role-based enablement, and continuously enhancing platforms to meet evolving organizational needs.

Execution & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with GCA leaders and J&J Technology to embed AI and technology into daily work.
• Lead matrixed teams to execute platform delivery, integrations, and capability launches.
• Oversee execution of the tech and AI roadmap, anticipating risks and enabling delivery momentum.

Data, Content & Intelligence Foundations

• Oversee GCA's data and content foundations, including the enterprise content library and unified data platform and evolution of current data hub.
• Ensure strong metadata, taxonomy, governance, and library science discipline.

Required Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated leadership in tech and AI transformation within complex, matrixed environments.
• Experience owning tech/AI platforms
• Experience building and leading team; coaching and developing talent
• Experience in product management, agile delivery, and platform lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of data storage and governance principles.
• Proven success driving behavior change and adoption of new technologies.
• Strong influencing skills, executive presence, and ability to communicate complex concepts simply.
• Demonstration of high adaptability, learning agility, strategic thinking, and strong business acumen.
• Demonstrated track record of driving change management

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience working with Communications and/or Corporate Reputation functions

Education

• Bachelor's degree required (Business, Communications, Information Technology, or related field).
• Master's degree or MBA preferred.

Location

• New Brunswick preferred; will consider fully remote for uniquely skilled talent

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center () or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:
Business Alignment, Business Architecture, Business Process Design, Business Savvy, Computer Programming, Developing Others, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Product Knowledge, Software Development Management, Strategic Change, Succession Planning, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$178,000.00 - $307,050.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
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 Colorado -48 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

Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year

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