Data Management Lead in Life Sciences consulting, driving strategic client engagement and technology solutions at EXL. Overseeing proposals, account management, and team development for growth.
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Hybrid Vice President, Research & Development – Capital and Software Systems
Posted 12 hours ago
About the role
- Vice President of R&D responsible for innovation strategy in capital equipment and software solutions. Leading multidisciplinary teams at Johnson & Johnson to enhance vision treatments.
Responsibilities
- Champion and deliver a breakthrough innovation agenda across Cataract and Refractive Surgery platforms, including capital equipment, lasers, software, and digital solutions.
- Provide visionary leadership that enables bold innovation choices, disciplined portfolio investment, and thoughtful long term technology bets.
- Drive rapid experimentation, platform evolution, and transformation across hardware, software, and integrated digital ecosystems.
- Foster external innovation through partnerships, technology scouting, and ecosystem engagement.
- Set the R&D vision and strategic direction for the Cataract & Refractive portfolio, aligned with clinical needs, customer insights, and enterprise strategy.
- Lead development of an integrated, multi-year roadmap that connects core innovation, next generation platforms, and transformational opportunities.
- Ensure strong governance, prioritization, and trade off decisions across programs, balancing speed, risk, and impact.
- Partner closely with Regulatory, Quality, and Clinical teams to ensure robust development pathways and successful global launches.
- Collaborate closely with Global Strategic Marketing, Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Supply Chain, Digital, and Manufacturing to deliver end to end platform solutions.
- Translate customer, surgeon, and patient needs into differentiated technical solutions across physical and digital products.
- Communicate R&D strategy, portfolio progress, and innovation outcomes to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
- Lead and develop high performing, multidisciplinary R&D teams spanning mechanical, optical, laser, software, systems, and digital disciplines.
- Build organizational capabilities in platform thinking, systems integration, software and digital development, and customer centric design.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, scientific rigor, and inclusion, while developing next generation technical and people leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related discipline required
- Minimum 10–12+ years of progressive R&D experience, including senior leadership of large, complex technical organizations
- Demonstrated experience delivering breakthrough or platform level innovation, ideally across capital equipment, lasers, and/or software enabled medical devices
- Strong business acumen with experience aligning technical strategy to commercial and clinical outcomes
- Proven track record of leading programs from concept through development, regulatory approval, and global launch
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at the executive level
Benefits
- Eligible for an annual performance bonus
- Cash bonus for achieving targeted results
- Participation in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension)
- 401(k) savings plan
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in Colorado –48 hours; Washington –56 hours
- 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 period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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