Associate Director, Laboratory Automation - Bioanalysis

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Spring House
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for an Associate Director, Laboratory Automation - Bioanalysis, located in Spring House, PA.\rAt 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.\rThrough 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 https://www.jnj.com/.\rFor more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) has been a part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Rooted in Our Credo, the values of DEI fuel our pursuit to create a healthier, more equitable world. Our diverse workforce and culture of belonging accelerate innovation to solve the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.\rWe know that the success of our business - and our ability to deliver meaningful solutions - depends on how well we understand and meet the diverse needs of the communities we serve. Which is why we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging where all perspectives, abilities and experiences are valued, and our people can reach their potential.\rAt Johnson & Johnson, we all belong.\rAs an Associate Director of the Laboratory Automation Team within the Department of Bioanalytical Discovery and Development Sciences at Johnson & Johnson, you will provide technical leadership in portfolio support and strategic initiatives to enable the efficient execution and continuous improvement of laboratory automation. This role presents an outstanding opportunity to lead and innovate in bioanalytical automation, making a significant impact on the drug discovery and development pipeline across a variety of therapeutic areas. This role will closely partner with nonclinical and clinical bioanalyst to ensure optimal utilization of laboratory automation in support of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and immunogenicity. A key responsibility of this role is to drive effective strategies using state-of-art automation technologies to improve bioanalytical support and operational workflows.\rKey Responsibilities:

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• Establish operational objectives and develop automation strategies to support internal assay development, validation, sample analysis and to facilitate assay transfer to external CRO vendors by delivering automated solutions.
• Manage the operations, programming, new functionality implementation, and troubleshooting of liquid handling systems such as Hamilton, Tecan, Biomek, and other automated workstations.
• Provide strategic, SME, and technical leadership to the team and ensure optimal utilization of laboratory automation instruments to meet specific user requirements and improve assay robustness and scalability.
• Identify, evaluate, and champion opportunities that will improve and streamline automation workflows while maintaining rigorous standard and compliance.
• Work in a regulated environment under limited supervision with a high level of autonomy, and foster a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• Lead the training and daily activities of the scientists and end users to enable operation of automation systems as needed, while collaborating to identify innovative automation strategies that leverage data science and machine learning technologies.
• Supervise all aspects of automation resources including Installation and Operational Qualification, validation and implementation of novel automated workflows. Coordinate with vendors for equipment service to minimize downtime and liaise with IT and other departments to support automation infrastructure.
• Partner closely with internal bioanalytical labs, reagent team, and outsourcing team to ensure optimal utilization of automation for project support, and serve as a key contact for communicating technical information effectively across cross-functional teams.\r\r

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