Principal Scientist

Principal Scientist – ORBIT – Madrid or Barcelona, Spain. Job Summary ORBIT‑focused Principal Scientist will be laser‑focused on enhancing the ORBIT platform. This role requires a strong, clear communicator who can gather and translate cross‑functional requirements from Innovative Medicine R&D into actionable development work. You will partner with the ORBIT team to design and integrate changes while ensuring alignment with key stakeholders across the organization. Key Responsibilities Lead cross‑functional requirements gathering across R&D to define enhancements and refinements for the ORBIT platform. Translate business needs into clear, testable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritization backlogs. Collaborate with the ORBIT team to design integration approaches, ensuring changes align with architectural standards and stakeholder expectations. Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and engineering, data science, QA, and program management to ensure timely, quality delivery. Develop and maintain evidence‑based requirements documentation, data dictionaries, and traceability matrices. Define success metrics, monitor impact post‑implementation, and drive continuous improvement based on feedback and data. Contribute to the design and development of data‑driven solutions and data management capabilities within ORBIT. Support end‑to‑end testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and change management activities. Communicate project status, risks, and decisions to leadership and cross‑functional teams in a clear and concise manner. May supervise contractors and/or students as needed, providing coaching and direction. Qualifications University / Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent. Generally 6–8 years of work experience in pharma / biotech R&D or commercial functions, or 3+ years with an advanced degree. Works under moderate supervision with a high level of autonomy. Capable of weighing the positives and negatives of approaches, technologies, methodologies, and data to move the ORBIT platform forward. Demonstrated ability to solve problems both independently and within a team setting. Capable of building and managing timelines to meet cross‑department needs. Contributes to the design and development of data‑driven solutions and data management capabilities. Can present analyses in cross‑functional settings, contextualizing findings within broader project objectives. Capable of influencing stakeholders and bridging gaps between business needs and technical implementation. Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira / Confluence, and requirements management tools. Experience with data visualization, BI tools, and basic SQL to validate data‑driven insights. Required Skills Advanced Analytics Coaching Critical Thinking Data Analysis Data Privacy Standards Data Quality Data Reporting Data Savvy Data Science Data Visualization Digital Fluency Econometric Models Organizing Process Improvements Strategic Thinking Technical Credibility Workflow Analysis Preferred Skills Advanced Analytics Coaching Critical Thinking Data Analysis Data Privacy Standards Data Quality Data Reporting Data Savvy Data Science Data Visualization Digital Fluency Econometric Models Organizing Process Improvements Strategic Thinking Technical Credibility Workflow Analysis 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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource. #J-18808-Ljbffr