Principal Architect, MedTech Technology R&D Product Lifecycle Management

Johnson & Johnson is a healthcare innovation company working across Innovative Medicine and MedTech to develop solutions that improve health outcomes. The Principal Architect will shape the R&D Product Lifecycle Management architecture across MedTech, develop reusable architecture guidance, guide platform evolution, and support integrations with adjacent enterprise platforms. The role will also provide technical leadership, assess risks and dependencies, and mentor architects and technical contributors.

Responsibilities:

• You will shape the future of R&D PLM architecture across MedTech, helping define how PLM capabilities, engineering systems, lifecycle data, and connected enterprise processes should evolve
• You will create practical blueprints, reference patterns, and design principles that help teams deliver consistently while improving the PLM landscape over time. This includes work across product data, document management, product and engineering change control, product structure, BOM / part configuration, engineering workflows, and related lifecycle processes
• You will guide platform evolution by identifying ways to simplify the landscape, increase reuse, reduce avoidable complexity, and support future capability needs. You will also support priority initiatives where PLM connects with adjacent platforms and enterprise capabilities
• You will help teams make informed decisions by identifying technical risks, system dependencies, security considerations, debt, and design trade-offs. You will also mentor architects, engineers, and technical contributors and help develop reusable practices that strengthen architecture maturity across teams

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technology field; equivalent practical experience may be considered
• • 8+ years of relevant experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, PLM architecture, engineering systems architecture, or related enterprise technology roles
• • strong experience architecting enterprise PLM solutions, including practical experience with Windchill
• • strong understanding of PLM lifecycle processes, including product data management, document management, product and engineering change control, product structure, BOM / part configuration, and engineering workflows
• • experience designing or guiding integrations across complex enterprise landscapes
• • ability to create practical architecture guidance for PLM and engineering-system environments
• • experience identifying technical risks, system dependencies, scalability needs, debt, and compliance implications
• • strong communication and relationship-building skills
• • experience working in regulated or complex enterprise technology environments
• Travel: 25%, domestic and international
• PLM Solution Architecture, Research and Development
• We would also value experience in MedTech, life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, or other regulated product-development environments
• A master's degree in a related technology field is preferred
• Experience with adjacent PLM and engineering platforms such as ThingWorx, Integrity, requirements management, CAD integrations, regulatory and quality-related product lifecycle records, UDI-related processes, or comparable capabilities would be helpful
• Experience with connected product lifecycle capabilities, engineering data integration, digital thread concepts, global or multi-region PLM transformation, architecture governance, integration platforms, APIs, data platforms, cloud or hybrid patterns, or event-driven architecture would also be beneficial
• Advanced Analytics, Change Management, Consulting, Critical Thinking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise IT Governance, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Information Technology Strategies, IT Architecture, Product Configuration, Project Reporting, Report Writing, Requirements Analysis, Solution Architecture, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility