Mgr, Forward Deployed Engineer

At 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. Through 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 jnj.com . As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Technology Product & Platform Management Job Sub Function: Technical Product Management Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Job Description: Johnson & Johnson JJT India Capability Center, Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Mgr, Forward Deployed Engineer focused on AI/ML, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and cloud architecture. This role will work closely with business, product, data science, engineering, architecture, security, and compliance stakeholders to translate high-value healthcare, clinical, scientific, and enterprise technology needs into production-grade AI solutions. The Mgr, Forward Deployed Engineer will operate at the intersection of business problem-solving, hands-on engineering, solution architecture, and rapid delivery. The role will define and implement cloud-native, AI/ML, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and responsible AI architecture patterns; build and deploy prototypes and production solutions; and guide engineering teams in delivering reliable, compliant, and high-performing solutions across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Experience in clinical development, life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceutical R&D, or regulated data environments will be highly preferred. Location: Hyderabad, India | Organization: Johnson & Johnson, JJT India Capability Center | Function: Technology, AI/ML, Generative AI, Cloud Engineering and Digital Solutions Key Responsibilities Partner directly with business, product, clinical, scientific, data science, engineering, and technology stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases and translate them into deployable AI/ML and Generative AI solutions. Rapidly prototype, validate, iterate, and deploy AI-enabled products, workflows, and platform capabilities in close partnership with users and delivery teams. Design scalable and reusable cloud architecture patterns across AWS and GCP, including serverless, containerized, microservices-based, event-driven, data lake, lakehouse, and hybrid cloud patterns. Design and implement Generative AI solutions leveraging large language models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture patterns, semantic search, knowledge graphs, and enterprise knowledge integration. Architect Agentic AI solutions, including autonomous AI workflows, multi-agent orchestration, agentic frameworks, tool integration, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls for enterprise use cases. Embed with global product, data science, engineering, security, infrastructure, architecture, and business teams to convert ambiguous business requirements into secure, scalable, and production-ready technical solutions. Evaluate and recommend appropriate cloud-native AI/ML services, data platforms, compute options, integration patterns, and automation frameworks aligned to enterprise architecture standards. Establish prompt engineering, prompt management, evaluation, versioning, reuse, and lifecycle practices for scalable Generative AI delivery. Ensure architecture decisions meet requirements for performance, reliability, scalability, security, privacy, compliance, cost optimization, and operational