Federico Feldstein is the Vice President and Chief Quality Officer of Innovative Medicine at Johnson & Johnson. In his current role, Federico leads the Innovative Medicine Quality Leadership Team in setting the quality strategy and the quality processes and systems to strengthen our quality and compliance profile and leadership position in the pharmaceutical industry. He is a member of the Johnson & Johnson Quality & Compliance Leadership Team as well as the Innovative Medicine Group Operating Committee (GOC).
Previously, Federico served as Vice President, Supply Chain Quality, responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight for all areas of Quality & Compliance for the J&J Innovative Medicine supply chain, including both the Small and Large Molecule platforms as well as Advanced Therapies, such as CAR-T and gene therapy. He had oversight of Johnson & Johnson’s internal sites, as well as the network of external manufacturers and suppliers. In this role, Federico strengthened the compliance foundation both internally and externally, developed and delivered quality strategies to ensure flawless execution of product commercialization, and drove key initiatives to digitalize our product release labs.
Federico joined Johnson & Johnson in 2015 as Vice President, Head of R&D Quality, leading the quality strategy and oversight of R&D across the full Johnson & Johnson enterprise. Throughout his tenure, he has worked closely across the business to enable an integrated partnership with R&D, supply chain and commercial stakeholders. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Federico spent 20 years at Pfizer where he served as Vice President, Medical Regulatory Compliance, and in several executive positions, leading the R&D Pharmaceutical and Consumer quality functions.
Federico is actively engaged with the development and implementation of strategies aimed at increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion, which he sees as instrumental for the organization’s continued success. Over the course of his career, Federico has mentored countless colleagues across the organization and is an active leader in the WiSTEM2D council, which promotes women in leadership positions.
Federico holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Juris Doctor.