Director data science digital health

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

Job Function

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function

Data Science

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine Research & Development LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, is recruiting for a Director, R&D Data Science and Digital Health (DSDH) Immunology and Rare Disease. Is this person you? If it is, you will report to the Senior Director, R&D Data Science and Digital Health, Immunology and Rare Disease. The primary locations for this position are Cambridge, MA, Spring House, PA or Titusville, NJ.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine develops treatments that improve the health of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, immunology, pulmonary hypertension, retinal disorders, and neuroscience. Our goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners and from clinics to hospitals. To learn more about Janssen, one of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, visit

Who We Are

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Position Summary

• Contribute to the design and execution of a Data Science & Digital Health (DSDH) strategy in alignment to the Immunology Therapeutic Area (IMM TA) goals and objectives
• Partner with DSDH colleagues and the IMM TA to define and prioritize a portfolio of innovative medicines in development in alignment with the IMM TA strategy
  
  

To successfully meet these objectives, this individual will work closely with individual clinical project teams as well as functional area partners in Discovery, Late Development, Regulatory Affairs, Epidemiology, Market Access, Medical Affairs and other relevant functions.

Responsibilities

DSDH related activities:

• Provide strategic input into the Immunology R&D DSDH priorities ranging from individual projects to large collaborations with internal functional areas and external institutions
• Identify viable data science and digital health opportunities and then conceive, develop and implement end to end study design and data analytical solutions. A specific example may include working with the Disease Area Stronghold (DAS) Leaders and Compound Development Teams (CDT) to develop the RWE DSDH strategy to improve early and late phase clinical study designs by supporting novel patient identification/ selection of end points (e.g., identification of at-risk patient populations through development of novel predictive algorithms)
• Serve as a key liaison to functional area partners and provide support for collaborations with DSDH, Epidemiology, and other internal functional areas to assure alignment on key DSDH programmatic goals aligned with the Immunology therapeutic area
• Execute the DSDH strategy across a matrixed cross-functional CDT and the Clinical Team,
• Provide strategic leadership on managing/addressing specific project/program-related issues and presenting to and negotiating with leadership teams on development plans or program-related issues.
• Participate in and may lead cross-functional teams for evaluation of new scientific opportunities, disease areas, product ideas, implement franchise business strategies, etc.
• Provide key input into diligence activities
• Participate or lead cross-departmental or cross-functional projects with broad Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine impact
• Author abstracts and scientific manuscripts for publication based on clinical trial data, real-world data, observational studies etc.
• Build credible relationships with opinion leaders and may act as company spokesperson regarding publication of research findings and presentations to relevant health authorities and consultant/advisory meetings.
  
  

This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• MD, PHD, Master’s, or PharmD (or equivalent) in relevant area
• 8+ years of progressive business experience in the pharmaceutical R&D, data science, digital health, including life sciences companies, consulting firms with established healthcare Data Science and life sciences practices, and other companies in the data science ecosystem
• Consistent track record of collaboration and leading in a matrix organization, entrepreneurial skill, and ability to influence and engage strategic and technical partners
• Familiarity with data science, pharmacoepidemiology and digital health
• Knowledge of Immunology and the regulatory landscape
• Experience with healthcare datasets, such as EHR, or insurance claims
  
  

Preferred Skills

• A strong background in RWE/Data Science & Digital Health, as evidenced by an advanced degree in statistics, bioinformatics, computational biology, epidemiology, applied mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering or related fields
• Disease expertise in Immunology
• Experience delivering data science projects using predictive technologies, data mining and/or text mining
• Experience analyzing or handling healthcare data sets, including EHR, claims and registry data
• Experience with data science tools and statistical programming languages, including SQL, Python, R, and others
• Experience with defining use cases for deep learning, foundational models, and machine learning
• Ability to travel 15%, domestically and globally
  
  

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $160,000 - $276,000

Additional Description for Pay Transparency Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following: Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: – Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year – Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year – Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year – Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

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