Director, Global Real World Evidence (RWE)
About The Position
This is a strategic leadership role within the Global Medical Affairs organization, supporting enterprise and therapeutic area priorities through the development and execution of innovative global RWE strategies. This role works in close partnership across the Global Commercial Strategy Organization (GCSO) to generate integrated evidence that enhances global go-to-market launch planning by making innovative and strategic decisions and investments based on RWE insights. The role focuses on leveraging deep industry knowledge and cross-functional insights to identify opportunities for RWE growth both within GCSO and beyond, and implementing effective strategies into action. Collaboration is essential across global medical affairs, market access, commercial teams, and partners outside of GCSO, such as regional medical affairs, commercial groups, US Real World Value & Evidence (RWV&E), Global Epidemiology, J&J Technology (JJT) Data Sciences, and R&D Data Science, among others. The Director of Global RWE ensures these efforts align with stakeholder strategies at regional and local levels and provides support for implementation when needed.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., epidemiology, HEOR, pharmacoepidemiology, biostatistics); PhD preferred
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in pharma, biotech, or healthcare consulting.
- Demonstrated expertise in observational research (prospective and retrospective) across study design, conduct, analysis, and reporting.
- Experience executing RWE studies using diverse real-world data sources, multi-country RWE experience preferred.
- Understanding of global healthcare delivery, reimbursement, and payer dynamics desirable.
- Strong communication, storytelling, and presentation skills, with ability to translate complex methods and statistics for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Highly motivated, intellectually curious, and skilled at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven experience working effectively in a matrixed, cross-functional team environment.
- Proficiency in standard office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with statistical programming tools (SAS, R, Python).
Nice To Haves
- Experience in dermatology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, and broader immune mediated inflammatory therapy area
- Good understanding of evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness analyses in healthcare research
- Experience of managing analytical/statistical activities with external service providers
Responsibilities
- Lead global RWE strategy and execution for key immunology assets, including define research questions, develop study protocols, study design/methodology, real-world data selection and analysis, results dissemination, and communication to support medical adoption and product differentiation across regions.
- Serve as the Global RWE representative on cross-functional franchise teams, partnering closely with Global Medical Affairs, Market Access, and other stakeholders.
- Act as the RWE subject matter expert in Global Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) and oversee global real-world data and evidence generation strategies.
- Advance RWE capabilities and best practices by sharing latest development and guidance in RWE, delivering technical training, strengthening internal expertise in advanced RWE methods, and supporting governance, quality standards, and compliance for global and local RWE activities.
- Lead Evidence Lab coordination to drive concept development, stakeholder alignment, and prioritization of RWE opportunities within the Global IEGP process.
- Ensure full compliance with regulatory, legal, and commercial regulations in research conduct, data usage, and scientific communication.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short- and long-term disability
- business accident insurance
- group legal insurance
- consolidated retirement plan (pension)
- savings plan (401(k))
- long-term incentive program
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
- Caregiver Leave – 10 days
- Volunteer Leave – 4 days
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
