Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health, Immunology and Rare Disease

Johnson & Johnson•Titusville, NJ

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About The Position

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 https://www.janssen.com/johnson-johnson-innovative-medicine. 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

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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