Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health, RWE & Advanced Analytics

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Hopewell Township, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health, Real-World Evidence (RWE) Advanced Analytics The Real-world Evidence & Advanced Analytics team within Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines is looking for an outstanding scientist and leader who provides cross therapeutic area RWE expertise and whose responsibilities include:
Partner with the Data Science Therapeutic Area leaders to conceptualize, lead, shape and deliver Real World Evidence.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. degree in epidemiology or biostatistics
• Expert coding skills using R, Python, or SAS
• At least 8 years of relevant experience within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries
• At least 5 years of experience as a people manager
• Extensive hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis, as well as statistical methods to mitigate confounding and selection biases
• Expertise with multiple real-world data sources (EHR, insurance claims, registry data); familiarity with clinical trial data structure
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in drug development and experience working in a matrixed organization
• Subject matter knowledge in oncology, Immunology or Neuroscience
• Experience in regulatory-grade evidence, communicating and responding to agency reviews and comments

Responsibilities

• Independently lead, manage, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of RWE scientists to influence strategy and execute on the priorities, building a roadmap to deliver the projects from data feasibility, study design and analysis, to final presentation to senior cross-functional leaders.
• Be a hands-on scientific and technical leader, lead a portfolio of RWE projects, and develop best practices and a common suite of tools that enable RWE data scientists to accelerate project delivery.
• Provide end-to-end expertise in RWE studies including conceptualizing research questions, data feasibility, study design, analysis, programming, and interpretation.
• Provide scientific leadership in developing and applying Real-World Data (RWD) methodologies to mitigate observed and unobserved biases in the execution of external control arm studies, hybrid control studies, comparative effectiveness analyses, etc.
• Provide thought leadership to generate actionable insights from historical trial data, observational databases, and literature reviews to support regulatory agency interactions.
• Independently create study protocols, analysis plans, and statistical programming deliverables including analytical dataset, tables and figures

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree