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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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub** **Function:

Data Science Portfolio Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

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.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an **Associate Director,** **R&D Data Science & Digital Health – Oncology/Prostate Cancer** to join the J&J Research and Development Data Science and Digital Health team. You will report to the Head of Solid Tumor Oncology, Data Sciences. This position can be located at one of our offices in either Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Cambridge, MA; or San Diego, CA, and may require up to 15% travel.

Role Summary

The R&D Data Science & Digital Health, Oncology Therapeutic Area team at J&J Innovative Medicine is dedicated to developing innovative solutions and critical insights to support clinical programs and regulatory submissions. This Associate Director role, sitting on the Solid Tumor Oncology team, will direct and lead efforts to bring innovative Data Science approaches to late-stage Oncology Compound Development Team(s) with a specific focus on the Prostate Cancer portfolio. You will work with cross-functional collaborative teams to transform Oncology clinical trials through cutting-edge AI, digital health technologies, and advanced statistical methodologies. This may include the discovery, development, and validation of novel AI endpoints, analytics to support study design and development, or innovative digital pathology approaches in support of translational research objectives. By combining deep knowledge of Oncology with expertise in Data Science and Digital Health, you will deliver solutions that enhance patient-centricity, streamline trial execution, and support regulatory and payer acceptance. You will be a thought leader within Johnson & Johnson -- driving strategic collaborations, championing innovation, and elevating Data Science capabilities in Oncology. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage internal and external partnerships, and provide technical expertise to enhance R&D success and patient impact.

The Associate Director will:

+ Serve as primary scientific and strategic business leader for clinical-stage Prostate Cancer Programs within Data Science & Digital Health.

+ Represent Data Science to Compound Development Team (s), where you will identify, develop and deploy Data Science capabilities and solutions.

+ Provide subject matter expertise in prostate cancer clinical development, trial design, real-world evidence generation, and ML/AI tools.

+ With internal and external teams, leverage advanced analytics, including statistical models and AI/ML, to uncover insights from these complex datasets

+ Work closely with individual clinical project teams as well as functional area partners in Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Clinical Development, Epidemiology, Commercial Data Science, Statistics, and others to deploy Data Science solutions.

+ Evaluate and manage external partnerships that can leverage new technologies/solutions/data assets for Prostate cancer program needs

Required Qualifications:

+ Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD or MS) in a field experienced working with high-dimensional datasets (e.g., Data Science, Pharmacoepidemiology, Biostatistics, Outcomes Research, Public Health, Computer Science).

+ 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare analytics, with a focus on oncology and/or hematology.

+ An understanding of common data science research practices, such as predictive technologies, data mining and/or text mining

+ Hands-on experience with a range of data science use cases in R&D (e.g., ECAs, site selection algorithms) and strong problem-solving abilities

+ Experience working with healthcare-related datasets, such as electronic health records (EHR), real world data (RWD), or genomics datasets, with an understanding of their structure, limitations and applications to research.

+ Prior experience working and driving external partnerships, either corporate or academic setting

+ Proven track record of managing timelines and driving key deliverables in a matrixed organization

+ Excellent communication, interpersonal, and written skills

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Working knowledge of genitourinary clinical oncology, such as treatment paradigms, patient experience, and clinical trials

+ Hematology/ Oncology fellowship training

+ R&D Experience at a pharmaceutical company, biotech or partner organization

+ Knowledge of regulatory science.

This position currently has the option to follow a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week working on site and 2 days per week working remotely (no fully remote option available), and can be located at one of our offices in either Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Cambridge, MA; or San Diego, CA. Up to approximately 15% travel may be required.

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 & 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 contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000 to $235,750. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. 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)).

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

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

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