Associate Director, R&D Data Science and Digital Health - Immunology - Barcelona

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:

Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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 Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

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 and Johnson Innovative Medicine Research & Development LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, is recruiting for an Associate Director, R&D Data Science and Digital Health (DSDH) Immunology . This position reports to the Senior Director, R&D Data Science and Digital Health Immunology. The primary and preferred location for this position is Cambridge, MA. Consideration may be given for candidates who are or can be located near Spring House, PA; or San Diego, CA in the US, and Barcelona, Spain.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

USA - Requisition Number: R-027725

Spain - Requisition Number: R-030237

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the broader Data Science and Digital Health (DSDH) team and Immunology Therapeutic Area (TA) / Function Data Science teams to execute on critical data science initiatives (including real world evidence, digital health and rare disease) to support delivery of the short and long-term Janssen R&D Data Science and Digital Health strategy
• Collaborate with Immunology TA and functions in J&J Innovative Medicine R&D, the DSDH Insights & Analytics team, and DSDH Data Platform teams to conceive, develop, and execute on data science use-cases, build a roadmap to deliver the use-cases, from test and learn to scale up deployment
• Develop a deep understanding of the data, technical solutions and partner ecosystem, align R&D data science use cases with the key data sets and partners (internal and external)
• Champion, build and drive large strategic and sophisticated DSDH projects to achieve the intended impact in a timely manner
• Perform detailed analyses, develop high quality materials, and communicate in critical executive forums to facilitate leadership decision making
• Other ad hoc responsibilities in support of the DSDH team’s objectives and overall R&D objectives, as required

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (e.g. MS, MPH, PhD in data science, epidemiology, biostatistics)
• 4+ years of progressive business experience in pharmaceutical R&D, data science, real world data, rare disease, including life sciences companies, consulting firms with established healthcare Data Science and life sciences practices, and other companies in the data science and real-world data ecosystem
• Consistent track record of collaboration and leading in a matrix organization, entrepreneurial skills, and ability to influence and engage strategic and technical partners
• Familiarity with data science, real world data, epidemiologic methods, and digital health space. Knowledge of relevant healthcare datasets, such as EHR, or insurance claims.

• Track record of strong publications and a passion for continued research. (Please include your full publication list with your resume/CV.)
Ability to travel 10%, domestic and global

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity or experience working within the Immunology therapeutic area is preferred.

• Experience delivering on data science projects using predictive modeling, standard RWD methods and biostatistics.
• Knowledge and familiarity with epidemiologic methods in observational research and integration into interventional trials (indirect treatment comparison, external control arms, etc)
• Experience analyzing or handling healthcare data sets, including EHR, claims, registry data, and images
Experience with data science tools and statistical programming languages, including SQL, SAS, Python, R, and others

The primary and preferred location for this position is Cambridge, MA. Consideration may be given for candidates who are or can be located near Spring House, PA; or San Diego, CA in the US, and Barcelona, Spain. This role currently follows a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and two days remotely per week.

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