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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

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

US026 PA Spring House - 1400 McKean Rd, US063 NJ Raritan - 920 US Hwy 202, US064 CA San Diego - 3210 Merryfield Row, US159 NJ Titusville - 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd, US337 MA Cambridge - 301 Binney St

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, R&D Data Science and Digital Health team is recruiting for a Principal Data Scientist, Real World Evidence & Advanced Analytics (RWE & AA) . The primary location for this position is flexible – either; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; Spring House, PA; Cambridge, MA; or San Diego, CA.

About Innovative Medicine

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.

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

The R&D Data Science Analytics & Insights team within J&J Innovative Medicine develops innovative solutions leveraging a variety of different data sources across multiple disease areas in support of key clinical programs. Successful candidates will develop cutting-edge methodologies to develop RWD-based solutions to enable disease insights, improve patient outcomes, and enhance clinical development. The Principal Data Scientist will work closely with strategic partners within Data Science and Digital Health and multi-disciplinary teams within J&J Innovative Medicine R&D to develop and deploy cutting-edge solutions to our clinical programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and contribute to the development of artificial intelligence/machine learning models in health and healthcare (e.g., disease identification, patient stratification, disease progression, clustering, simulations, forecasting) based on RWD that will provide key insights to our pipeline assets.

• Leverage emerging scientific and technological developments to generate new research ideas, solutions and initiatives using real-world data (electronic health records, clinical development data, insurance claims, registries, others).

• Deliver scalable machine learning solutions and insights to impact functions and therapeutic areas within R&D and participate in cross-functional collaborations with internal scientific and data science teams, and external companies.

• Shape internal and external collaborations and define the scope of research questions.

• Closely partner with the Data Science Therapeutic Area (DSTA) and Therapeutic Area (TA) teams to execute on the priorities, building a roadmap to deliver the projects and present to senior cross-functional leaders.

• Be a hands-on technical leader among the Data Science team, helping institute best practices while crafting a data-driven culture, developing, and mentoring more junior members of the team while advocating for skill development, working alongside a robust team of data scientists, bringing fresh perspectives and scientific rigor across Data Science projects and therapeutic areas.

• Clearly articulate highly technical methods and results to diverse audiences and partners to drive decision-making.

Qualifications - External

• A Ph.D. degree, or master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., artificial intelligence, computer science, statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, applied mathematics, operations research, or similar).

• Relevant experience (2+ years for Ph.D., 4+ years for a master’s) within a start-up, technology, or healthcare industry

• Extensive experience with one of the following: machine learning, deep learning, statistical modeling, clustering and classification, causal inference methods, simulation, and forecasting.

• Hands-on technical data analysis and machine learning modeling experience (across roles)

• Proven project leadership in complicated context, able to influence and engage the strategic and technical partners in a matrix organization.

• Proven track record of consistently delivering on high impact data science projects.

• Expert proficiency in Python or R, and SQL

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience delivering on Data Science projects using predictive technologies as machine learning/deep learning, or forecasting.

• Experience in one of the following domains: EHR, clinical development data, insurance claims, or registry data

• Familiarity with and exposure to drug discovery and clinical development processes with one or more of the following therapeutic areas: oncology, immunology, neuroscience, or specialty ophthalmology.

• Experience working closely with healthcare subject matter experts.

• Ability to effectively communicate technical work to a wide audience.

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 and 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 email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$115000 - $197,800

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

 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; 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 For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits