Director, R&D Data Science, Data Products – Neuroscience at Johnson & Johnson

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are 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 more at Job Function: Data Analytics & Computational SciencesJob Sub Function: Data ScienceJob Category:People LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:Titusville New Jersey United States of AmericaJob Description:Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director R&D Data Science Data Products Neuroscience. This position has a primary location of Titusville NJ but is also open to Spring House PA or Cambridge MA. The position will require up to 25% travel.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 SummaryThe Director Data Products Neuroscience is responsible for leading the strategy design and delivery of user-centric reusable data products that enable advanced analytics data science and AI/ML solutions across the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area (TA). This role ensures that high-value internal and external Neuroscience data assetsincluding preclinical translational clinical competitive intelligence and real-world data (RWD/RWE)are standardized productized and integrated into Janssens enterprise R&D data ecosystem.Working closely with Data Science teamsNeuroscience TA scientific leaders and the broader Data Strategy & Products organization this leader ensures that Neuroscience data products fill business requirements such as being AI-ready semantically consistent and interoperable enabling faster discovery stronger evidence generation and better regulatory outcomes.Key ResponsibilitiesData Product Strategy & ExecutionLead a team to develop technical requirements for Neuroscience-facing data productsDefine and maintain a roadmap for Neuroscience data products spanning discovery translational research clinical development and real-world evidence.Develop data products through agile delivery and FAIR data principles to ensure products are scalable interoperable and reusable across Janssen and partner functions.Deliver integration of internal and external Neuroscience data sources (e.g. clinical trial data genomics/omics competitor intelligence registry and RWE datasets).Ontology & Semantic ModelingContribute to the development and governance of a Neuroscience Ontology to enable semantic consistency across discovery clinical regulatory and real-world data.Align Neuroscience Ontology with enterprise metadata standards and external frameworks (e.g. CDISC GA4GH FHIR NCI Thesaurus).Collaboration & IntegrationPartner with Knowledge Management Data Product Architecture & Governance and Master Data Management teams to ensure Neuroscience data products integrate seamlessly into enterprise ontologies knowledge graphs and catalogs.Collaborate with Neuroscience Data Science clinical translational and commercial Neuroscience stakeholders to co-create solutions that maximize the value of Neuroscience data assets.Interface with regulatory and compliance teams to ensure Neuroscience data products meet global standards.Team & Operating Model LeadershipLead a cross-functional team of product owners data engineers and Neuroscience data domain experts aimed at delivering data products to Neuroscience.Establish and implement governance models agile delivery processes and value-tracking metrics for Neuroscience data products.Value Realization & CommunicationDefine and track KPIs to measure the impact of Neuroscience data products on scientific insights trial efficiency and regulatory outcomes.Communicate vision roadmap and value realization to Neuroscience leadership data science teams and executive stakeholders.Champion data literacy and adoption within the Neuroscience TA.Strategic ImpactThe Director Data Strategy & Products Neuroscience TA is responsible to ensure Neuroscience data is transformed into trusted AI-ready products that accelerate discovery improve trial design and execution and strengthen regulatory readiness. By embedding semantic rigor and aligning with enterprise data strategy this role positions Neuroscience data as a strategic asset that drives scientific innovation and patient impact across Janssen R&D.QualificationsEducation PhD or Masters in informatics computer science life sciences or related discipline.Skills & Expertise8 years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D with a focus on data product development and delivery or data science. A focus on Neuroscience is a plus.Strong track record in data product development data integration or semantic modeling within a TA or domain-specific context.Experience working with multi-modal Neuroscience data including omics imaging translational clinical trial and RWE data.Deep knowledge of data products database design data transformation/mapping.Neuroscience research clinical trial design and regulatory data requirements is a plus.Familiarity with metadata management ontologies knowledge graphs and industry data standards (e.g. CDISC GA4GH).Strong leadership collaboration and communication skills with ability to translate technical strategy into business/science value.Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption of new data capabilities across a complex organization.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 external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.#LI-Hybrid #JRDDS #JNJDataScience #JNJIMRND-DSRequired Skills: Preferred Skills:Advanced Analytics Budget Management Compliance Management Critical Thinking Data Analysis Data Privacy Standards Data Quality Data Reporting Data Savvy Data Science Data Visualization Developing Others Digital Fluency Inclusive Leadership Leadership Program Management Strategic Thinking Succession PlanningRequired Experience:Director Key Skills Laboratory Experience,Vendor Management,Design Controls,C/C++,FDA Regulations,Intellectual Property Law,ISO 13485,Research Experience,SolidWorks,Research & Development,Internet Of Things,Product Development Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1