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

Location: Hybrid role based in Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America; other listed job locations include Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Spring House, Pennsylvania.

Salary: $164,000–$282,900 base pay annually.

Company

Johnson & Johnson develops healthcare solutions and medicines through its Innovative Medicine and MedTech businesses.

What you will do

• Lead, manage, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of real-world evidence scientists.
• Build project roadmaps covering data feasibility, study design, analysis, and presentations to senior cross-functional leaders.
• Partner with Data Science Therapeutic Area leaders to develop and deliver real-world evidence strategies.
• Lead a portfolio of RWE projects and develop best practices and reusable tools for data scientists.
• Apply real-world data methodologies to external control arms, hybrid control studies, and comparative effectiveness analyses.
• Create study protocols, analysis plans, analytical datasets, tables, figures, and statistical programming deliverables.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in epidemiology or biostatistics.
• Good coding skills in R.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in biopharma, RWE consulting, or healthcare industries.
• At least 5 years of experience as a people manager.
• Hands-on expertise in data analysis and statistical methods for mitigating confounding and selection biases.
• Experience with EHR, insurance claims, registry data, clinical trial data structures, and clear scientific communication.

Nice to have

• Expertise in drug development and experience in a matrixed organization.
• Subject matter knowledge in oncology.
• Experience producing regulatory-grade evidence and responding to agency reviews and comments.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on diversity, dignity, and equal opportunity.
• Eligibility for pension and 401(k) savings plans.
• Participation in a long-term incentive program.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, caregiver leave, bereavement leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time off.