Sr. Distinguished Scientist - PSTS Neuroscience Disease Area Lead (Neuroscience)

Location: Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States; Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; or San Diego, California, United States. Expected travel: 20% domestic and international.

Base pay: $173,000–$299,000 annually, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and medicines aimed at preventing, treating, and curing complex diseases.

What you will do

• Lead neuroscience disease-area strategy and risk stewardship across the PSTS portfolio from discovery through registration.
• Bring disease-area pipeline knowledge to PSTS teams and coordinate with therapeutic-area, regulatory, medical safety, and clinical pharmacology partners.
• Develop strategic project-planning frameworks covering class risks, translational signals, platform learnings, discovery plans, and development ADPs.
• Provide expert review of PSTS plans and regulatory submissions while proactively addressing scientific and regulatory questions.
• Track milestones, issues, attrition, competitive intelligence, and regulatory developments; identify strategic gaps for action.
• Coach and mentor PSTS leaders, provide executive-level updates, and lead strategic projects or PSTS teams as needed.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in a scientific discipline with 10+ years of experience or equivalent industry expertise.
• Deep scientific understanding of neuroscience discovery and development.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical science, drug development strategies, and regulatory requirements for first-in-human approval or therapeutic registration.
• Experience creating and implementing scientific PSTS and project-team plans, including target areas, TPPs, and ADPs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive and external settings.
• Experience with coaching, matrix leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and external scientific visibility.

Nice to have

• Dual advanced degree such as MD or DVM, or equivalent advanced training.
• Board certification such as DABT or DACVP.
• Experience with FDA or other regulatory interactions, clinical collaboration, diligence, and neuroscience governance decisions.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment guided by the company’s Credo and focused on patient-centered healthcare innovation.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, business accident, and group legal insurance may be available.
• Eligibility for pension and 401(k) savings plans may be available.
• Vacation, sick time, holiday pay, and Work, Personal and Family Time are provided according to applicable policies.