Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for Vice President, R&D Data Science & Digital Health – Global Functions. This position has a primary location of Titusville, NJ but is also open to Springhouse, PA; New Brunswick, NJ; Boston, MA; and San Diego, CA. This position will require up to 25% in travel.
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine develops treatments that improve the health of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, immunology, pulmonary hypertension, retinal disorders, and neuroscience. Our goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners and from clinics to hospitals. To learn more about Janssen, one of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, visit https://www.janssen.com/johnson-johnson-innovative-medicine.
About the Role:
As a key Leader of the R&D Data Science & Digital Health organization, you will report to the Chief R&D Data Science Officer and collaborate closely with the R&D global function organizations such as Global Development, Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Supply Chain. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and implement a strategic Data Science vision for R&D functions, enable transparent R&D data-driven decision making, advance the portfolio, and enhance productivity across R&D functions. Leveraging your domain expertise, you will lead teams to drive Data Science projects that deliver high-impact insights. You will effectively communicate the value of Data Science to business stakeholders and work alongside cross functional teams to identify and pursue innovative use cases.
Responsibilities:
- Establish and implement multi-year strategic plan for building data science capabilities to support R&D functions
- Partner with the R&D functions to define and prioritize a portfolio of high impact use cases in alignment with overall R&D portfolio
- Champion, build and drive large strategic and complex Data Science projects to achieve the intended impact in a timely manner
- Lead a large team in a highly matrixed environment with cross-functional teams of TA/functional representatives, Data Scientists, external partners (when needed), etc. while also providing executive visibility to the Chief R&D Data Science Officer and R&D functions. Key area of focus includes Clinical Supply, Global Development and Global Regulatory Affairs
- Collaborate within the R&D Data Science and Digital Health team to design use cases, develop algorithms and models using AI/Machine Learning, and ensure the interpretability of results for maximum impact
- Build and cultivate right partnerships and alliances with internal and external partners in collaboration with Business Development, Innovation Centers, etc.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, becoming a trusted advisor on business data, analytics techniques, and underlying business drivers.
- Provide strategic input in data purchasing, ingestion, wrangling, solution development as needed.
