Johnson & Johnson · 4 months ago
Senior Principal, R&D Data Science and Digital Health, Real-World Evidence (RWE) Statistics
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$137K/yr - $236K/yr
5+ years expJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, dedicated to improving health worldwide. They are seeking a Senior Principal to lead RWE projects and develop methodologies that generate actionable insights to support regulatory interactions and improve treatment outcomes.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Be a hands-on scientific and technical leader, leading a portfolio of RWE projects, developing best practices, and mentoring team members
Identify common technical requirements for RWE projects, develop and maintain a common suite of tools that enable RWE data scientists to accelerate project delivery
End-to-end expertise in RWE studies including conceptualizing research questions, data feasibility, study design, analysis, programming, and interpretation
Provide thought leadership and hands-on programming expertise for developing and applying Real-World Data (“RWD”) methodologies to mitigate observed and unobserved biases in the execution of external control arm studies, hybrid control studies, comparative effectiveness analyses, etc
Provide thought leadership and hands-on programming expertise to generate actionable insights from post-hoc RCT analyses, observational databases, and literature reviews to support regulatory agency interactions
Independently create study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and statistical programming deliverables including analysis-ready data, tables and figures
Partner with the Data Science Therapeutic Area scientists to conceptualize, lead, shape and deliver Real World Evidence
Qualification
Required
A Ph.D. degree in epidemiology or biostatistics
Expert coding skills using R, Python, or SAS
At least 5 years of relevant experience within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries
Extensive hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis, as well as statistical methods to mitigate confounding and selection biases
Expertise with multiple real-world data sources (EHR, insurance claims, registry data). Familiarity with clinical trial data structure
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
Preferred
Familiarity with drug discovery and the clinical development process
Subject matter knowledge in oncology, Immunology or Neuroscience
Experience in regulatory-grade evidence, communicating and responding to agency reviews and comments
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Business accident insurance
Group legal insurance
Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension)
Savings plan (401(k))
Long-term incentive program
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
Company
Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Gorsky
Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Joaquin Duato
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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