Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine · 13 hours ago
Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health, RWE & Advanced Analytics
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$160K/yr - $276K/yr
8+ years expJohnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is committed to healthcare innovation and is seeking a Director for R&D Data Science & Digital Health. The role involves leading a multidisciplinary team to manage Real-World Evidence (RWE) projects, providing scientific leadership, and ensuring the delivery of actionable insights from data analysis.
Pharmaceuticals
Responsibilities
Independently lead, manage, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of RWE scientists to influence strategy and execute on the priorities, building a roadmap to deliver the projects from data feasibility, study design and analysis, to final presentation to senior cross-functional leaders
Partner with the Data Science Therapeutic Area leaders to conceptualize, lead, shape and deliver Real World Evidence
Be a hands-on scientific and technical leader, lead a portfolio of RWE projects, and develop best practices and a common suite of tools that enable RWE data scientists to accelerate project delivery
Provide end-to-end expertise in RWE studies including conceptualizing research questions, data feasibility, study design, analysis, programming, and interpretation
Provide scientific leadership in 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 to generate actionable insights from historical trial data, observational databases, and literature reviews to support regulatory agency interactions
Independently create study protocols, analysis plans, and statistical programming deliverables including analytical dataset, tables and figures
Qualification
Required
A Ph.D. degree in epidemiology or biostatistics
Expert coding skills using R, Python, or SAS
At least 8 years of relevant experience within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries
At least 5 years of experience as a people manager
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
Expertise in drug development and experience working in a matrixed organization
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))
Company’s 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 Innovative Medicine
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine focuses on developing medical solutions for some of the challenging diseases and medical conditions.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Molly Perkins
VP, Head of Cell & Genetic Medicines Discovery
Recent News
2025-08-14
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