Data Scientist

DESCRIPTION

At Johnson & Johnson , we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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, neuroscience, and infectious disease. 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 clinics to hospitals. To learn more about Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, visit https://www.jnj.com/us/ .

The Commercial Data Sciences team within Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Business Technology organization is looking for an extraordinary Data Scientist who is passionate about crafting, developing, and fielding data science solutions that drive impact for patients and for Janssen. There are many ways to explore and analyze data, and this powers the excitement and passion of data scientists at Janssen as many business units are eager to use the data to build business value.

In this role you will be someone who stays on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, data science and advanced analytics research through novel project execution and development of algorithms that influence decisions at various levels in the organization, including but not limited to omnichannel sales and marketing optimization, patient/payer analytics, and related commercially-focused model development.

The role requires both a broad knowledge of existing AI-type algorithms and the creativity to invent and customize when necessary. You will partner with matrixed teams to deliver projects and develop solutions that in turn deliver insights. You will be part of a dynamic, accomplished organization that will support multiple therapeutic areas and commercial functions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Delivery of novel modelling solutions designed to drive the interrogation of datasets for insights in scientific and business application areas. These solutions include the application of specialized approaches in classification, regression, clustering, NLP, image analysis, graph theory and/or other techniques.
• Using domain-specific understanding, translates unstructured, complex business problems into the appropriate data problem, model and analytical solutions across multiple projects
• Oversee the researching and developing of predictive models and computational methods to guide and influence decision-making outcomes
• Develop effective relationships with commercial and medical leaders to ensure utilization and value of information resources and services in multiple projects.
• Responsible for advanced data science expertise to multiple cross-functional projects and drive delivery of complex data science solutions that drive value to Johnson and Johnson
• Lead and apply ongoing knowledge and awareness in trends, standard methodology and new developments in analytics and data science to influence functional practices.
• Collaborates across the Johnson and Johnson Data and AI community to develop best practices and cross functional opportunities that drive value
• Oversight of partnerships with multiple third parties, academic or outsourced partners to shape and drive project outcomes and knowledge building

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

• Ph.D. with 2+ years of experience, or M.S. with 3+ years of relevant pharma or healthcare experience, in Computer Sciences, Statistics, Epidemiology, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Physics, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Informatics, Medical Informatics, Computational Biology or a related discipline.
• Experience with at least two of the following: statistical modeling, machine learning, deep learning, causal inference methods, multivariate regression and classification, large language model or forecasting.
• At least 2+ years of experience in EHR/EMR, insurance claims, clinical outcomes, or registry data cross different therapeutic areas and diseases.
• Track record of consistently delivering on high-impact data science projects
• Hands on experience with Python or R, and SQL or Pyspark
• Experience with at least one of the following cloud computing platforms: AWS SageMaker, Azure, or Databricks, etc.
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBI, etc.
• Must have an understanding and the ability to interpret ML, quantitative methods applied to real-world data.
• Ability to understand, shape, and measure the business value of solutions, while managing competing stakeholder priorities and ambiguity.
• Enthusiastic about building on and learning new methods and ways to use real world data to change the practice of medicine
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate complex methods and results to diverse audiences. This position will be based in: Titusville, NJ.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in life sciences and healthcare.
• Experience in observational research study design in a variety of healthcare data sources in pharmaceuticals, tech, consulting or academia.
• Familiarity in Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) generation and execution for observational studies.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical or biotech industry with strong knowledge of commercial pharmaceuticals business.
• Publication in relevant fields in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and other scientific proceedings.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with stakeholders, understand relevant scientific/business challenges at a deep level and translate into data science activities to deliver value to the business

Other:

• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $104 to $145K USD
• The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for a 12% annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.