Data Scientist

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Data Scientist. The role sits within the Quality Analytics group in the R&D Quality (RDQ) organization, which is responsible for quality in R&D activities such as clinical trials. The position will be hybrid (flex working) based out of Horsham, PA; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; or Cambridge, MA with remote options considered.

At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we help people live full and healthy lives by treating, curing and preventing some of the most devastating and complex diseases of our time. We discover and develop innovative medical solutions to address important unmet medical needs in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Please visit https://www.janssen.com/johnson-johnson-innovative-medicine to learn more.

The Data Scientist will work with a team to address R&D Quality business challenges through the design and implementation of advanced descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive models including generative AI. This role provides an exciting opportunity to bring innovative thinking to a fast-paced team experienced in deploying advanced data analytics. The scope of data to be analyzed ranges from data about R&D quality processes, to operations data from our R&D partners and beyond, to external data from industry partners and regulators.
Key Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Establish partnerships across and beyond R&D Quality to understand key business challenges and frame problems
• Align with business partners on requirements, success criteria and strategies for communications, user testing and deployment
• Forge new connections with adjacent groups such as wider Q&C and Data Sciences
• Define innovative trending and modeling techniques to analyze data, build insights and help drive innovative process improvements
• Create new mechanisms to monitor for quality signals using outputs from analytics, including descriptive analytics, signal detection, natural language processing, machine learning, and time-series analysis
• Apply analytical/statistical methods to complex and disparate data sources

Education:

• Requires a Master's degree with 2 years, or PhD degree with 1 year of experience. STEM field (e.g. Computer Science, other quantitative Sciences, Information/Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics) preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Experience with developing applications for advanced AI (e.g. Generative AI), ML, NLP, or another data science specialization is required.
• Experience with one or more of data engineering, product management, UI/UX design, decision science and front-end application development is required.
• Experience with building data science and data engineering solutions to real-world problems and datasets required.
• Proficiency in a modern data science language (Python and/or R) required.
• "Does it work?" attitude to building data science solutions.
• High level of organization and ability to balance multiple tasks required.
• Strong oral and written communication skills required.
• Ability to work effectively both solo and in a team is required.

Other:

• Experience with fast-paced agile software development / DevOps / MLOps is desirable.
• Proficiency in building and using business intelligence / data visualization tools such as Spotfire, Tableau, QLIK, etc. is a plus.
• At least 2 years' experience in a Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or Medical Devices environment is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Power Point is strongly preferred.
• Up to 10% travel to internal/external meetings or sites.
• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $104K to $145K USD.
• The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an 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.

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