Senior Principal Scientist, Data Science RWE

Overview

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. We pursue breakthroughs across Innovative Medicine and MedTech to impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

Job Function: Data Analytics & Computational Sciences
Job Sub Function: Data Science
Job Category: Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations: Cambridge, MA; Raritan, NJ; Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ

Role and Responsibilities

• Be a hands-on scientific and technical leader, managing a portfolio of Real-World Evidence (RWE) projects, developing best practices, and mentoring team members.
• Identify common technical requirements for RWE projects and develop a common suite of tools to accelerate project delivery by RWE data scientists.
• Provide end-to-end expertise in RWE studies, including conceptualizing research questions, data feasibility, study design, analysis, programming, and interpretation.
• Offer leadership and hands-on programming to apply Real-World Data (RWD) methodologies to mitigate observed and unobserved biases in external control arm studies, hybrid control studies, and comparative effectiveness analyses.
• 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 deliverables including analysis-ready data, tables and figures.
• Partner with Data Science Therapeutic Area scientists to conceptualize, lead, shape, and deliver Real-World Evidence projects.

Qualifications

• 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 related healthcare industries.
• Extensive hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis, and 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 Qualifications

• Familiarity with drug discovery and the clinical development process.
• Subject matter knowledge in oncology, immunology, or neuroscience.
• Experience in regulatory-grade evidence, communicating with and responding to agency reviews and comments.

EEO and Benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We support an inclusive interview process and accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request.

Salary and benefits: Base pay range is $137,000.00 – $235,750.00 plus eligible benefits. Eligible for retirement, savings plans, and time-off benefits as described by company policies.