Principal Scientist, Data Science

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Job Function:
Data Analytics & Computational Sciences Job Sub Function:
Data Science Job Category:
Scientific/Technology All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

• Employer:
  
  Janssen Research & Development, LLC
• Job Title:
  
  Principal Scientist, Data Science
• Job Code: A
• Job Location:
  
  New Brunswick, NJ
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Rate of Pay: $169,541 - $171,000/year

• Closely partner with R&D Data Science and Digital Health, as well as multidisciplinary teams within J&J Innovative Medicine, to execute priorities and build a roadmap for delivering projects from data feasibility to final presentation to senior cross‑functional leaders.
• Conceive, develop, and implement analytics solutions for high-priority scientific problems.
• Lead and implement use cases by adapting and delivering Real-World Data (RWD) methodologies to mitigate observed and unobserved bias and confounding in the execution of comparative effectiveness analyses, time‑to‑event analyses, external control arm studies, synthetic and hybrid control arm studies, observational and prospective study designs, burden of disease estimation, cohort selection and characterization, incidence/prevalence studies, non‑inferiority studies, development of risk stratification algorithms, and creation of disease severity indices.
• Act as a co‑participant in cross‑functional collaborations with external companies and internal scientific and data science teams.
• Shape internal and external collaborations and define the scope of research questions.
• Extract insights from large observational patient databases (e.g., electronic health records, claims, registries) to inform health outcomes and support drug development.
• Clearly articulate complex technical methods and results to diverse audiences and stakeholders to support decision‑making.
• Mentor junior team members in applying appropriate methods for real‑world data analysis.

• Employer will accept a Master's degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics or related quantitative field, and 4 years of experience in the job offered or in a Principal Scientist, Data Science-related occupation.
• * May telecommute per company's policy.

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation - 120 hours per calendar year.
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado - 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - 56 hours per calendar year.
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - 13 days per calendar year.
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year.
• Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child.
• Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
• Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in…