Associate Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health - Immunology

Position: Associate Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health - Immunology Real World Evidence
Location: Spring House

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Data Science

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is currently seeking an Associate Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health - Immunology Real World Evidence to join our Data Science and Digital Health team (DSDH) and work at one of our sites in either Spring House, PA, Cambridge, MA, Titusville, NJ, or Raritan, NJ (no fully remote option available).

The Associate Director, R&D Data Science & Digital Health (DSDH), Immunology Real‑World Evidence (RWE), is an individual contributor responsible for delivering complex data science and real‑world evidence strategies in support of Immunology research and development programs. The role applies advanced real-world methodologies to generate insights that inform clinical development, and scientific decision‑making both internal and regulatory.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy within a defined scope, the Associate Director partners closely with cross‑functional teams to translate disease and therapeutic area priorities into actionable research questions while aligning with established functional strategies and governance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

* Contribute to the execution of real‑world and digital health evidence plans aligned with Immunology disease and therapeutic area objectives.

* Lead defined evidence generation work streams supporting clinical development programs, including identifying evidence gaps, , patient characterization and subgroup identification, novel endpoint exploration and validation, asset differentiation, and comparative efficacy and effectiveness studies.

* Apply data science and statistical methodologies to real-world data sources to address prioritized scientific and development questions.

* Collaborate with Disease Area Strongholds, Compound Development Teams, and cross‑functional partners to ensure deliverables meet program evidence needs and timelines.

* Execute end‑to‑end project activities, including data fit-for-purpose assessment and validation, protocol development, results documentation and interpretation, and stakeholder management throughout the project life cycle.

* Serve as a technical subject‑matter expert within cross‑functional teams, providing sound methodological recommendations to support program decision‑making.

* Prepare and deliver analytical summaries, presentations, and written materials for internal stakeholders and governance forums.

* Contribute to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, and internal knowledge‑sharing activities based on clinical trial and real‑world analyses.

* Support external scientific collaborations by providing real-world evidence expertise and contributing to joint project…