Global Scientific Senior Director, 3Rs Portfolio Innovation & External Engagement Lead

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Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Pharmacology

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson, is recruiting for a Global Scientific Senior Director, 3Rs Portfolio Innovation & External Engagement Lead to be located in Beerse, Belgium.

The Global Scientific Senior Director, 3Rs Portfolio Innovation & External Innovation Lead will guide and execute global and cross-sector in vitro and in silico strategies in support of J&J Innovative Medicine’s discovery portfolio and J&J’s commitment to the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, refinement) principles related to anima-based research and our commitment to the use non-animal alternatives when feasible.

The Global Scientific Senior Director, 3Rs Portfolio Innovation & External Innovation Lead will drive innovative collaborative approaches that can be readily applied to drug discovery research activities (e.g., organoids, AI/ML, computer simulations, biochemistry, etc.).

The role will also proactively scan the external landscape for alternatives to ongoing animal-based testing and will triage and provide guidance for scientific execution and validation of alternatives relevant for pharmacology and safety sciences related outcomes.

The role will be instrumental in ensuring J&J Innovative Medicine and J&J’s active engagement in external organizations and participation in regulatory agency discussions related to alternatives. 

In partnership with the J&J Animal Welfare Officer, the Global Scientific Senior Director, 3Rs Portfolio Innovation & External Innovation Lead will be instrumental in driving cross-sector workgroup activities for key strategic pillars and annual deliverables that will advance the J&J Animal Welfare Strategic Vision.

The Global Scientific Senior Director, 3Rs Portfolio Innovation & External Innovation Lead will be responsible for fostering a collaborative culture and will work with a large number of internal and external stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

He/She will serve as a visible and effective change agent for global and cross-sector initiatives and will seek to provide strategic decision making for all areas of responsibility while nurturing the ideas of others.

This role will directly and indirectly (through matrix relationships) lead a team of DVM, PhD, MD and technical level staff providing leadership, mentorship, a...