Director, Diagnostics Development - Neurosciencescience

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. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Clinical Development & Research – Non-MD

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Neuroscience

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.

Our Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and geographic atrophy.

This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time.

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

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for Director Diagnostics Development Lead, Neuroscience to be in Titusville, NJ ; SpringHouse, PA ,La Jolla, California, Cambridge, MA

Purpose: As Director - Diagnostics Development Lead, Neuroscience, you will be part of a newly formed team supporting compound development teams in the development, design of clinical trials, and market implementation strategy for diagnostic tests in support of Neuroscience assets, in alignment with Precision Measures Plan and in collaboration with key stakeholders


* Collaborate with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, Discovery, Precision Measures, Clinical Development, Disease Area Stronghold Leaders, Business Development, Regulatory and Commercial teams to develop a diagnostic strategy to enable registration of a pharmaceutical asset and subsequent access and adoption.



* Interact early with Discovery and Precision Measures groups to understand the predictive hypotheses to be tested for specific programs.

Collaborate with internal teams to develop a predictive assay if required and not already available.


* Select contract laboratory for testing predictive assays in early clinical development.


* Oversee assay transfer to contract laboratory and ensure proper ass...