Senior Distinguished Scientist, In Silico Discovery Translational Strategy

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:
Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:
Data Science

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, US064 CA San Diego - 3210 Merryfield Row

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.
 

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

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is hiring a Senior Distinguished Scientist to join our In Silico Discovery team.  The primary locations for this position are Spring House, PA or San Diego, CA.  Remote work options in the US may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.
 

The Senior Distinguished Scientist is a visionary leader who will join our In Silico Drug Discovery team to spearhead the creation of innovative tools that fuel a better understanding of how drug candidates will behave in vivo and in humans.

As a Senior Distinguished Scientist, you will partner with core functions to pioneer computational strategies that integrate diverse data from the clinic, preclinical studies, and cellular omics data with state-of-the-art modeling in order to aid in the selection and design of molecules.

Your work will be instrumental in transforming our approach into a computationally driven, prediction-first discovery engine—propelling breakthrough therapeutic innovations from concept to clinical impact while reducing timelines and in vivo resources and increasing success rates.
 

Key Responsibilities:
 

•    Innovative Predictive Modeling: Develop and implement advanced platforms that integrate in vitro, in vivo (animal and clinical?), and molecular data to generate robust hypotheses and simulate biological processes. 

•    Platform Integration & Tool Development: Leverage cutting-edge foundation models to enhance and streamline assay development, translational biology, and safety predictions.

Lead the creation of tools that correlate biological insights across molecular, cellular, and organismal scales.

•    Data-Driven Discovery: Oversee efforts to generate and integrate diverse data st...