Director, R&D Data Science, Data Products – Neuroscience

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Job Function:
Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:
Data Science

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM), a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director, R&D Data Science, Data Products – Neuroscience.

This position has a primary location of Titusville, NJ but is also open to Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA.  The position will require up to 25% travel. 

About Innovative Medicine

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 

Position Summary 

The Director, Data Products – Neuroscience is responsible for leading the strategy, design, and delivery of user-centric, reusable data products that enable advanced analytics, data science, and AI/ML solutions across the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area (TA).

This role ensures that high-value internal and external Neuroscience data assets—including preclinical, translational, clinical, competitive intelligence, and real-world data (RWD/RWE)—are standardized, productized, and integrated into Janssen’s enterprise R&D data ecosystem. 

 

Working closely with Data Science teams, Neuroscience TA scientific leaders, and the broader Data Strategy & Products organization, this leader ensures that Neuroscience data products fill business requirements, such as being AI-ready, semantically consistent, and interoperable, enabling faster discovery, stronger evidence generation, and better regulatory outcomes. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

 

Data Product Strategy & Execution 


* Lead a team to develop technical requirements for Neuroscience-facing data products  



* Define and maintain a roadmap for Neuroscience data products, spanning discovery, translational research, clinical development, and real-world evidence. 



* Develop data products through, agile delivery, and FAIR data principles to ensure products are scalable, interoperable, and reusable across Janssen and partner functions. 



* Deliver...