Associate Director, Neuroscience Data Strategy
hace 1 día
Barcelona
Job Function Data Analytics & Computational Sciences Job Sub Function Data Science Portfolio Management Job Category Professional All Job Posting Locations Barcelona, Spain, Madrid, Spain Job Description Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM), a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for an Associate Director – Neuroscience Data Strategy, R&D Data Science Digital Health . Position Summary The Data Strategy Neuroscience Manager will contribute to the design and execution of a comprehensive neuroscience‑focused data strategy program designed to accelerate research, R&D insights, and evidence generation. Combining strategic planning with hands‑on execution, this individual will work closely with the Neuroscience organization to understand the “what” and the “why,” while spending most of the time driving the “how” — identifying data assets, coordinating the building of data products, evaluating data availability and applicability while operationalizing capabilities across the neuroscience lifecycle. This individual will act as a trusted partner to the Neuroscience Data Science Digital Health team and the Neuroscience therapeutic area, ensuring data fit and availability for the scaling of research. Key Responsibilities Strategy & Roadmap Translate R&D Innovative Medicine Neuroscience priorities into an actionable multi‑year data roadmap. Prioritize data initiatives based on clinical impact, regulatory readiness, speed to insight, and ROI. Define success metrics and maintain the data roadmap with the R&D DSDH Neuroscience organization. Execution & Delivery Lead end‑to‑end data‑centric discussions across all neuroscience programs (e.g., RWE studies, registries, biobanks, data platform builds, analytic model deployment). Partner with sub‑teams, driving data ingestion, curation, transformation, and linkage across EHR, claims, genomic, imaging, and registry sources leading to the creation of data products. Orchestrate vendor and external data partner relationships; manage scopes, service level agreements (SLA) and expectations. Leadership Present insights and recommendations to senior leadership; facilitate decisions fueled by data‑driven insights. Qualifications Education Masters / PhD or equivalent in a relevant scientific, computer science, or business field. Skills & Expertise 8‑10+ years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D or commercial functions, with significant exposure to procurement and/or data strategy. 6+ years with an advanced degree. Hands‑on experience accessing and working with real‑world data. Candidates should have experience with R, Python, or another coding language. Direct responsibility for or collaborations with Neuroscience. Deep understanding of neuroscience clinical care, endpoints, staging, biomarker / genomic data, and the regulatory landscape for RWE in neuroscience. Experience designing observational studies, cohort design, causal inference methods, survival analysis and communicating limitations is a plus. Track record negotiating and managing commercial data providers and research vendors. Strong ability to translate complex technical work into business recommendations for cross‑functional and senior stakeholders. Proven ability to lead small multidisciplinary teams and influence without direct authority. Pragmatic problem solving — focus on delivering usable outcomes quickly and iterating. Strategic thinker who can connect tactical work to long‑term business goals. High standards for data quality, reproducibility, and documentation. Collaboration and stakeholder management across clinical, regulatory, and commercial functions. Comfort working in ambiguity and shaping new capabilities at scale. Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us at ; internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource. Required Skills Advanced Analytics, Business Case Modeling, Consulting, Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Data Privacy Standards, Data Science, Data Structures, Digital Fluency, Digital Strategy, End to End Implementation, Global Market, Negotiation, Organizing, Predictive Modeling, Process Improvements, Product Portfolio Management, Technical Credibility Preferred Skills Advanced Analytics, Business Case Modeling, Consulting, Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Data Privacy Standards, Data Science, Data Structures, Digital Fluency, Digital Strategy, End to End Implementation, Global Market, Negotiation, Organizing, Predictive Modeling, Process Improvements, Product Portfolio Management, Technical Credibility #J-18808-Ljbffr