Senior Scientist, Data Sciences Job – Johnson & Johnson – Spring House, PA

Job ID: 3735
Job date: 2015-06-29
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Senior Scientist, Data Sciences-6714141009

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Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., a Johnson & Johnson Company, is currently recruiting for a Senior Scientist, Data Sciences. This position can be located in Spring House, PA or Raritan, NJ. Weekly local travel to the NJ/PA sites will be required. Other travel up to 10% will be required.

Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C. develops treatments that improve the health and lifestyles of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass novel targets in neurologic disorders, gastroenterology, oncology, infectious disease, diabetes, hematology, metabolic disorders, immunologic disorders, and reproductive medicine. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners, from clinics to hospitals. For more about Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, visit www.janssenpharmaceuticalsinc.com.

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This role participates in and leads analytical projects with a focus on extracting knowledge from data, both within the R&D organization and with other business partners. Within a given project, roles include contribution to planning, leadership, and implementation and development. This role may also lead IT projects and matrix manage project teams. Essential to this position is understanding and applying advanced algorithms and state of the art methods in data analysis and modeling. This role has the ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills, and collaborate directly with internal and external business partners on strategic projects to address complex business questions with data analysis solutions. Roles in this family work with limited supervision and have a high level of autonomy.

Responsibilities of this role include: Directly participates in the delivery of data-driven research projects that have a direct effect on business results with the entire value chain of Janssen; Independently hypothesizes designs and executes projects or analysis with hands-on involvement; Active contributor to highly visible, complex projects, programs or solutions that are critical to the business; Works effectively as part of a team and collaborates across business and functional groups to share results; Leverages the work of project members to meet project checkpoints and accomplish team objectives on time and within budget; Work with complex, high-dimensional data to integrate and analyze data sets using high performance computing and advanced algorithms as required; Participates in project teams, elicit needs, and act in a leadership role as a trusted primary business and scientific partner; Leads and implements data analysis related solution strategies; Actively identifies new areas of where Data Sciences can be leveraged in the business; Ensures solutions are consistent with business objectives or business strategy; Contributes to the strategic planning process and long-term direction for Data Sciences and aligns plans between stakeholders.

Knowledge for this role should include: Understanding of the company’s future products, services, and strategies globally; Knowledge of the business and its operating environment (e.g., trends, competitors, compliance landscape, and regulatory environment); Strong understanding of data analysis technology trends and the potential impact on the Janssen system portfolio; Expert knowledge of data analysis approaches and techniques; Stays current on emerging research tools and techniques; Develops breakthrough ideas to improvements in Data Science.

Supervision Received/Provided: Works under limited supervision with a high level of autonomy; Indirectly or directly leads or sets objectives for others on team projects and tasks; Provides leadership, mentorship, and guidance to others; May manage vendors necessary to complete a project; May manage Ph.D. scientists.

Qualifications

M.D. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Informatics, Medical Informatics, Statistics, Computational Biology or a related discipline is required. A minimum of 2 years of industry experience is required. A minimum of 1 year of post doc experience is required. Industry experience in driving projects under tight timelines is required. Understanding of technological landscape in big data and high performance computing is required. Proven experience in machine learning and data analysis is required. Experience with data collection, processing, integration and meta-analysis is required. Strong working knowledge of bioinformatics, statistics and data mining tools and algorithms is preferred. Excellent communication, interpersonal, verbal and written skills are required.

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Primary Location: North America-United States-Pennsylvania-Spring House
Other Locations: North America-United States-New Jersey-Raritan
Organization: Janssen Research & Development, LLC. (6084)
Job Function: Info Technology

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