The Data Sciences group within R&D IT department of Janssen is looking for an outstanding Director who is interested in leading, designing, developing, and fielding data driven solutions that have direct impact to the innovation centers at Janssen. The Director will actively participate in Business Leadership Teams of the innovation centers and act as a strategic partner to the key scientific leaders of disease area strongholds and therapeutic areas. He will be a key liaison to the innovation centers and associated therapeutic area scientist, leaders and the internal R&D IT functions.
The director will be a strategic thinker with deep understanding of science as it relates to pharmaceuticals and technological innovation. He or she has proven experience in effective leadership via networking, building relationships and inspiring project managers. A leader who can drive accountability, data driven mindset and manage change at all levels of the organization.
Janssen, pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, has access to and generates wealth of data. Additionally, as part of the data sciences team the candidate will provide strategic direction and expertise to understand key business questions that can be addressed using data. The candidate will be part of a dynamic, accomplished data sciences team that will support multiple therapeutic areas in R&D as part of the innovation centers as well as in commercial part of the business delivering innovative medicines to patients.
Responsibilities include: He/she will be a strategic leader for data sciences with accountability for one or two Innovation centers (TAs); He/she will actively participate in Leadership Teams of the innovation center being supported; He/she will design, develop and implement a strategy for the data sciences group for the innovation center that is supported; He/she will participate in project teams, elicit needs, and act in a leadership role as a trusted primary business and scientific partner with a keen focus on data driven decisions; He/she will work with colleagues in R&D IT to develop, implement, and apply state-of-the art scientific solutions for addressing business questions; He/she will lead a group of data sciences who will develop and implement solutions for our business partners; He/she will be responsible for effective communication, executive presentations, writing and fielding questions from broad audience.
He/she will be a key liaison for Innovation Centers and the Data Sciences group and R&D IT organization; He/she will interact and provide feedback to internal R&D IT functions on business activities in the function/therapeutic areas supported.
Additional responsibilities include: He/she will be able to influence without authority, engender trust and quickly build relationships; He/she will conceive, design, lead and implement informatics solutions to support Janssen’s business units and initiatives; He/she will work with other business units to map business requirements into technical/data sciences solution and deliver results; He/she will coordinate efforts of internal stakeholders to ensure that applications meet customer requirements and exceed performance targets; He/she will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make tradeoffs, and balance business needs against technical constraints.
Qualifications
M.D. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Informatics, Medical Informatics, Statistics, Computational Biology or a related discipline is required. A minimum of 5 years of industrial experience is required. Proven leadership and pharmaceutical/industrial experience in driving projects under tight timelines is required. Strong understanding of technological landscape in informatics as related to pharmaceuticals is preferred. Strong working knowledge of disease/therapeutic area landscape is required. A minimum of 10 years of experience in the field of drug discovery and development is required. Excellent communication, interpersonal, verbal, and written skills are required. Experience as a manager/team lead and/or have first level supervisory skills required. Demonstrated leadership and mentorship abilities are required. Experienced in informatics analysis and visualization software/tools for R&D is preferred. Familiar with disease related data and understanding of data analysis workflows is required. Experience in fostering collaborations with external technological companies and academic collaborators required. Proven problem-solving skills are required. Ability to take complex and/or technical concepts and describe them in easy to understand business terminology is required.
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