Director, Data Science, AI Evidence Extraction

Johnson & Johnson

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Location
Raritan, NJCambridge, MATitusville, NJSpring House, PA
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$164,000–$282,900 / yr
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Full-time
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7 days ago
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Johnson & Johnson is a multinational corporation operating in three main segments: consumer health products, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices, known for brands like Tylenol, Band-Aid, and Janssen. Industry: Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices

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TL;DR · Director, Data Science, AI Evidence Extraction

The Director, Data Science - AI Evidence Extraction joins the J&J Research and Development Data, Data Science, and AI team to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled capabilities for scientific evidence extraction. This role focuses on Neuroscience R&D, where the leader will build agentic workflows for identifying, curating, and synthesizing information from scientific literature into scalable data assets. Key responsibilities include establishing data models, provenance standards, and responsible AI practices while collaborating with clinical, statistical, and regulatory teams. The position requires proficiency in Python and/or R, along with experience in NLP, generative AI, and systematic reviews. The work addresses the technical challenge of creating reliable, traceable evidence stores to accelerate clinical development decisions and improve the accuracy of meta-analyses across therapeutic areas.

What you'll do

  • Set the strategy, roadmap, and value measures for scientific evidence data capabilities in Neuroscience.
  • Build and deploy scalable AI-enabled workflows for evidence identification, extraction, curation, and analysis.
  • Own delivery, investment decisions, and outcomes for AI-based scientific evidence extraction.
  • Establish fit-for-purpose data models, provenance, quality controls, and reusable evidence assets.
  • Define validation, evaluation, human-review, and responsible AI practices for all evidence workflows.
  • Develop scientifically rigorous analysis workflows and quantify limitations such as uncertainty.
  • Shape shared platform capabilities to ensure alignment with architecture, governance, and data-use requirements.
  • Communicate priorities, tradeoffs, risks, and progress to senior stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in a relevant quantitative, clinical, or life-science field; or MS with additional relevant experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare analytics, with experience setting technical direction.
  • Hands-on experience with systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or quantitative evidence synthesis.
  • Experience with data modeling, scientific data curation, provenance, and quality control.
  • Recent experience building and deploying scalable AI, NLP, or generative AI solutions.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or R, and sound software engineering practices.
  • Understanding of evaluation, validation, uncertainty, and human-in-the-loop review.
  • Exposure to regulated environments, multimodal document extraction, AI governance, and responsible AI is preferred.

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