Senior Principal Scientist, Data Science RWE

Johnson & Johnson

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Titusville, NJCambridge, MARaritan, NJSpring House, PA
Salary
$137,000–$235,750 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
14 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 31, 2026 (soon)

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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 · Senior Principal Scientist, Data Science RWE

The Senior Principal Scientist, Data Science RWE joins the Real-world Evidence & Advanced Analytics team within Innovative Medicines. This role serves as a hands-on scientific and technical leader responsible for managing a portfolio of RWE projects, mentoring team members, and developing a common suite of tools to accelerate project delivery. Key responsibilities include conceptualizing research questions, designing studies, and providing programming expertise to develop methodologies that mitigate biases in external control arm studies and comparative effectiveness analyses. The candidate will use R, Python, or SAS to extract and analyze data from EHR, insurance claims, and registry sources. The work focuses on generating actionable insights from post-hoc RCT analyses and observational databases to support regulatory agency interactions and provide evidence for clinical development processes.

What you'll do

  • Lead a portfolio of Real-World Evidence (RWE) projects and mentor team members.
  • Develop and maintain a common suite of tools to accelerate RWE project delivery.
  • Manage end-to-end RWE studies including research conceptualization, study design, and data interpretation.
  • Apply RWD methodologies to mitigate biases in external control arm and comparative effectiveness studies.
  • Generate actionable insights from post-hoc RCT analyses and observational databases to support regulatory interactions.
  • Create study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and programming deliverables like tables and figures.
  • Partner with Therapeutic Area scientists to conceptualize and deliver Real World Evidence.

What we're looking for

  • Ph.D. degree in epidemiology or biostatistics.
  • Expert coding skills using R, Python, or SAS.
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, analysis, and statistical methods to mitigate confounding and selection biases.
  • Expertise with multiple real-world data sources including EHR, insurance claims, and registry data.
  • Familiarity with clinical trial data structure.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Familiarity with drug discovery, clinical development, oncology, immunology, neuroscience, or regulatory-grade evidence (preferred).

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