Associate Director, MedTech Epidemiology and Real World Data Science

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Epidemiology

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. 
 

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
 

The Johnson & Johnson MedTech Epidemiology and Real-World Data Sciences (MedTech EPI-RWDS) team provides analytical capabilities using large administrative, patient-level databases to answer a variety of questions related to safety, product development, health outcomes research, and other clinical or commercial activities. These may involve analysis of comparative effectiveness, disease burden, standard of care, cost/reimbursement patterns, market size, site of care, and clinical/health economic outcomes. We are recruiting for an Associate Director, MT EPI-RWDS to be located on site at one of our offices in either New Brunswick, NJ (preferred), West Chester PA, or Irvine, CA,
   

Key Responsibilities:
 

The Associate Director will perform the following for the Medical Devices sector:

• Lead and contribute to the design of observational database analysis, including authoring protocols and analysis plans in support of RWE needs for the MedTech Cardiovascular franchise.
• Lead the synthesis of evidence from observational database analyses with other evidence to inform medical decision-making, including authoring publications and presentations.
• Work closely with colleagues within the department and across the larger cross-sector Epidemiology function, health economics and market access (HEMA) function, clinical function, and other Cardiovascular medical device functions.
• Implement new approaches for working with “big data” in healthcare. Some tasks may include data visualization, predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms.
• The position will report to the Senior Director, MT EPI-RWDS.

Qualifications

Education:

• A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree or equivalent in biostatistics, health services & outcomes research, epidemiology or other healthcare-related field with a minimum 3 years of epidemiology or related professional research experience.  (Highly qualified candidates with a Masters degree may be considered.)
   

Experience and Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of healthcare databases, registries, statistical analysis, and other related analytical methodology is required
• A sophisticated understanding and the ability to analyze and interpret quantitative data.
• Experience with writing methods sections of study proposals and protocols is required.
• Experience authoring peer-reviewed publications and presenting in national/international healthcare conferences using results from real-world datasets is required.
• Experience in cross-functional partnering is required.
• Consulting, pharmaceutical or medical device industry experience is preferred.

Other:

• This position will be located on site at one of our offices in either New Brunswick, NJ (preferred), West Chester PA, or Irvine, CA, and currently follows a hybrid schedule of at least 3 days per week on-site. (No fully remote option.)  Up to appro