Senior Principal Scientist, Biostatistics

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

Biostatistics

Job Category

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

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.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit!

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Senior Principal Scientist, Biostatistics to join the Statistics & Decision Sciences team. This position will be based at Beerse, Belgium.

You will be responsible for leading and supporting broad implementation of innovative statistical approaches across the development portfolio. Engage key partners from different areas, help identifying potential hurdles for broader use of innovation in drug development and finding solutions for them.

Innovation

• Develop and implement innovative approaches, participating in their hands-on implementation through direct interactions with statisticians, clinical teams, and other relevant partners. This involves but is not limited to developing/identifying appropriate designs and methods, decision rules (e.g., Go/No Go); planning, running, and summarizing simulation studies to evaluate the operating characteristics of alternative designs and methods under a range of scenarios; and participating in the implementation of the selected approaches by engaging in protocol and SAP write-up.
• See opportunities for innovation, participate in program reviews/discussions; interact directly with statisticians, TA (Therapeutic Area (TA)) representatives within SDS, and other QS scientists for early identification of opportunities for innovative approaches.

Impact

• Collaborates with external consultants and qualified CROs to provide support in the development and implementation of innovative methods and designs. Participate in IDMCs for trials with unblinded interim analysis related to innovative approaches (e.g., adaptive designs), as needed.
• Collaborate in talent identification, hiring and development for the Statistical Modeling, Methodology, and Consulting (SMMC) group.
• Help ensure proper knowledge and awareness of innovative methods and designs; help identify, develop, organize, provide and/or arrange training and presentations on innovative approaches across the R&D organization (including statisticians, pharmacometricians, clinicians, and other partner groups) to ensure awareness and adequate knowledge about these methods. Keep up-to-date knowledge of designs and analysis methods for clinical trials, including adaptive develop, model-based methods, etc.
• Maintain active external visibility and impact, engage in external collaborations within professional associations (e.g., ASA, IBS, SCT, ISoP, ISCB, PSI, EFPSI), participating in working groups, program committees, organizing sessions and presenting at scientific meetings, and publishing in peer reviewed journals. Influence the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory environments, by engaging in scientific advocacy working groups and committees.
• Participate in meetings with Health Authorities to discuss innovative designs and analysis methods, as needed.

Experience Requirements

• Ph.D. in Statistics or related field with relevant experience, or Master’s in Statistics or related field with commensurate years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in SAS and R programming, and other relevant computing tools (e.g., East Horizon, RPACT, FACTS, Python).
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills in the English language.
• Sound knowledge of biostatistics applied to clinical trials and model-based drug development. Experience with planning, running, and documenting simulations (including, but not limited to clinical trial simulations).
• Good knowledge of Bayesian methods and inference; adaptive designs; causal inference.
• Travel (domestic or international) anticipated to be <10%

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Required Skills

Preferred Skills

Advanced Analytics, Biostatistics, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Trial Protocols, Collaboration, Compliance Management, Data Privacy Standards, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Proactive Behavior, Program Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Regulatory Affairs Management, Representing, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) Programming, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is

€96,000.00 - €165,025.00

Benefits

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.