Senior Director, Bladder Cancer, Solid Tumor, Oncology TA

$163,000 - $282,900/Yr

Johnson & Johnson - New Brunswick, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Remote - New Brunswick, NJ

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Director, Bladder Cancer, Solid Tumor - Oncology Therapeutic Area at Janssen Research & Development LLC is a leadership role focused on overseeing the Bladder Cancer Program within the Data Science & Digital Health team. This position involves collaboration with multifunctional teams to develop data science solutions for clinical trials, ensuring effective evidence generation for regulatory submissions and future trial planning. The role requires a strong background in clinical oncology and drug development, with responsibilities that include managing partnerships and leading oncology data science projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary business leader for a Bladder Cancer Program within Data Science & Digital Health
• Represent Data Science on a key clinical development team and other upcoming late-stage programs in solid tumors
• Work with multifunctional team members to develop end to end data science and digital health solutions for priority clinical trials in bladder cancer portfolio
• Lead Oncology Data Science projects: coordinate internal resources, collaborate with external partners, and work with matrixed R D Data Science team to deliver solutions
• Work closely with individual clinical project teams as well as functional area partners in Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Clinical Development, Epidemiology, Commercial Data Science, Translational Research, Statistics, and others
• Support Diagnostics projects that pertain to the Bladder Cancer program
• Represent Data Science on cross-functional Diagnostics leadership team
• Evaluate external partnerships that can leverage new technologies/solutions/data assets for Bladder cancer program needs

Requirements

• MD with clinical experience (e.g., residency), Ph.D. or Masters degree in Medicine, Biotechnology, Statistics, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Physics, Mathematics, Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology, Biology or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years in clinical practice with outcomes research experience, or 8 years experience in drug development or related discipline in the field of biotechnology or real-world evidence
• Solid understanding of clinical oncology, including treatment paradigms, patient experience, and clinical trials
• Familiarity with healthcare relevant datasets, such as EHR, insurance claims or registry data
• Prior experience working and driving external partnerships, either corporate or academic
• Consistent track record of managing timelines and driving key deliverables in a matrixed organization
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and written skills

Nice-to-haves

• Hematology/ Oncology fellowship training
• Working knowledge of bladder cancer, either through clinical work or prior research experience
• R D experience at a pharmaceutical company, biotech or partner organization
• A non-technical understanding of common data science research practices, such as predictive technologies, data mining and/or text mining
• Hands-on experience with a range of data science use cases in R D (e.g., ECAs, site selection algorithms) and strong problem-solving abilities

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Business accident insurance
• Group legal insurance
• Consolidated retirement plan (pension)
• Savings plan (401(k))
• Long-term incentive program
• Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay - up to 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year