Director, R&D Data Science, Data Products – Neuroscience

Position Summary 

The Director, Data Products – Neuroscience is responsible for leading the strategy, design, and delivery of user-centric, reusable data products that enable advanced analytics, data science, and AI/ML solutions across the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area (TA). This role ensures that high-value internal and external Neuroscience data assets—including preclinical, translational, clinical, competitive intelligence, and real-world data (RWD/RWE)—are standardized, productized, and integrated into Janssen’s enterprise R&D data ecosystem. 

Working closely with Data Science teams, Neuroscience TA scientific leaders, and the broader Data Strategy & Products organization, this leader ensures that Neuroscience data products fill business requirements, such as being AI-ready, semantically consistent, and interoperable, enabling faster discovery, stronger evidence generation, and better regulatory outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities 

Data Product Strategy & Execution 

• Lead a team to develop technical requirements for Neuroscience-facing data products  

• Define and maintain a roadmap for Neuroscience data products, spanning discovery, translational research, clinical development, and real-world evidence. 

• Develop data products through, agile delivery, and FAIR data principles to ensure products are scalable, interoperable, and reusable across Janssen and partner functions. 

• Deliver integration of internal and external Neuroscience data sources (e.g., clinical trial data, genomics/omics, competitor intelligence, registry and RWE datasets). 

Ontology & Semantic Modeling 

• Contribute to the development and governance of a Neuroscience Ontology to enable semantic consistency across discovery, clinical, regulatory, and real-world data. 

• Align Neuroscience Ontology with enterprise metadata standards and external frameworks (e.g., CDISC, GA4GH, FHIR, NCI Thesaurus). 

Collaboration & Integration 

• Partner with Knowledge Management,  Data Product Architecture & Governance, and Master Data Management teams to ensure Neuroscience data products integrate seamlessly into enterprise ontologies, knowledge graphs, and catalogs.  

• Collaborate with Neuroscience Data Science, clinical, translational, and commercial Neuroscience stakeholders to co-create solutions that maximize the value of Neuroscience data assets. 

• Interface with regulatory and compliance teams to ensure Neuroscience data products meet global standards. 

Team & Operating Model Leadership 

• Lead a cross-functional team of product owners, data engineers, and Neuroscience data domain experts aimed at delivering data products to Neuroscience. 

• Establish and implement governance models, agile delivery processes, and value-tracking metrics for Neuroscience data products. 

Value Realization & Communication 

• Define and track KPIs to measure the impact of Neuroscience data products on scientific insights, trial efficiency, and regulatory outcomes. 

•  Communicate vision, roadmap, and value realization to Neuroscience leadership, data science teams, and executive stakeholders.  

• Champion data literacy and adoption within the Neuroscience TA. 

Strategic Impact 

• The Director, Data Strategy & Products – Neuroscience TA is responsible to ensure Neuroscience data is transformed into trusted, AI-ready products that accelerate discovery, improve trial design and execution, and strengthen regulatory readiness. By embedding semantic rigor and aligning with enterprise data strategy, this role positions Neuroscience data as a strategic asset that drives scientific innovation and patient impact across Janssen R&D. 

Qualifications 

Education

• PhD or Master’s in informatics, computer science, life sciences or related discipline. 

Skills & Expertise 

• 8+ years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D with a focus on data product development and delivery, or data science.  A focus on Neuroscience is a plus. 

• Strong track record in data product development, data integration, or semantic modeling within a TA or domain-specific context. 

• Experience working with multi-modal Neuroscience data, including omics, imaging, translational, clinical trial, and RWE data. 

• Deep knowledge of data products, database design, data transformation/mapping. 

• Neuroscience research, clinical trial design, and regulatory data requirements is a plus. 

• Familiarity with metadata management, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and industry data standards (e.g., CDISC, GA4GH). 

• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, with ability to translate technical strategy into business/science value. 

• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption of new data capabilities across a complex organization. 

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. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

#LI-Hybrid #JRDDS #JNJDataScience #JNJIMRND-DS