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At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines (JJIM), our main focus is on improving the quality of life and well-being for individuals. We are looking for finding solutions for the most relevant and serious diseases of our era. Our pursuit of scientific advancements spans all areas, as we strive to make impactful discoveries. This position will be based in Spring House, PA, La Jolla, CA or Beerse, Belgium.

To achieve JJIM R&D's goal of growing the number of internally originated drugs brought to the market, it is necessary to enable expedited exploration of a larger and more diverse molecular space. This can be achieved through the implementation of automation, utilization of novel modalities, profiling approaches, and the application of data science. The success of these endeavors is dependent on the modernization of technology platforms that facilitate automated laboratory systems, seamless integration and analysis of generated data, and provide valuable insights and decision-making support to researchers.

The Senior Analyst, Technical Product Management, will join the R&D Business Technology organization to support the Advanced Modality Discovery team. This team specializes in the development of innovative ways for RNA and cell therapy-based therapies. The role will also provide support to the Biologics Discovery team, with a focus on aligning and harmonizing scientific IT applications across the therapeutic discovery process.

To provide effective scientific IT solutions to an Advanced Modality Discovery organization, a candidate needs a basic understanding of the scientist's responsibilities and challenges. A biology and protein engineering background would help comprehend the scientist's specific needs. This knowledge helps the candidate design and develop solutions that align with the scientist's workflows, such as data analysis tools or visualization platforms. It also facilitates effective collaboration and communication between Discovery and Business Technology, leading to more tailored and impactful solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, scout, implement and champion new data-driven and scientific IT approaches across Advanced Modality Discovery.

• Support cross-site, multi-disciplinary projects with internal and external partners.

• Identify and drive opportunities to enable the modernization of the modality agnostic decision-making process.

• Define project goals and handle risks/budgets to ensure impact, including post project evaluations and communicate accordingly to partners.

• Evaluate and communicate the strengths and weaknesses of business processes. Identify new business requirements and develop the business change strategies to address the needs of partners by improving information systems and procedures.

• Support the coordination of external vendors and deployment partners to ensure they meet their contracted landmarks, agreed-upon timelines, and metrics using visualizations to communicate more sophisticated data relationships and trends.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Computer Science, Data Science subject or related subject area is required, with confirmed experience to work with informatics and scientific IT applications.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 4 years of experience with scientific IT systems.

• Consistent record enabling use, development and maintenance of scientific IT systems within pharmaceutical discovery.

• Previous practical experience using GeneData Biologics, Benchling or similar.

• Demonstrable ability to be bilingual in both science and technology.

• Foundational skills in IT, showcasing proficiency in areas such as database management, data engineering, cloud computing concepts, and IT architecture.

Preferred:

• Ability to generate and communicate complex metrics, using data visualization tools such as Spotfire or Tableau.

• Expertise in the process of RNA and cell therapy discovery is preferred.

• Experience with Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) and Lentiviral platforms is preferred.

• Practical bioinformatics expertise including sophisticated sequence-based analysis.

Other:

• Ability to work with business partners to understand business requirements.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with going for priorities, multiple partners, multi-functional teams, and evolving needs.

• Demonstrable ability to influence, negotiate, and build collaborative partnerships and trust across functions.

• Superb interpersonal skills.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $91,000 to $147,200 USD

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year

• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year

• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

• Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.