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Job Information
Job Function: Data Analytics & Computational Sciences
Job Sub Function: Biostatistics
Job Category: People Leader
Locations: Allschwil (Basel-Country, Switzerland), Beerse (Antwerp, Belgium), Maidenhead (Berkshire, United Kingdom), Raritan (New Jersey, United States), Spring House (Pennsylvania, United States), Zug (Switzerland)
Job Description
Senior Director, C&SP - Neuroscience & Cardio
Locations: Switzerland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we are reimagining the future of healthcare across oncology, immunology, neuroscience, cardiopulmonary, and specialty ophthalmology. Our teams discover and deliver transformational medicines that help people live longer, healthier lives.
The Role: Where Strategy Meets Innovation
As Senior Director, you will serve as a senior leader within Clinical & Statistical Programming, guiding a large, diverse, geographically distributed organization. You’ll define long‑term strategy, elevate technical capabilities, and ensure flawless execution across major therapeutic and regional portfolios—typically spanning 100+ FTEs or equivalent budget responsibility.
What You’ll Lead & Deliver
Strategic Leadership
* Shape the long-range vision for C&SP—technology, talent, processes, capabilities, and partnerships.
* Guide organizational evolution: operating model design, capability building, and resource strategies that scale with business needs.
* Lead decision-making for functional strategy, sourcing models, and investment priorities across a highly complex portfolio.
Operational Excellence
* Oversee end-to-end delivery of C&SP activities across assigned therapeutic or regional portfolios.
* Provide leadership for functional inputs into regulatory submission strategies.
* Partner with Delivery Unit Heads and cross‑functional leaders to prioritize workloads, allocate resources, and remove barriers to execution.
* Ensure process excellence—governance, compliance, documentation, and continuous improvement.
* Foster deep collaboration across Clinical, Data Science, Statistics, Portfolio Delivery, Quality, Regulatory, Safety, Medical Affairs, and other internal stakeholders.
People Leadership: Building a High-Performance Organization
Role
* Lead, coach, and develop a global leadership team including TA/DA Heads, Portfolio Leads, and Technical Solutions leaders.
* Drive a strong talent strategy encompassing recruitment, succession planning, skill development, and organizational structure.
* Create a culture rooted in innovation, accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
* Make high-impact decisions that influence the long-term direction of the function and broader R&D ecosystem.
You’ll engage regularly with senior leaders across R&D, clinical operations, data analytics, regulatory, procurement, HR, finance, and more, while also representing J&J externally with vendors, partners, industry peers, and professional societies.
What You’ll Bring
* Bachelor’s degree required in computer science, mathematics, data science, public health, or related scientific discipline; advanced degree preferred.
* 15+ years of experience in statistical programming, biometrics, or related areas within pharma/clinical research, with substantial leadership responsibility.
* 5–7+ years of people leadership experience, ideally leading managers and large, multi-layered teams.
* Expert understanding of statistical programming, clinical data flows, and modern technical ecosystems.
* Demonstrated strength in talent development, resource management, and organizational leadership.
* Deep knowledge of regulatory guidelines, clinical development processes, and industry standards.
* Proven ability to drive innovation, manage complex portfolios, and lead in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
* Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management capabilities.
* A passion for customer‑centric delivery and continuous improvement.
Required Skills
Preferred Skills
Advanced Analytics, Biostatistics, Collaborating, Compliance Management, Data Privacy Standards, Developing Others, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Inclusive Leadership, Interpersonal Influence, Leadership, Program Management, Project Integration Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Regulatory Affairs Management, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) Programming, Subject Matter Experts (SME) Collaboration, Systems Thinking
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