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# Data Scientist

- **Company:** Johnson & Johnson, S.a.
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Salary:** €38,000.0 - €75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Artificial Neural Networks, Bioinformatics, Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, SPARQL, Deep Learning, Electronic Medical Records
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

interpretation + Analyze and interpret data to support urgent requests from internal and external stakeholders + Ensure quality of design, execution, and publication of real-world evidence studies, and quality of models & tools + Create study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and statistical programming deliverables + Clearly articulate highly technical methods and results to diverse audiences and partners to drive decision-making + Ensure RWE generation aligned with regulatory requirements and scientific standards **Required Qualifications:** + A Ph.D. degree, or master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., biostatistics, AI Data Science, Bioinformatics, similar) + Relevant experience (2+ years for Ph.D., 4+ years for a master's) within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries + Experience designing and executing studies using real-world healthcare data, such as claims, electronic health records
(EHRs), or registries + Extensive hands-on experience with data engineering and data analysis + Proven track record of consistently delivering on high impact data science projects + Expert proficiency in either R or Python, SPARQL, Cypher + Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills + Experience delivering on Data Science projects using predictive technologies as machine learning/deep learning, or forecasting + Familiarity with and exposure to drug discovery and clinical development processes with one or more of the following therapeutic areas: oncology, immunology, neuroscience, or specialty ophthalmology + Hands-on experience with graph neural networks and related graph ML methods for learning across large, heterogeneous, multi-domain graphs. + Hand-on bioinformatics experience running and interpreting results in a biological/disease context, including pathway or functional enrichment analysis. **Preferred Qualifications:** +

## Description

dedicated to developing innovative evidence solutions and critical insights through diverse data sources including RWD, trial data and emerging innovative data sources, to support our clinical programs and regulatory submissions. The Principal Data Scientist will collaborate closely with strategic partners in R&D Data, Data Science & AI, as well as multidisciplinary teams within J&J Innovative Medicine, to develop and implement evidence and insights to improve patient outcomes and enhance clinical development in Neuroscience. **Key Responsibilities:** + Contribute to the development of a portfolio of RWE projects based on RWD that will provide key insights to our pipeline assets + Leverage emerging scientific and technological developments to generate new research ideas, solutions and initiatives using real-world data + End-to-end experience in RWE studies including conceptualizing the research questions, data feasibility, study design, analysis, programming, and


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