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# Senior Principal Scientist, Data Science RWE

- **Company:** Johnson & Johnson
- **Location:** Hopewell Township, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $137,000.0 - $235,750.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Programming, Databases, Data Mining, Python (Programming Language), SAS (Software)
- **Published:** September 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3397033157&tx=FR9794FFR&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* A Ph.D. degree in epidemiology or biostatistics
 * Expert coding skills using R, Python, or SAS
 * At least 5 years of relevant experience within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries
 * Extensive hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis, as well as statistical methods to mitigate confounding and selection biases
 * Expertise with multiple real-world data sources (EHR, insurance claims, registry data). Familiarity with clinical trial data structure
 * Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, * Familiarity with drug discovery and the clinical development process
 * Subject matter knowledge in oncology, Immunology or Neuroscience
 * Experience in regulatory-grade evidence, communicating and responding to agency reviews and comments.

## Description

* Provide thought leadership and hands-on programming expertise for developing and applying Real-World Data ("RWD") methodologies to mitigate observed and unobserved biases in the execution of external control arm studies, hybrid control studies, comparative effectiveness analyses, etc.
 * Provide thought leadership and hands-on programming expertise to generate actionable insights from post-hoc RCT analyses, observational databases, and literature reviews to support regulatory agency interactions.
 * Independently create study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and statistical programming deliverables including analysis-ready data, tables and figures
 * Partner with the Data Science Therapeutic Area scientists to conceptualize, lead, shape and deliver Real World Evidence


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