Director, Data Science - AI Evidence Extraction

The Director will lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled capabilities (e.g., agentic workflows) for scientific evidence extraction, curation, and quantitative synthesis in support of clinical development for Neuroscience R&D. Working closely with clinical, statistical, regulatory, scientific, and data teams, the candidate will translate priority evidence needs into scalable tools and reusable data assets that improve how information from the scientific literature and other sources is identified, structured, evaluated, and analyzed.

This hands-on technical leader will set technical direction, guide multidisciplinary delivery, and build and validate robust evidence workflows. The role will establish fit-for-purpose data models, provenance and quality standards, evaluation and human-review best practices, and scientifically rigorous analytical approaches, while ensuring alignment with enterprise platforms, responsible AI expectations, and data-use requirements. Success will depend on partnering across functions to build workflows, drive their adoption, communicate uncertainty and tradeoffs, and deliver measurable value for clinical development decisions.

Why This Role Is Unique

Most AI systems produce answers that are quickly forgotten. This role will build a curated, provenance-bearing evidence asset that makes each subsequent analysis faster, less costly, and more reliable. The Director will choose evidence domains, ensure compliant data use, and establish standards that other programs can reuse. Success at twelve months means Neuroscience analysts begin meta-analyses by querying this evidence store, reviewers can trace pooled values to their cited source without assistance, and additional therapeutic areas seek to adopt the capability. The work will accelerate Johnson & Johnson’s clinical development, advance AI-enabled evidence synthesis, and ultimately benefit patients., * Set the strategy, roadmap, priorities, and measures of value for scientific evidence data capabilities, focused on Neuroscience.

• Build and deploy scalable AI-enabled workflows (e.g., AI agents) for evidence identification, extraction, curation, and analysis.
• Own delivery, investment decisions, and outcomes for AI-based scientific evidence extraction.
• Work with the data teams to establish fit-for-purpose data models and databases, provenance, quality controls, and reusable evidence assets.
• Define validation, evaluation, human-review, and responsible AI practices.
• Develop scientifically rigorous analysis workflows and quantify limitations (e.g., uncertainty).
• Partner with clinical, statistical, regulatory, scientific, legal, and technology stakeholders.
• Shape shared platform capabilities and ensure alignment with architecture, governance, and data-use requirements.
• Guide multidisciplinary delivery, maintain strong engineering practices, and mentor cross-functional contributors.
• Communicate priorities, tradeoffs, risks, progress, and impact to senior stakeholders.

• PhD in a relevant quantitative, clinical, or life-science field; or MS with additional relevant experience.
• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare analytics, with experience setting technical direction.
• Hands-on experience with systematic reviews, meta-analysis, or quantitative evidence synthesis.
• Experience with data modeling, scientific data curation, provenance, and quality control.
• Recent experience building and deploying scalable AI, NLP, or generative AI solutions.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or R, and sound software engineering practices.
• Understanding of evaluation, validation, uncertainty, and human-in-the-loop review.
• Ability to assess scientific evidence and make well-reasoned technical tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and influence without relying on managerial authority.
• Strong communication skills with technical, scientific, and senior non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working within shared platforms, architecture standards, and governance frameworks.
• Exposure to regulated environments, multimodal document extraction, AI governance, and responsible AI is preferred.

This position will be located at one of our US sites (Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Cambridge, MA; Spring House, PA). Travel may be required as needed., Advanced Analytics, Budget Management, Compliance Management, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Privacy Standards, Data Quality, Data Reporting, Data Savvy, Data Science, Data Visualization, Developing Others, Digital Fluency, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Program Management, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $164,000 to $282,900. 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

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

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com (https://www.jnj.com.) .

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit., Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for Director, Data Science - AI Evidence Extraction to join our J&J Research and Development Data, Data Science, and AI (DDSAI) team. This position will be located at one of our US sites (Raritan, NJ; Titusville, NJ; Cambridge, MA; Spring House, PA).