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Career Programs

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Post Doc – Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Postdoctoral researcher Omics, R&D Data Science & Digital Health 

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  

Role Summary  

Our Neuroscience Data Science & Digital Health team integrates the power of multi-omics, digital health technologies and clinical/real-world evidence (RWE) data to accelerate the delivery of transformational therapies for Neurodegeneration, Neuropsychiatry and Ophthalmology. We drive decision-making and breakthroughs from molecular discovery to clinical trials by partnering along the pipeline to ensure that data science & digital health strategies are embedded in every program.  

We are seeking a Postdoctoral researcher Omics to join our team.

This position's preferred location is Beerse, Belgium. Alternative locations such as either Cambridge, MA; Spring House, PA United States of America can be considered

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to align with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):  

Beerse, Belgium - Requisition Number: R-052122

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute plans for the analysis & integration of multi-omics data from patient cohorts and disease models focused on neurodegeneration, particularly Alzheimer’s disease, to enable the data-driven identification and evaluation of novel therapeutic targets, patient stratification approaches and precision biomarkers
• Partner closely with discovery scientists to ensure purposeful interrogation of human omics datasets and translation of data-derived hypotheses into wet lab validation plans.  
• Build strong relationships with key internal and external partners to help shape academic collaborations and define the scope of the research questions.
• Remain current on the constantly evolving landscape of neuroscience, omics, bioinformatics and AI/ML research in search of innovative approaches to derive biological insights that could accelerate and prioritize neuroscience drug discovery.  

Qualifications  

• PhD in neuroscience, computational biology, bioengineering, biostatistics, or a related field, completed within the past 3 years is required.  
• Extensive hands-on expertise in analyzing and deriving insights from high-dimensional molecular data, particularly single-cell RNA seq and fluid proteomics data, is required.  
• Proficiency in R, Python, or similar programming languages is required.  
• Proven track record of scientific contributions in this field with first author publications is required.  
• Ability to clearly communicate technical work to a diverse audience is required.  
• Background and experience working in Neurodegeneration is strongly preferred.  
• Familiarity with machine learning and innovative AI methodologies is preferred.  

This position currently has the option to follow a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week working on-site and 2 days per week working remotely (no fully remote option available) and can be located in one of our office locations in either Cambridge, MA, Spring House, PA, United States of America or Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium. The job may require approximately 10% travel domestic and international.  

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.  

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.  

The anticipated base pay range for this position is XXXX. 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  

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.   

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$79,000.00 - $127,650.00

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