Hybrid Director, In Silico Discovery – Biologics

at Johnson & Johnson

• Job title: Director, In Silico Discovery – Biologics
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $164,000 - $282,900 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Spring House, United States

About the role

• Director leading In Silico Biologics team at Johnson & Johnson, innovating drug discovery through AI/ML methodologies. Driving strategic initiatives and mentoring scientists in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Key contributor in developing a comprehensive strategy to stay in the forefront of innovation in computational design and AI/ML for Biologics Therapeutics.
• Implement and apply the computational biologics design and optimization strategy.
• Partner closely with Biologics Discovery teams to apply custom predictive and AI/ML tools for biologics design and optimization across portfolio projects.
• Mentor junior scientists, fostering their development as expert informatics scientists.
• Engage in industry consortia and represent Janssen and In Silico Discovery in key initiatives.
• Periodically be tasked with evaluating and making recommendations for the acquisition or building of new technologies. This may include performing Due Diligence on potential partnering/M&A opportunities.
• Contribute to an inspiring, scientifically rigorous, and innovative culture that embraces continuous learning, development, and collaboration.
• Contribute towards efforts to influence J & J's external environment via external scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and via participation in external conferences as needed.

Requirements

• A PhD and a minimum of 8 years of experience in drug development with industry or related leadership experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in the field of AI/ML, computation, and antibody design & optimization in drug discovery
• Deep understanding of pharmaceutical discovery and optimization processes.
• Hands-on experience with large scale data curation, aggregation, manipulation, integration, mining, and analysis, including structured and unstructured data sources.
• Strategic project leadership experience.
• Preferred: Experience in generating data visualizations in tools (e.g. Spotfire, Vortex, Tableau).
• Ability to organize and communicate complex data sets in a clear and concise manner to key stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience building teams and managing people’s career progression.
• Prior experience working with or leading collaborations with external academic, biotechnology, and contract research organizations.
• Strong publications and/or proven record of supporting discovery of clinical/pre-clinical candidates.
• Strong motivation, passion, and commitment to science and patients.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• retirement plan (pension)
• savings plan (401(k))
• 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
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year