Hybrid Postdoctoral Researcher, Omics, R&D Data Science, Digital Health

at Johnson & Johnson

• Job title: Postdoctoral Researcher, Omics, R&D Data Science, Digital Health
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $79,000 - $127,650 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cambridge, United States

About the role

• Postdoctoral researcher specializing in Omics for Digital Health at Johnson & Johnson. Integrating data science and digital health technologies for neuroscience and therapeutics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute plans for the analysis & integration of multi-omics data from patient cohorts and disease models focused on neurodegeneration especially Alzheimer’s disease.
• 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.
• 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 landscape of neuroscience, omics, bioinformatics and AI/ML research.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• consolidated 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
• personal and family time - up to 40 hours per calendar year