Senior Distinguished Scientist – NCS Therapeutic Area Lead for Oncology

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Nonclinical Safety

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

La Jolla, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Sr. Distinguished Scientist, PSTS, NCS Therapeutic Area Lead for Oncology located in either Spring House, PA or La Jolla, CA.

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 https://www.jnj.com/.  

The Sr. Distinguished Scientist, PSTS, Therapeutic Area Lead (TAL) in nonclinical safety is a senior leadership role that primarily sits in the interface between PSTS and the therapeutic areas and is responsible for leading the nonclinical safety strategy for therapeutic area programs.  This role is assigned specifically to support the Oncology portfolio from candidate selection through post-marketing. The NCS TAL may be a manager but is mainly seen as a scientific leader role with significant “matrix” management responsibility, serving as the coach and mentor for the NCS Leads who work on the projects as assigned in the therapeutic area portfolio.

The TAL role provides expert advice on nonclinical safety across the organization and on potential in-licensing or out-licensing opportunities. Additionally, the predominant role of TAL is to provide coaching and mentorship for NCS Leads working in their portfolio including mandatory advice and review of toxicology plans, protocols with the purpose of assuring scientific and regulatory questions are proactively addressed.

The responsibilities of the TAL include, but are not limited to the following:

• Be an active member of the NCSS Leadership Team.
• Serve as the NCS TAL managing/coaching NCS Leads who work in the Oncology therapeutic area space.  This includes reviewing and providing advice on tox plans, study proposals, outputs, for Immunology projects covering multiple modalities from the nomination of a target through candidate selection.
• Act as the primary NCS participant in portfolio governance stage-gate or other review forums and provides coaching/reviewing/recommendations for diligence in the Oncology therapeutic area space, and includes interface with stakeholders in and outside of PSTS.
• Drive strategic planning for PSTS preparedness to operate in the Oncology therapeutic area space, including NCS playbook content, providing management updates, fostering cross-industry activities and forums with regulators and external experts
• Maintain scientific depth and expert working knowledge of competitive intelligence and regulatory landscape in oncology arena and to track milestones, issues, and attrition while highlighting strategic gaps in PSTS for action. 
• Serve as the PSTS Lead or Lead delegate as needed. 
• Lead or participate in special strategic projects as needed.
• Maintain strong external visibility to assure strong external reputation for PSTS.

Requirements:

• Education: Holds a Doctoral level degree (PhD, DVM, MD or equivalent) or Master of Science (MS) with 20+ years of direct experience, required
  • Experience includes the following:
    • At least 15 years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience in pre-clinical safety assessment supporting discovery/development and demonstrating progressively increasing responsibilities. 
    • Oncology therapeutic area expert.
    • Development of molecules through M3 and S6.
    • Dealing with FDA or other regulatory interactions.
• In depth knowledge of pharmaceutical science, drug development of multiple modalities including therapeutic area science and toxicology strategies, regulatory requirements/expectations for first in human approval and registration of pharmaceutics/biologics. 
• Strong verbal and written communication, appropriate for executive or high visible external venues.
• 5+ years of people management experience is required.
• Extensive matrix management experience is required. 
• Experience in effective coaching and mentoring.
• Strong organizational skills and team leadership.

Expect travel up to 15% including both domestic and international.

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. The anticipated base pay range for this position is $173,000 to $299,000.

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; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 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
• This position requires up to 30% travel (Domestic and International).

Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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 and 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 email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Design Mindset, Drug Discovery Development, EHS Compliance, Emergency Planning, Interpersonal Influence, Performance Measurement, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Process Optimization, Program Management, Risk Management, Safety Audits, Safety Investigations, Safety-Oriented, Scientific Research, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Technical Writing