Associate Director, Oncology Discovery

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.

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Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Pharmacology

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

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

About Oncology

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.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

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

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, in Oncology Discovery, Innovative Medicine, located in Spring House, PA.

Join our Oncology In Vivo team and drive the characterization and development of small molecules, biologics, radioligands, antibody-drug conjugates, and cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. We execute in vivo pharmacology studies within Oncology research programs to meet departmental drug development and strategic objectives, to bring life-changing therapies to the clinic! We characterize potential clinical therapeutics through the evaluation of target inhibition, efficacy, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD), and biomarker evaluations.

In this role, you will lead other leaders and individual contributors within a collaborative team, interacting with discovery leaders and cross-functional project teams. You will be accountable for effective performance management and meaningful career development conversations. Your leadership responsibilities include the design, execution and interpretation of in vivo studies for the validation and characterization of targets or therapeutic agents in the areas of oncology and tumor immunology. Additionally, you will provide input to operational plans with measurable contribution towards the achievement of short-term department results.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Spring House, PA site team of leaders, and/or individual contributors who collaborate across functions and within teams.
• Guide team by conducting effective performance and career development conversations.
• Lead with vision, setting strategic goals and long-range planning objectives for team.
• Shape team strategy, design of experiments, data interpretation, and communication to teams and collaborators.
• Communicate clearly and expertly, delivering impactful presentations and reports to internal teams and external audiences.
• Collaborate across functions and teams, acting as a scientific resource and leader, identifying key insights from biological experiments and research.
• Operational leadership of the team (e.g., workflow, efficiency improvement, adaptation, and compliance), as well as ensuring achievement of team goals within established timelines and budgets.
• Promote sound scientific method, ensuring data quality, and accurate record creation and retention for self and for team.
• Champion laboratory safety, health and well-being of staff, and compliance with animal welfare standards.

 Qualifications/ Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/ BA) in the life sciences (molecular/ cellular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, tumor immunology) with at least 15 years pharmaceutical or biotech industry/ lab/ academic experience OR a Master’s degree (MS) with at least 12 years experience, or PhD with 5-8 years of relevant post-graduate experience.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Expertise in drug development of Oncology therapeutics.
• Experience in optimally leading individuals and/or teams.
• Experience with oncology-relevant rodent models such as xenografts and syngeneic models, orthotopic models, humanized models, or genetically engineered tumor models.
• Expertise in study design, data analysis, interpretation, and presentation of in vivo pharmacology studies.
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to handle several projects simultaneously; detail oriented with excellent record keeping skills.
• Excellent communication skills including effective interaction with people and teams both internally and externally.
• Presentation of scientific data and concepts to colleagues and teams
• Proven record of adherence to animal welfare and compliance regulations.

Preferred:

• Experience in writing technical drafts for patent filings, IND (US-FDA) or CTA (EMA) filings.

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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

AI solution evaluation, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Trial Protocols, Data Savvy, Developing Others, Drug Discovery Development, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Innovation, Leadership, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Pharmacovigilance, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Management, Quality Validation, Scientific Research, Team Management, Technical Credibility