Associate Director, Benefit Risk, Patient Preference
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Titusville • Massachusetts • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $137,000 - $235,750 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Leading structured benefit-risk assessments and patient preference studies including: Guiding clinical teams in benefit-risk assessment of products in development
- Leading preference studies to support products in development, including designing preference studies for internal advisory boards
- Applying structured patient preference, benefit-risk and decision analysis methods throughout the development lifecycle
- Contributing as an author to internal and regulatory documents (e.g. statistical analysis plans, submission documents)
- Serving as an internal subject matter expert on these topics
- Keeping up to date with guidance and policy produced by regulatory agencies and other critical organizations regarding methodologies for benefit-risk assessment, patient preference studies and patient-focused drug development.
- Lead benefit-risk and preference studies for development strategy, dose selection, clinical trials, regulatory documents, health authority advisory committee meetings, safety decisions, treatment access and providing guidance on use of real-world evidence in benefit-risk assessment.
- Assist with internal benefit-risk process development and training, developing novel means to communicate and display preference and benefit-risk information, participating in external benefit-risk methodology and policy activities, authoring publications on their research and presenting at internal/external meetings.
- Work closely with members of the Global Epidemiology, Clinical and Global Medical Safety departments and collaborate with colleagues in cross-functional teams in performing these responsibilities.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Decision Sciences, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, or a related scientific discipline required; PhD or MD strongly preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years (3 year for PhD or MD) of hands-on experience in patient preference, benefit-risk, applied statistical or epidemiologic research
- Knowledge of current academic/regulatory/industry trends in structured benefit-risk, preference studies and patient-focused drug development.
- Experience using structured benefit-risk frameworks (e.g., FDA benefit-risk framework, BRAT, PrOACT-URL) and/or experience with patient preference studies (e.g., discrete choice experiments, best-worst scaling, threshold technique).
- Experience leading projects with multi-stakeholder teams (e.g., clinical, statistics, regulatory) on technical projects.
- Experience presenting technical topics to clinical/medical audiences.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to collaborate with all levels in a cross-functional team environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong self-management skills with a focus on timely completion of competing deliverables.
Benefits
- Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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Hard skills
benefit-risk assessmentpatient preference studiesdecision analysis methodsstatistical analysisreal-world evidencestructured benefit-risk frameworksdiscrete choice experimentsbest-worst scalingthreshold techniqueapplied statistical research
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillscollaborationproblem-solvingself-managementleadershipproject managementpresentation skillsteamworkadaptability
Certifications
Master’s degree in Decision SciencesMaster’s degree in Health EconomicsMaster’s degree in EpidemiologyMaster’s degree in BiostatisticsMaster’s degree in Public HealthPhDMD