Johnson & Johnson

Associate Director, Safety Analysis Scientist

Johnson & Johnson

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Raritan • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $137,000 - $235,750 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead safety evaluations including strategy discussions, collaborating with Therapeutic Area Safety Head (TASH)/MSO and other stakeholders as necessary, data retrieval, data analysis, report writing, and report revision.
  • Ensure high quality safety evaluations and reports with minimal comments from stakeholders and minimal revisions required.
  • Provide input and review of key regulatory or clinical documents as appropriate.
  • Demonstrate leadership in the SMT and support the MSO.
  • Support SMT activities (e.g., preparing and presenting data, compiling meeting minutes, updating signal tracking information).
  • Lead proactive safety data reviews, if applicable and form a safety position across Global Medical Safety (GMS) which can be leveraged for aggregate safety reports.
  • Provide support for Health Authority interactions regarding safety and risk management, both written and verbal.
  • Assume responsibility for novel projects, create value and innovate without defined processes.
  • May seek guidance from Directors (i.e., SAS TAL) for complex projects.
  • Lead cross-functional training of relevant stakeholders.
  • Act as product or process Subject Matter Expert (SME) for audits/inspections.
  • Participate in, or lead, department and/or cross-functional initiatives.
  • Explore innovative ways of presenting data, preparing reports, and improving efficiencies within the programs they own.
  • Assist Directors in the creation, review and implementation of controlled documents and other related tools.
  • Management of unscheduled reports within the Aggregate Report Calendar.
  • Management activities within smaller Therapeutic Areas, as applicable.
  • Line-management of contractor positions within the team, as applicable.
  • Act as backup to TAL as needed (e.g., Director SAS TAL is unavailable).
  • Oversight of deliverables by other team members (e.g., complex reports), as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree Required: Healthcare-related or Biomedical Science (11+ years industry experience or equivalent).
  • Advanced Degree Preferred: Healthcare-related or Biomedical Science (8+ years industry experience or equivalent).
  • Medical writing or Pharmacovigilance (PV) experience required.
  • Working knowledge of medical concepts and familiarity with safety activities in drug development and post marketing and global safety health authority requirements.
  • Ability to understand and analyze complex medical-scientific data from a broad range of disciplines.
  • Ability to interpret and present complex data to determine benefit-risk impact.
  • Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively interact with stakeholders, including business partners.
  • Ability to work in a matrix environment, proven leadership skills.
  • Ability to plan work to meet deadlines and effectively handle multiple priorities.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft applications (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • Ability to independently influence, negotiate and communicate with both internal and external customers.
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; 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
  • Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
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