Product Quality Vigilance Analyst – Statistician

Johnson & Johnson

Biostatistician developing statistical tools for complaint trending in pharmaceutical industry. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality methodologies.

Posted 4/11/2026full-timeHorsham • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $112,200 - $151,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a subject matter expert in biostatistics, providing guidance to PQV stakeholders on appropriate statistical methods for signal detection, trending, and data interpretation.
Design, validate, and refine statistical tools and models to enhance the sensitivity and robustness of product quality complaint trending.
Analyze complaint data from systems and BI tools. Support visualizations and dashboards to support real-time signal detection and communication.
Compare parametric vs. non-parametric approaches, assess sensitivity and scalability, and contribute to decision matrices for trending method selection.
Partner with Process Insights, Product Insights, Trending Analysts, and the Trending Manager to ensure statistical methodologies are integrated into PQV workflows and investigations.
Support updates to trending procedures, contribute to statistical whitepapers, and assist in developing training materials to build statistical literacy across PQV teams.
Participate in desktop exercises and pilot studies, and support scale-up of validated tools and methodologies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field - preferred
4–6 years of experience in statistical analysis, preferably in pharmaceutical or regulated industries
Proficiency in statistical software (e.g., R, SAS, Python) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
Familiarity with statistical process control methods, including Nelson Rules
Experience with complaint trending, signal detection, or pharmacovigilance is a plus
Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision, life insurance
short- and long-term disability
business accident insurance
group legal insurance
pension plan (retirement) and 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 of Work
Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

biostatisticsstatistical analysisstatistical methodssignal detectiondata interpretationstatistical toolsparametric approachesnon-parametric approachesstatistical process controlcomplaint trending

Soft Skills

analytical skillscommunication skillscollaboration skills