Associate Director, Safety Analysis Scientist

Johnson & Johnson

Associate Director leading safety assessments for products at Johnson & Johnson. Involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams for medical safety evaluations and regulatory compliance.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeHorsham • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,000 - $235,750 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide scientific expertise and lead the safety assessment of assigned products
Prepare scientific safety analysis and evaluations for regulatory compliance
Partner with the Medical Safety Officer (MSO) to support product Safety Management Teams (SMTs)
Conduct safety analyses and evaluations, and proactively review safety data
Lead safety data review meetings and interpret safety information
Assist with contributions to key safety and clinical documents
Serve as product point of contact
Provide training and oversight of deliverables prepared by other team members

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Clinical experience preferred
Oncology experience preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short- and long-term disability
business accident insurance
group legal insurance
pension
savings plan (401(k))
vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
sick time - up to 40 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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Hard Skills & Tools

medical writingpharmacovigilancesafety analysissafety evaluationdata interpretationclinical documentationmedical-scientific data analysisbenefit-risk assessmentsafety data reviewdrug development

Soft Skills

communication skillsstakeholder interactionleadership skillsorganizational skillstime managementnegotiation skillsmatrix environment collaborationtraining and oversightproblem-solvingmulti-priority handling