Vice President, Global Real World Evidence (RWE)

Key Skills

Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Public Health, R Programming, SAS, Statistics, Teamwork

Job Description

At the Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, what matters most is helping people live full and healthy lives. We focus on treating, curing and preventing some of the most devastating and complex diseases of our time. And we pursue the most promising science, wherever it might be found. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides medicines for an array of health concerns in several therapeutic areas, including Oncology, Immunology, Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Neuroscience, and Infectious Disease. Please visit http://www.janssenpharmaceuticalsinc.com/ for more information. 

We are Janssen. Our mission drives us. Our patients inspire us. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it. 

The VP Global RWE will lead the strategy development and execution of industry leading RWE capabilities and talent development across the Janssen Global Commercial Strategy Organization (GCSO). This individual will work closely with the Chief Commercial Data Science Officer and other leaders in GCSO to drive the GCSO transformation to optimize our global go-to-market launch planning strategies through innovative and highly strategic decisions and investments using RWE.

Major responsibilities include leveraging their deep industry expertise, and gaining critical cross-functional insight, on opportunities for acceleration of RWE growth across GCSO and putting that strategy into action. Key partnerships include within the Global Commercial Data Science (GCDS) department with Data Science, Digital Health, Precision Medicine and Data, Platforms and Partnerships, , across GCSO with the Disease Area Stronghold (DAS) teams, Medical Affairs, Market Access as well as outside GCSO including with Regional RWE, Market Access and US Real World Value & Evidence (RWV&E), Epidemiology, J&J Technology Data Science, Janssen R&D Data Science and Digital Health, JJT, and others.

The VP Global RWE will ensure alignment with regional/local RWE stakeholder strategies as part of Integrated Evidence Generation Plans (IEGPs) and contribute to execution as needed. A close working relationship with the Global Market Access RWE team will also be essential. This individual will be a member of the Janssen RWE Global Council and will interact regularly with other leaders across GCSO and the regional businesses in support of commercial RWE initiatives. This individual will report directly to the Chief Commercial Data Science Officer, Janssen, and partner closely with other GCDS LT members. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the global strategy development and execution of industry leading RWE capabilities and talent development across the Janssen GCSO
• Interact with and influence senior leadership across global Janssen and J&J on opportunities and investments in RWE that will provide key differentiation for our business growth through our IEGPs 
• Demonstrate outstanding leadership by coaching, inspiring and developing the RWE Team, and others across the organization, to create a highly-functioning team environment that is recognized inside and outside the company.
• Develop key RWE-based insights on our early pipeline assets to drive global commercial strategies and create a competitive advantage by making better business decisions derived through strategic and patient-centric RWE approaches 
• Determine the key competencies, processes, organization, funding and systems required to build an industry leading global commercial RWE capability

• Develop the global strategy for the generation and utilization of RWE for our key pipeline assets including, for example, data-driven patient journeys and deep-understanding of unmet medical needs 
• Work closely within GCSO with Medical Affairs, Market Access and Commercial teams to develop the global strategies for greatest impact and the plans to execute on them 
• Interface outside of GCSO with the regional businesses, US RWV&E, Global Epidemiology, R&D, JJT, legal, HCC and others in the development of the RWE strategy and guidelines for evidence generation and usage
• Effectively navigate technology, analytical, legal and privacy complexities to achieve objectives.
• Maintain strong relationships with external partners including academic epidemiologists, health economists and statisticians, data (claims, EHRs, registries) and analytics experts, technology platform experts and other key external stakeholders 

• Assess the financial implications and business case for RWE investments and help communicate overarching return on investment, business value drivers, success metrics, etc. 

• Be a technical leader for the RWE team by defining data and analytics strategies for specific RWE projects across GCSO
• Identify and share best practices regarding methods of RWE studies,
• Ensure scientifically and methodologically rigorous analyses are used for observational studies addressing medical, scientific, economic and outcomes research questions 
• Build and grow a diverse team of experts with deep RWE expertise and business acumen 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, computational biology, statistics, epidemiology or related required. PhD, PharmD and/or MD preferred. 
• At minimum of 12 years of relevant experience is required 
• Experience with RWE in a medical affairs, market access, scientific affairs, commercial and/or R&D environment is required 

• Expert knowledge in RWE, epidemiology, health economics and outcomes research, statistical and/or other quantitative methods and predictive modelling frameworks and techniques is required
• Outstanding leadership experience and a strong track record of building and leading high-functioning teams
• Prior global experience and/or ability to interface and work with global colleagues required
• Strong technical domain know-how to lead, coach and grow a team required 
• Demonstrated ability to influence in a large and matrixed organization required
• Experience to develop, communicate, advocate and execute a strategy required 
• Proven experience in prioritizing and managing a complicated portfolio of projects required 

• Strong problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented mindset required 
• Expertise as a methodologist for observational studies (prospective and retrospective) from design through conduct, analysis and reporting required 
• Experience leading highly functioning statistical and/or analytical experts in a direct-reporting or matrixed-reporting manner required 
• Expertise working with claims databases and electronic medical (health) records required 
• Significant prior publication track record in epidemiology, clinical, statistical and/or health economic journals required 

• Experience interacting with academia, health systems and/or payers required 
• Excellent communication and training skills required 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with programming in major statistical analysis systems, such as SAS and R preferred 

• Firm understanding of the uses of evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness analyses for health policy decision-making preferred 
• Management of analytical and statistical activities of external service providers preferred 
• Experience working in multiple therapeutic areas preferred 
• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $203K to $325K USD.