Associate Director, Biomarker Strategy (Neuroscience)

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Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Associate Director Biomarker Strategy (Neuroscience) to be based at one of our sites in San Diego CA; Titusville NJ; Spring House PA; or Boston MA.

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Neuroscience team tackles the worlds toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis Alzheimers disease Parkinsons disease myasthenia gravis epilepsy major depressive disorder bipolar disorder schizophrenia and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time.

Join us in developing treatments finding cures and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at Neuroscience Precision Measures (PM) Team is an integrated scientific organization supporting the delivery of precision therapeutics to patients with CNS disorders across neuropsychiatry neurodegeneration and ophthalmology. The team brings together disease experts biomarker scientists computational biologists and leaders in imaging and digital health and partners closely with Neuroscience Discovery and Development organizations to advance an industryleading portfolio of novel mechanisms.

Precision Measures advances measurement science grounded in human dataincluding fluids tissues highdimensional biology and neuroimagingto support the endtoend close collaboration with internal and external partners the organization delivers decisionenabling insights spanning target selection early and late clinical development regulatory submissions and postmarket evidence generation.

The Associate Director Biomarker Strategy is a senior individualcontributor to shape and drive biomarker strategy across clinical development phases. Reporting to the Head of Quantitative Imaging and Clinical Biomarkers this role has primary responsibility for defining and delivering endpoints that enable patient screening stratification and evidence generation to inform development portfolio and regulatory decisions.

Operating with minimal direction the incumbent leads biomarker efforts spanning disease areas and measurement modalities. The role requires independent scientific judgment deep quantitative expertise and strategic influence to develop study design and address scientific questions that impact compound and portfoliolevel decisions. The incumbent serves as a key scientific authority on Compound Development Teams and contributes to internal governance through biomarker strategies evidence packages and expert input.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a leader for imaging and biomarker strategy partnering to drive alignment rigor and execution.

• Define develop and operationalize clinical trial biomarker plans including screening funnels patient stratification and endpoint strategies ensuring fitforpurpose measurement and methodologies.

• Partner closely with Clinical Development Statistics Data Science and operational teams to ensure biomarker strategies and deliverables are embedded within protocols analysis plans and execution timelines.

• Quantitatively assess and interpret relationships between clinical endpoints and biomarker measures and partner to deliver robust evidence packages for internal governance regulatory interaction and external disclosure.

• Contribute to regulatoryfacing biomarker strategy including contextofuse definition evidence planning and documentation readiness.

• Provide mentorship to technical staff and project teams contributing to capability building and scientific excellence across the organization.

• 10% travel

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in Neuroscience Biomedical Engineering or a related field with 10 years of relevant experience

• Strong publication record including firstauthor publications in peerreviewed journals.

• Proven expertise in quantitative evaluation of biomarkerendpoint relationships and assessment of biomarker utility within clinical trials.

• Proven track record leading complex scientific programs with broad autonomy

• Outstanding communication collaboration and influencing skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Handson experience with the discovery development and application of neuroscience biomarkers in clinical trials.

• Experience with neuroimmune fluid biomarkers and/or quantitative imaging modalities.

• Familiarity with regulatory expectations for biomarker use.

• Prior pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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