Executive Director/Senior Director, Translational Science-Respiratory

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Spring House
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson is recruiting for a Executive Director/ Senior Director, Translational Science (TS)-Respiratory to be located in La Jolla, CA, Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.\rAt 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.Johnson & Johnson discovers and develops innovative medical solutions to address important unmet medical needs in the following therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, infectious diseases & vaccines, cardiovascular & metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension. Please visit http://www.JanssenRnD.com for more information.Our mission drives us. Our patients inspire us. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it. We are guided by our Credo. Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer.The Translational Science Team is an integrated group of scientists that supports the mission to deliver remission in patients with immune and inflammatory disorders. The team is composed of disease experts, biomarker scientists, computational biologists, and experts in imaging and digital health and is uniquely situated in the Development Organization to enable the advancement of our clinical trials for our industry leading pipeline of novel mechanisms small molecule and biologic agents. The Translational Sciences team uses human based data and tissues to support the end-to-end portfolio. Together with our partners, the TS group will provide the key learnings/insights on the next wave of novel therapies.Translational Science has a broad remit stretching from support of discovery with human data to support target selection, through development of novel decision- making biomarkers for early phase clinical trials, target-centric indication sequencing and prioritization, biomarker support of regulatory filings and post-market publications.The Executive Director/ Senior Director, Head of Respiratory Translational Sciences position is a senior leadership role within Immunology Translational Sciences team, supporting programs from ideation in Discovery through late development and marketing. This position serves as a member of the TS leadership team to lead the TS organization and will be a core member of the Respiratory Disease Area leadership team and Compound Development Teams. The Executive Director/ Senior Director will head a group that has primary responsibility for all aspects of translational sciences, including guiding indication selection, advancing patient stratification hypothesis, and creating and implementing innovative biomarker strategies. The successful candidate will have a strong track record, expertise and collaborative base in the respiratory field.The Executive Director/ Senior Director, TS, will be accountable for ensuring the group's strategic direction, proactive preparedness for governance decisions, the timely creation and implementation of high caliber translational biomarker plans in support of key milestones for preclinical and clinical portfolio programs and the development of a team of scientists. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the construction of translational data packages, including strategies for target engagement, expression and predictive response biomarkers to enable patient stratification. The Executive Director/ Senior Director, Translational Sciences Lead will partner with Discovery and Translational Medicine to engage in external interactions with academic institutions having strong capabilities in translational science and medicine. Further, the Executive Director/ Senior Director will be expected to be proactive in support of decision making to project teams and be accountable for talent development of his/her team.Responsibilities:

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• Develop and lead teams of scientists (individuals and people leaders) to develop and validate novel assay and analyze and interpret clinical data, driving decision making for clinical assets.
• Lead and shape the design and execution of program translational strategies integrating both disease and pathway approaches to address target engagement and expression, patient segmentation and indication potential.
• Collaborate with Discovery and TM leadership to establish strategies for the development and implementation of clinical biomarkers.
• Partner with scientific pillar leads to integrate clinical translational science findings into evolving programs.
• Lead and drive efforts to engage in collaborations with external partners/academic institutions having strong capabilities in translational science and medicine.
• Support Business Development, including due diligence activities.\r\r\r\r

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