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Johnson & Johnson

Principal Data Scientist, Real World Evidence

Johnson & Johnson

. Develop a portfolio of real-world evidence projects based on real-world data .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeMadrid • SpainLead💰 €61,800 - €106,260 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop a portfolio of real-world evidence projects based on real-world data
  • Leverage emerging scientific and technological developments to generate research ideas, solutions, and initiatives
  • Conduct end-to-end real-world evidence studies, including research questions, data feasibility, study design, analysis, programming, and interpretation
  • Analyze and interpret data for urgent requests from internal and external stakeholders
  • Ensure quality of real-world evidence study design, execution, and publication
  • Ensure quality of models and tools
  • Create study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and statistical programming deliverables
  • Communicate technical methods and results to diverse audiences and partners to drive decision-making
  • Align real-world evidence generation with regulatory requirements and scientific standards
  • Collaborate with R&D Data, Data Science & AI strategic partners and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and clinical development in Neuroscience

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Ph.D. degree, or master’s degree in a quantitative field such as biostatistics, AI Data Science, or Bioinformatics
  • 2+ years of relevant experience for Ph.D. holders, or 4+ years for master’s degree holders, within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or relevant healthcare industries
  • Experience designing and executing studies using real-world healthcare data, including claims, electronic health records, or registries
  • Extensive hands-on experience with data engineering and data analysis
  • Proven track record delivering high-impact data science projects
  • Expert proficiency in either R or Python, SPARQL, and Cypher
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
  • Experience with predictive technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, or forecasting
  • Familiarity with drug discovery and clinical development processes in one or more of oncology, immunology, neuroscience, or specialty ophthalmology
  • Hands-on experience with graph neural networks and related graph machine learning methods
  • Bioinformatics experience running and interpreting results in a biological/disease context, including pathway or functional enrichment analysis

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Annual bonus with set target depending on pay grade/location, based on employee and company performance
  • Vacation days
  • Parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks
  • Bereavement leave
  • Caregiver leave
  • Volunteer leave
  • Well-being reimbursement
  • Programs for financial, physical and mental health
  • Service anniversary awards
  • Recognition awards
  • Several insurance plans for employees and eligible dependents in some locations