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Job Function
Data Analytics & Computational Sciences
Job Sub Function
Data Science
Job Category
Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations:
Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Madrid, Spain
Job Description
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM), a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Principal Scientist – ORBIT
This position has a primary location of Madrid or Barcelona, Spain.
About Innovative Medicine
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.
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 https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine
Position Summary
ORBIT-focused Principal Scientist will be laser-focused on enhancing the ORBIT platform. This role requires a strong, clear communicator who can gather and translate cross-functional requirements from Innovative Medicine R&D into actionable development work. You will partner with the ORBIT team to design and integrate changes while ensuring alignment with key stakeholders across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
- Lead cross-functional requirements gathering across R&D to define enhancements and refinements for the ORBIT platform.
- Translate business needs into clear, testable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritization backlogs.
- Collaborate with the ORBIT team to design integration approaches, ensuring changes align with architectural standards and stakeholder expectations.
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and engineering, data science, QA, and program management to ensure timely, quality delivery.
- Develop and maintain evidence-based requirements documentation, data dictionaries, and traceability matrices.
- Define success metrics, monitor impact post-implementation, and drive continuous improvement based on feedback and data.
- Contribute to the design and development of data-driven solutions and data management capabilities within ORBIT.
- Support end-to-end testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and change management activities.
- Communicate project status, risks, and decisions to leadership and cross-functional teams in a clear and concise manner.
- May supervise contractors and/or students as needed, providing coaching and direction.
Education
- University/Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent
- Generally 6–8 years of work experience in pharma/biotech R&D or commercial functions, or 3+ years of experience in pharma/biotech R&D or commercial functions with an advanced degree.
- Works under moderate supervision with a high level of autonomy.
- Capable of weighing the positives and negatives to approaches, technologies, methodologies, and data in an effort to move the ORBIT platform forward.
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems both independently and within a team setting.
- Capable of building and managing to timelines to meet cross-department needs.
- Contributes to the design and development of data-driven solutions and data management capabilities.
- Can present analyses in cross-functional settings, contextualizing findings within broader project objectives.
- Capable of influencing stakeholders and bridging gaps between business needs and technical implementation.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira/Confluence, and requirements management tools.
- Experience with data visualization, BI tools, and basic SQL to validate data-driven insights.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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Required Skills
Preferred Skills:
Advanced Analytics, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Privacy Standards, Data Quality, Data Reporting, Data Savvy, Data Science, Data Visualization, Digital Fluency, Econometric Models, Organizing, Process Improvements, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Workflow Analysis
Key Skills
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