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About Innovative Medicine

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

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About Immunology

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

Position Overview

We are seeking a talented Distinguished Scientist to join our dynamic Immunology Discovery team. This director level role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast paced, highly collaborative environment where the primary goal is to discover novel therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

The Distinguished Scientist within the Immunology Discovery team will be responsible for shaping and executing strategies to advance drug discovery programs across the Immunology portfolio, with a focus on the role of stromal cells in the regulation of inflammation and tissue homeostasis. The successful candidate will also be responsible for partnering with Discovery leadership to identify approaches to target these emerging pathways, by establishing external collaborations or initiating internal pre-portfolio activity. They will have a balance of deep drug discovery expertise, exceptional communication and collaboration skills, and an excellent ability to build relationships. They will work within a highly matrixed environment with colleagues within the Immunology therapeutic area and partner with our global functional teams. A successful candidate will cultivate a collaborative environment where ideas can be respectfully challenged to drive excellence and innovation.

The successful candidate will:

• Contribute to establishing a premier research infrastructure to build and progress a robust asset portfolio of therapeutics targeting emerging pathways to treat inflammatory diseases.
• Direct matrixed portfolio, pre-portfolio and external research activities across Immunology Discovery and partner functions to achieve strategic goals
• Establish collaborations with academic and clinical thought leaders to access state-of-the-art expertise to drive innovative approaches to target identification and drug discovery.
• Provide project leadership for pre-clinical drug discovery programs across the portfolio as needed.
• Communicate strategy to senior leaders and scientific advisory boards.
• Represent the company at external meetings and potential collaborators.
• Work in a collaborative environment where ideas can be respectfully challenged to drive excellence and innovation.

Qualifications

• PhD in Immunology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry or a related discipline, with a minimum of 10 years of industry experience is required.
• Demonstrated deep expertise in stromal-immune biology in the context of inflammatory or fibro-inflammatory diseases is required.
• Drug discovery and project leadership experience is required.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills in a variety of forums, and a proven ability to work and lead in a matrix environment, while establishing and maintaining effective internal and external collaborations, is required.
• Experience conducting due diligence and evaluation of business development opportunities is preferred.
• Up to 10% travel is required.

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.

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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