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Applying data science for real-world impact

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Applying data science for real-world impact

Imagine empowering AI with the accumulated medical knowledge of humankind, building natural language processing applications to make surgery safer or using machine learning to transform how rare diseases are diagnosed. Data science not only makes breakthroughs like these possible but accelerates our impact—it’s how teams at J&J are shortening clinical trials, for example. And as the largest and most diversified healthcare products company in the world, we’re leveraging our expansive data sets to tackle the toughest health challenges.

Transforming the Future of Health

When Research & Development teams at J&J harnesses the power of data science, we can unlock breakthroughs with the potential to positively affect the future of health. Join a collaborative team of multi-lingual problem solvers, using data, AI, machine learning, and deep insights to accelerate how we discover, diagnose, and treat disease.

Inside our Data Science community

From innovative medicine to medtech, clinical trials to supply chains, we’re assembling a global team of data scientists to innovate, accelerate discoveries and drive so much real-world impact.
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Carve your own path

Explore your interests by moving across sectors and functions to solve real-world challenges, from improving cancer treatments to predicting Alzheimer’s disease progression—and so much more. There’s no predefined career path in healthcare data science with us. You’ll hop from one complex problem to the next, and never get bored.

“Two data scientists could enter our company in the same role today but be doing very different things five or 10 years from now. Your path is determined by your unique passion.”

—Gayle Wittenberg, Ph.D., Senior Director of Data Science, Neuroscience
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Make meaningful impact

Our data scientists are disrupting and transforming everything about healthcare, from how diseases are detected to the way we manage our supply chain or discover life-changing drugs. There’s no limit to the positive impact we can make when your expertise and passion meet our data sets and scale.
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Inspire and innovate

Data scientists are bringing bold innovations to life and directly impacting the lives of patients every day at Johnson & Johnson. But the way we do it is just as important as what we do—and always guided by our mission, values and collective sense of purpose.


“Our Credo comes into play whenever there are difficult decisions to make. For us, good data science means doing good in the world.”

—Yuqing Sun, Ph.D., Senior Director, Data Science and Analytics
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Discover our culture

Working with today’s most advanced algorithms and technologies, you’ll continuously evolve your skills, collaborate and be supported by a community of the best and brightest minds in your field, from peers to senior leaders. We want everyone to be, feel and do their best every day—and our benefits and culture reflect that.


“We’re building a diverse team with expertise in many areas, from machine learning to deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing and much more.”

—Christel Chehoud, Ph.D., Director, Janssen R&D Analytics and Insights

Women in Data Science

We’re deeply dedicated to gender equality at Johnson & Johnson, and you’ll see that reflected in the makeup of our data science community. Meet some of the trailblazers who represent our inclusive culture to find out why we champion innovation over ego and ideas over titles.
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Johnson & Johnson Welcomes Diversity in its Data Science Community

Johnson & Johnson Welcomes Diversity in its Data Science Community
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Sarah’s Data Science Journey

Discover the Impact Women are Making in Data Science at Johnson & Johnson
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How Volha Is Helping Us Change the Future of Health

Women are Making an Impact in Data Science. See why it’s Your Time to Make Your Next Career Move
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How Geetanjali Leverages Data Science to Support Innovation

Data Science is Changing How We Innovate in Both Practice and the Workplace
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From STEM to Senior Data Scientists, there’s a shift bringing great minds into the industry.

From STEM to Senior Data Scientists, there’s a shift bringing great minds into the industry.
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What Data Science Means to Gayle

How Growing Your Data Science Career Can Improve the Lives of Others
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How Yuqing Is Driving Impact With Data Science

Break Into a Data Science Career at Johnson & Johnson With These 4 Top Tips

Talk to our recruiters

Ready to join our vibrant community of data scientists? Reach out to one of our dedicated data science recruiters to find out how you can innovate, grow in your career and impact the lives of people everywhere.

Ryan DiRuzza

Manager, Talent Acquisition Practice, Data & Decision Science
North America

Priyanka Dixit

Global Practice Recruiter, Data & Decision Science
North America

Ankur Dogra

Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Data & Decision Science
North America

Dersal Goktas

Global Practice Recruiter, Data & Decision Science
EMEA

Samira Lopez

Global Practice Recruiter, Data & Decision Science
North America

Angelina Perez

Global Practice Recruiter, Data & Decision Science
North America

George Rodriguez

Global Practice Recruiter, Data & Decision Science
North America

Daniel Teo

Global Practice Principal Recruiter, Data & Decision Science
Asia Pacific

Join our Global Talent Hub

Wherever you are in the world or in your career, we want to get to know you! Sign up for our Global Talent Hub to stay in touch, receive custom job matches and learn more about life at Johnson & Johnson.

Featured Data Science stories

Learn more about data science and its many applications at Johnson & Johnson.

Decoding Alzheimer’s Disease: For this data scientist, the mission is personal

Discover how Tim Schultz, Ph.D., is applying advanced data science to help change the story of Alzheimer’s disease—and how you can join him.

“Data science reflects the diversity of Johnson & Johnson": Francisco Talamas’s broad vision

From models that predict disease progression in oncology to breakthroughs in neuroscience, immunology and clinical operations, discover how this data scientist is taking on complex healthcare challenges with the potential to positively impact the lives of patients around the globe.

Meet a west coast data scientist (and major innovator) at Janssen R&D

Five years after finishing grad school, Kristopher Standish, Ph.D., is applying his unique skill set to improve the lives of patients everywhere.
This is his story.

Optimizing impact: Meet Data Scientist Braulio Brunaud

Learn how one data scientist is shaping our supply chain strategy to drive real-world impact at scale—and how you can follow in his footsteps today.

5 takeaways from our inaugural Women in Data Science Summit

The all-virtual Women in Data Science Summit drew more than 800 participants, including colleagues from Johnson & Johnson along with leaders from Amazon, Google, IBM and more. After two days of deeply meaningful dialogue about inclusion in STEM, what did we find out?

“Drive incredible outcomes, do transformative Things": Data science insights from our enterprise CIO

“How can we advance our therapies, advance our innovation and get medicines to patients faster?” That’s the question for Jim Swanson, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer—and data science is integral to how he’s answering it. Find out why the senior leader is so deeply invested in building out our data science capabilities and how you can join him on the front lines of health today.

From particle physics to workforce analytics: Jorge’s data science journey

Particle physicist Jorge Chaves, Ph.D., spent nearly a decade in research settings—Cornell, UPenn, then the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland—before joining our team, and while it might seem like a quantum leap to go from particles to people, his insights suggest it’s anything but.

One data scientist’s journey from Iran to the front lines of health innovation

Alex Javidi, Ph.D., is driving bold innovation in healthcare today: therapies that treat rare diseases, statistical models that accurately predict how diseases progress—plus, a whole lot more. Follow in his footsteps to find out how you, too, can use data science to positively impact the future of health.

Meet Physician-Data Scientist Xiaoying Wu

Xiaoying brought a unique skill set to our data science community: A physician by training, she also had master’s degrees in biostatistics from Penn and computer science from Drexel. Here’s why that’s the perfect recipe for real-world health impact today.

Applying data science to improve the lives of patients: Jose’s story

Follow Jose Zamalloa’s amazing career journey from Lima, Peru to the front lines of health impact—and learn why people with diverse backgrounds, like you, thrive at Johnson & Johnson.

Inside the inaugural data science showcase at Johnson & Johnson

How can you apply data science to change the future of health? The inaugural Data Science Showcase at Johnson & Johnson was the perfect place to find out.