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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 and development (R&D) teams at J&J harness the power of data science, we can unlock breakthroughs with the potential to positively affect the future of health. Join a multilingual team of collaborative problem solvers using data, AI, machine learning and deep insights to accelerate how we discover, diagnose and treat diseases.

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Good data science means doing good in the world

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
Ysun

Your path is determined by your unique passion

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
Wittenberg

A diverse team

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, R&D Analytics and Insights
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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.

Featured data science stories

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

Q&A: Applying generative AI to R&D innovation at J&J

Four years out of grad school, Pooja Swamy is at the forefront of her field: applying advanced generative AI to drive breakthroughs in R&D. Find out what motivates her today—and what brought her to J&J—in this informative Q&A.

How we’re applying data science to unlock human potential

Our mission at Johnson & Johnson is to change the trajectory of human health, and data scientists are helping us achieve it.

How digital talent can help save lives—and change the future of health for humanity

Imagine if AR and VR could train surgeons around the world, AI and ML could create bold new therapies for patients and digital twins could fast-track vaccine development by anticipating supply chain issues in real time.

A data scientist's personal mission to decode Alzheimer’s at J&J

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 insights from J&J's enterprise CIO

We’re broadening the scope of data science at Johnson & Johnson, extending its range of applications in bold new ways to bring innovation to life.

Tackling key data science challenges at J&J

The so-called "pitfalls of data science" can also teach valuable lessons—in fact, they're helping us change the future of health. Find out what's so unique about our approach.

Inside the inaugural data science hackathon at J&J

700 data scientists. 35 countries. 2,000-plus solutions proposed. Check out a few highlights from J&J’s inaugural data science hackathon—and find out how you can join us!

Smart collaboration, dream teams and agile data science

Innovating at scale. Bridging gaps. Building networks of innovation. Check out some of the novel ways we're applying data science to bring great ideas to life—and why your next "light-bulb moment" could help us change the future of health.

Connecting data science to healthcare innovation at J&J

Are data science and decision-making simply two sides of the same coin? And if so, what controls or guardrails need to be in place? Two leading data science practitioners at J&J share insights.

Meet a West Coast data scientist (and R&D innovator) at J&J

Learn how data scientist Kristopher Standish is applying his unique skill set, collaborating and innovating to improve the lives of patients.

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 impact on our team today.

From Iran to health innovation: A data scientist’s journey

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

Inside the inaugural data science showcase at Johnson & Johnson

How can you apply data science to change the future of health? Go behind the scenes at the inaugural Data Science Showcase at Johnson & Johnson to find out.

From immunology to neuroscience: Data science across disease areas at J&J

Learn how Francisco Talamas uses data science to tackle healthcare challenges and improve patient lives worldwide at J&J.

Jorge’s journey from particle physics to workforce analytics

Why would a Ph.D. particle physicist leave behind his research career to join J&J's team in workplace analytics? Going from particles to people might seem like a quantum leap, but Jorge's journey reveals surprising parallels.

5 award-winning innovations from J&J’s data science showcase

Check out the award-winning innovations from our inaugural data science showcase. You'll get a sense of how the data scientists at J&J are making a real-world impact—and transforming healthcare from end to end.

Connect with a J&J recruiter

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

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 your career, we want to get to know you! Sign up for our talent community and share your career goals—it’s the first place our recruiters look when they have a new role.

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