Director, GenAI for Neuroscience Data Science

American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 164,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation up to 120 hours yearly

Sick time up to 40 hours yearly

Pension and 401(k)

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Director, Data Science - GenAI - Neuroscience to join the DDSAI team. This senior role will lead AI workflow solutions across neuroscience R&D, translating priority research into scalable tools and platforms at US sites including Raritan, Titusville, Cambridge, Spring House, and San Diego.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, ensure rigorous evidence use, and drive adoption of agentic and generative AI across datatypes and medical imaging while

Qualifications

• PhD in computer science, computational biology, genetics, genomics, medical informatics, or related field; or MS with additional relevant experience.
• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare analytics, with experience setting technical direction.
• Hands-on experience building agentic systems and deploying AI, NLP, or generative AI solutions in the last 18 months, leveraging LLMs, retrieval, grounding, and evaluation.
• Strong ability to critically assess scientific evidence; optional neuroscience experience.
• Strong Python skills and sound software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Set the Neuroscience AI strategy, portfolio, roadmap, and measures of value.
• Build and deploy scalable agentic AI and generative AI solutions for priority scientific needs.
• Own delivery, investment decisions, and outcomes for the Neuroscience AI portfolio.
• Ensure scientific rigor, appropriate evidence use, and reliable domain representation.
• Establish evaluation standards, expert validation, and responsible AI practices.
• Shape shared platform capabilities and develop reusable solutions aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams and maintain strong engineering and lifecycle practices.
• Partner with scientists and leaders to prioritize needs, validate solutions, and drive adoption.
• Communicate technical choices, risks, progress, and impact to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Python

AI governance

Leadership

Data Science

GenAI

NLP

Communication

Neuroscience knowledge

Education

PhD in computer science / related field

MS with relevant experience

Tools

LLMs

NLP

Retrieval & grounding

Evaluation frameworks

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Director, Data Science - GenAI - Neuroscience to join the DDSAI team. This senior role will lead AI workflow solutions across neuroscience R&D, translating priority research into scalable tools and platforms at US sites including Raritan, Titusville, Cambridge, Spring House, and San Diego.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, ensure rigorous evidence use, and drive adoption of agentic and generative AI across datatypes and medical imaging while