Director, Protein Sciences & Antibody Discovery

Johnson Johnson; Spring House (PA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting a Director, Protein Sciences to drive target biology insights, antigen design, and protein engineering. This role can be located in Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA and operates in a highly coordinated, fast-paced matrix environment.

The candidate will integrate computational design, structural biology, and experimental protein sciences to generate high-quality immunogens and reagents for hit generation campaigns, with leadership across

Qualifications

• PhD required in Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Protein Engineering, or related field.
• At least 10 years in biologics discovery or protein sciences.
• Demonstrated leadership in pharma/biotech.
• Strong knowledge of antigen design, structure biology, and discovery workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluation of therapeutic targets and antigen design strategies.
• Drive protein design and engineering using computational and structural biology approaches.
• Oversee engineering of proteins for stability and expression for discovery assays.
• Collaborate across discovery teams in a fast-paced, matrix environment.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Biologics discovery

Education

PhD in Biochemistry/Structural Biology/Protein Engineering or related

Tools

AI/ML protein design

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting a Director, Protein Sciences to drive target biology insights, antigen design, and protein engineering. This role can be located in Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA and operates in a highly coordinated, fast-paced matrix environment.

The candidate will integrate computational design, structural biology, and experimental protein sciences to generate high-quality immunogens and reagents for hit generation campaigns, with leadership across