Description
Janssen Research & Development is recruiting for a Senior Scientist, Retinal Discovery located on the San Francisco Bay Campus in Brisbane, CA to support drug discovery of novel therapeutics for retinal disease.
At the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. We are Janssen. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it. Learn more at www.janssen.com and follow us @JanssenGlobal. Janssen Research & Development, LLC is part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies.
Janssen Pharmaceutical is seeking creative and motivated scientists who can shape a discovery and development strategy and drive the pipeline for novel drug candidates that address key causes of blindness and vision loss worldwide. This position is laboratory-based and as the Senior Scientist, you will be responsible for study planning, execution, troubleshooting, and collaboration with a high degree of autonomy. The successful candidate will also be an effective and persuasive communicator, presenting key ideas to internal and external colleagues to enable effective coordination across multiple functions and groups.
Qualifications
Education:
- Ph.D. with at least 4 years of post-graduate experience in a pharmaceutical or academic environment is required
Required:
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills are required
- This position may require 10% travel
Preferred:
- Ophthalmology experience is preferred
- Experience with primary and immortalized cell culture, in vitro and ex vivo assay development, and molecular biology techniques including western blotting and qPCR is preferred
- Knowledge of retinal cell biology and experience in the culture and evaluation of retinal cell types is preferred
- Understanding of the overall process of drug discovery and development is preferred
The base pay range for this position is $151,000 to $260,590.
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.
Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.
Eligible for benefits to include medical, dental, vision and time off as well as any others as provided for in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.
For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.