Scientist, Oncology Discovery

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Biological Research

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About J&J Innovative Medicine:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.

Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures.

We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

About the position:

The Scientist, Oncology Discovery will join a drug discovery team developing groundbreaking and best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of prostate cancer.

They will be a key contributor towards advancing research programs through various stages of preclinical drug discovery.

This is a laboratory-based position requiring effective and frequent collaboration with colleagues within the oncology group and other various functional groups across the organization.

This position requires versatility, strong communication skills, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

A pre-identified candidate has been identified however all applications will be considered.

Key Responsibilities:



* Design and execute sophisticated in vitro experiments, and interpret data for the validation and characterization of new therapeutic agents and targets


* Support the generation of comprehensive and well-designed pre-clinical data packages in support of various programs, including for IND readiness for First-In-Human (FIH) studies


* Routinely perform cell biology techniques.

Experience in cell culture, Incucyte-based assays, flow cytometry/FACS, handling of immune cells isolated from whole blood and/or tissues, CRISPR gene knockout and Lentiviral transduction of stable cell lines, characterization of cell lines by western blotting/qPCR/etc, MesoScale, Luminex, ELISAs, other functional assays, etc.

is needed.


* Analyze, prepare, and present data to internal stakeholders and project teams


* Work independently and perform multiple experiments si...