Behavior Scientist Jobs

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

Title: Behavior Scientist

Location: New Brunswick, NJ

Duration: 1 year

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Please note that this is a contract role providing services to the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies through external staffing partners of Kelly OCG. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by a contract staffing supplier and will not be a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

Candidates offered employment must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or secure an approved accommodation prior to the commencement of employment to support the well-being of our employees, their families, and the communities in which we live and work.

Summary:

This position on the behavior science and analytics team will closely partner with other functions to provide behavior science expertise in service of the company and strategic customers, with a specific focus on health and data solutions. The Behavior Scientist is required to ensure consistency of scientific methodologies and efficient utilization of resources.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure consistency and scientific integrity across projects and evolve team approaches, models, and frameworks.
• Recommend solutions and propose evidenced-based scientific requirements needed to inform and address the health behavior challenges to a business health outcome(s).
• Implement and measure recommended solutions in different environments (e.g., test environment and real-world).
• Author peer-reviewed journal articles and white papers related to the product solutions, health behavior change interventions, and behavior science frameworks.
• Provide support to shape and execute dissemination strategies as needed through implementation strategies relevant to the project partner.
• Partner with cross-functional work groups to assess the health behavior challenges associated with business outcome(s) and identify the problems to be solved and workstreams needed to address these problems.
• Consolidate insights and new evidence to support the update and optimization of solution(s) and ensure effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Ability to travel up to 25% is required.
• Ph.D. with a minimum of three years of relevant experience within industry required.
• Experience working with cross-functional project teams is required.
• Excellent internal and external customer facing skills are required.
• In certain cases, up to 50% of the projects supported may be based in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), and must be able to work flexible hours to accommodate varying time zones.
• A focus in behavior science, social psychology, other public health-related fields, or equivalent focus in biomedical informatics as applied to health behavior is preferred.
• An understanding of and ability to apply data science methodologies is preferred.
• Experience in leveraging behavior theories and frameworks to design, develop, deploy and evaluate interventions is required.
• Professional scholarly activity (e.g. conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications) is required.
• Active listening skills, strong business acumen, and strong organizational skills are required.
• Experience in the development and measurement of behavior science and/or population-based interventions to support healthcare and health outcomes is required.
• An understanding of and ability to apply research and program evaluation methodology is required.
• Excellent oral and interpersonal communication skills are required.
• Experience in developing and deploying technology-based behavior change solutions is preferred.
• A passion for excellence and exceeding customer expectations is required.