Najat Khan, PhD
Najat Khan, PhD
Najat Khan is a healthcare executive with over 10 years of experience in the field. She has an impressive track record of successfully solving critical business problems for pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and life science companies. Her expertise lies in commercialization, business development, M&A, R&D, and operations. With a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, Najat has also published several peer-reviewed articles in Nature Communications and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Najat Khan has held several executive positions in her career, including Chief Data Science Officer + Global Head, Janssen R&D Strategy & Operations at Johnson & Johnson, Board Member at The Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH), and Co-chair, Johnson and Johnson Data Science Council at Johnson & Johnson. She has also served as the Chief Operating Officer, Janssen R&D Data Sciences; Global Head, Janssen R&D Strategy and Operations at Johnson & Johnson, and Head, R&D Strategic Initiatives, among other positions.
Khan has a proven track record of developing long-term business relationships with C-level executives, including CEOs, Heads of Commercial, Business Development, R&D, Medical Affairs, and Operations. She has excellent leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills that have allowed her to lead and execute over 30 strategy and implementation projects across several specialty TAs such as Oncology and Immunology.