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Job Function:
Medical Affairs Group
Job Sub Function:
Medical Affairs
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:
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Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Global Medical Affairs Director, Prostate. This is an office-based position in Raritan, New Jersey.
Position summary
We are seeking a Global Medical Affairs Director for Prostate Cancer. This role will support the development and execution of global medical strategy for prostate cancer assets, with a primary emphasis on early development programs, emerging scientific narratives, evidence generation, and readiness for key data milestones. Working closely with the Senior Global Medical Affairs Lead, Regional Medical Affairs, Strategy and Execution, Scientific Communications, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, and other partners, the Medical Director will translate evolving science and stakeholder insights into clear, prioritized, and executable medical plans.
Key responsibilities
- Support development, refinement, and execution of integrated global medical strategies and evidence-generation plans aligned with asset strategy, lifecycle stage, unmet need, and regional requirements.
- Provide Medical Affairs input to early and late development planning, including shaping the clinical development plan and lifecycle management strategy, clinical relevance of early and late development studies, data gaps, endpoint considerations, patient and healthcare professional needs, and implications for access and medical adoption.
- Partner with GMALs and cross-functional leaders on Compound Development Teams, working groups, Safety Management Teams, and Medical/Marketing/Market Access forums, as assigned, bringing a clear global and regional Medical Affairs perspective.
- Lead defined asset, indication, or workstream deliverables end to end, establishing decision points, milestones, dependencies, risks, and clear ownership across contributors.
- Develop and maintain scientifically rigorous, fair, balanced, and non-promotional core asset narratives, strategic Q&A, internal education, and data-readiness materials in partnership with Scientific Communications and other subject-matter experts.
- Support publication strategy and execution, including identification of priority scientific questions, data dissemination opportunities, congress planning, author engagement, and timely delivery of manuscripts and presentations.
- Generate and synthesize insights from scientific exchange, advisory boards, investigators, regions, field medical teams, literature, and the competitive landscape; translate insights into strategic recommendations and documented follow-through.
- Plan and execute high-quality external scientific engagement, including advisory boards, expert consultations, congress interactions, and investigator engagement, in accordance with applicable policies and industry standards.
- Partner with regions and countries to ensure strategies are globally relevant, locally actionable, and informed by differences in clinical practice, access, evidence needs, and stakeholder priorities.
- Contribute to launch and medical-readiness activities where relevant, including evidence readiness, scientific communication, education, insight plans, risk mitigation, and cross-functional alignment.
- Use fit-for-purpose digital and AI-enabled approaches to improve synthesis, planning, content development, and knowledge sharing, with appropriate human review and in accordance with company requirements.
- Monitor budgets, vendors, timelines, and deliverable quality for assigned initiatives; proactively raise trade-offs and propose solutions when priorities or assumptions change.
- Operate with a One Medical Voice mindset, ensuring alignment across global, regional, and cross-functional stakeholders while preserving scientific integrity and appropriate Medical Affairs independence.
- Coach and enable colleagues through clear expectations, constructive challenge, knowledge sharing, and inclusive collaboration; may lead matrix teams, vendors, fellows, or project-based contributors.
Ways of working and leadership expectations
- Strategic and scientific judgment: frame the right questions, distinguish signal from noise, and make clear recommendations under uncertainty.
- Enterprise influence: build alignment without relying on formal authority; surface disagreements early and help teams resolve trade-offs in the interest of patients and the asset.
- Execution excellence: convert strategy into a focused plan, protect critical priorities, simplify governance, and deliver high-quality work on time.
- Communication and translation: make complex science understandable and decision-ready for different audiences without overstating the evidence.
- External scientific leadership: engage credibly with experts and investigators, listen actively, and translate external perspectives into action.
- Insight and evidence orientation: connect stakeholder insights, evidence gaps, publications, and medical activities to explicit strategic decisions and outcomes.
- Adaptability and learning agility: remain effective as data, development plans, organizational needs, and asset priorities evolve.
- Credo-based leadership: demonstrate integrity, accountability, inclusion, respect, transparency, and an uncompromising commitment to patient benefit and compliance.
Qualifications
Required
- Advanced scientific, medical, or healthcare degree (for example, MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent relevant training).
- Relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, or healthcare environment, with demonstrated ability to interpret clinical and translational data and convert evidence into medical strategy.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working across functions and geographies in a matrixed environment and leading work through influence, preferably in a global pharmaceutical industry setting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present recommendations to senior and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, ambiguity, timelines, and interdependencies while maintaining quality and scientific integrity.
- Working knowledge of the principles governing compliant, fair, balanced, and non-promotional Medical Affairs activities.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally based on business needs.
Preferred
- Experience in oncology; experience in prostate cancer, immuno-oncology, T-cell engagers, early development, or complex biologic modalities is particularly relevant.
- Experience with global medical strategy, evidence generation, publications, congress planning, external expert engagement, scientific communications, or launch readiness.
- Experience contributing to development, safety, labeling, filing, or cross-functional asset governance teams.
- Demonstrated ability to build new processes or ways of working in a rapidly evolving portfolio.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Business Requirements Analysis, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Developing Others, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Healthcare Trends, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Strategies, Stakeholder Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Workflow Analysis
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$164,000.00 - $282,900.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
or additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
