Job Description

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

Job Function

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Connecticut (Any City), Delaware (Any City), Indiana (Any City), Kentucky (Any City), Maine (Any City), Massachusetts (Any City), Michigan (Any City), New Hampshire (Any City), New Jersey (Any City), New York (Any City), Ohio (Any City), Pennsylvania (Any City), Rhode Island (Any City), Tennessee (Any City), Vermont (Any City), West Virginia (Any City)

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines is recruiting an Immunology Field Director, Rheumatology – Northeast US. The territory includes, but is not limited to OH, KY, TN, IN, PA, WV, Northern NY, NJ, DE, CT, MI, MA, RI, VT, NH, and ME.

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 Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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The Immunology Field Director, Rheumatology TA will lead the Northeast Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team to execute US Medical Affairs educational and scientific activities, driving field results and execution for Tremfya in PsA and support pipeline assets. This position will report directly to the Head Field Medical, Psoriatic Disease.

Responsibilities Include

• Responsible for the hiring, onboarding, training and management of the Northeast regional Rheumatology MSL team including:
• Strengthening and building JNJ’s external footprint across the rheumatology space
• Driving field results and execution for Tremfya in PsA
• Ensuring that the team functions according to the Medical Affairs plan and company directives
• Conducting routine team field visits and 1:1 meetings; providing observation and coaching
• Conducting performance coaching and feedback discussions
• Providing oversight responsibility for team’s training and development
• Ensuring team optimal capacity, field activity level, and field metrics
• Collaborating with headquarters
• Ensuring each MSL territory plan is strategic, up to date and actionable.
• Managing the team through special projects and cross functional support activities
• Collaborates and aligns with other Field Directors for consistent execution of field medical plans across the US Provide career and succession planning in support of staff reaching their highest potential
• Provide an optimal working environment by promoting/functioning according to Credo values, communication of a clear direction, active listening, respecting inclusion, encouraging collaborative partnership, empowering direct reports, follow up on commitments, promoting innovation, and rewarding high performance
• Responsible for timely completion of administrative duties. Examples include assessment and approval of expense reports, preparation and communication of team metric reports, among others.
• Co-lead the communication of MSL team achievement updates to appropriate internal partners and levels of management The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of thriving in complexity and ambiguity, with experience in collaboration with key business partners in a complex matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a graduate medical/scientific degree required, i.e. PhD, PharmD, NP, PA, MD, DO
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience, with a minimum of 5 years of healthcare/pharmaceutical or medical device industry experience required
• Experience as a MSL or Field Medical Manager is required
• Previous people management responsibility, including experience onboarding and training new hires, is required.
• Immunology experience highly preferred.
• Requires travel of approx. 60% (includes overnight travel)
• Ability to maintain an office in the home and live in in close proximity to an airport.
• Must be available to attend national scientific congresses and key strategic/scientific meetings across the US, and at the corporate office in Horsham, PA.

The base pay range for this position is $160,000 to $280,000.

This position is eligible for a company car through the Company’s FLEET program. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus. 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.

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Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills

Preferred Skills:

Channel Partner Enablement, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials, Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Others, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Knowledge, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Strategic Thinking

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

Job Tags

Full time, Live in, Work at office, Local area, Night shift,

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