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Johnson & Johnson

Makes prescription drugs and medical devices

Director Medical Affairs Strategic Markets - Electrophysiology

Biology & BiotechConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Fluent German is required.
  • A medical degree (MD) is required.
  • At least 12 years of experience in medical affairs, a medical liaison role, or related roles in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry, with progressive leadership experience.
  • Class III medical device experience is required.
  • Extensive clinical practice experience in electrophysiology or in diagnosing and treating atrial fibrillation or persistent atrial fibrillation is required.
  • Demonstrated expertise in clinical electrophysiology and recognition as a leader in related publications, education, and research are required.
  • In-depth knowledge of clinical trial design, regulatory requirements, and healthcare compliance is required.
  • Strong understanding of medical device development processes and lifecycle management is required.
  • Experience in customer relationship management with a voice-of-customer focus is required.
  • Understanding of clinical trends and the cardiovascular market environment, with connections in the digital and medical technology ecosystem, is required.
  • Strong relationships or experience working successfully with the European Medicines Agency are required.
  • Ability to lead and influence others in a complex matrix organization and lead a team of Medical Science Liaisons to provide strategic and scientific clinical research input across new product development and lifecycle management projects is required.
  • Ability to lead teams to deliver critical milestones and collaborate across functions to align governance processes, assign responsibilities, set priorities, manage deliverables, and meet business objectives is required.
  • Ability to build collaborative relationships with internal and external partners and stakeholders is required.
  • Ability to influence, shape, and lead without direct reporting authority is required.
  • Ability to lead team progression and help develop a high-performing team with a global culture through transparent leadership is required.
  • Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills for interactions with internal colleagues and external customers are required.
  • High ethical standards and commitment to patient safety and healthcare quality are required.
  • Ability to advocate for patient-centric and customer-centric decision-making is required.
  • Ability to build key relationships and influence stakeholders internally and externally is required.
  • High emotional intelligence is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide procedural insights, gather and translate opportunities to address unmet surgical needs, and inform the franchise innovation agenda.
  • Ensure seamless knowledge transfer from global medical teams to the G5 markets.
  • Provide medical input into the Target Product Profile.
  • Oversee risk management and safety across end-to-end processes, including medical input into adverse event reporting, complaints, Health Hazard Evaluations, the Field Action Committee, and the Complaint Review Board.
  • Provide independent medical input to critically evaluate clinical risk and make evidence-based risk-benefit determinations and assessments.
  • Lead medical input into critical business decisions regarding potential patient safety issues.
  • Analyze and interpret signals and trends from clinical data, literature, complaints, and other inputs.
  • Provide strategic direction to members of the medical affairs department.
  • Oversee the MSL organization, manage team operations including budget, performance, and compliance, and implement workforce and succession plans to meet business needs.
  • Direct individual contributors and conduct career-development conversations, coaching, and feedback; provide leadership and direction to MSLs and serve as liaison for team collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
  • Develop and sustain relationships with leading academic clinical physician leaders in electrophysiology and related clinical fields.
  • Develop and sustain relationships with senior leaders at the European Medicines Agency.
  • Review and approve key regulatory submissions and communications with the European Medicines Agency and other regulators.
  • Collaborate with electrophysiologists and key opinion leaders to identify unmet needs and define solutions that inform customer collaboration, innovation, education, and strategic partnerships, particularly in electrophysiology across the G5 markets.
  • Build relationships with academic leaders in the G5 markets who investigate electrophysiology or lead clinical trials in the field, directly or through the team.
  • Build and sustain key opinion leader relationships through clinical expertise and collaborate with customer- and physician-facing functions across the G5 markets.
  • Articulate and defend the value proposition of company innovation in competitive settings.
  • Communicate the future direction of electrophysiology and strategic opportunities to external key opinion leaders and advisory boards.
  • Identify ways to improve customer experience and implement initiatives to enhance satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Build internal relationships and partnerships and improve collaboration across the organization.
  • Provide counsel on large or complex product research projects in preparation for health authority submissions.
  • Define and oversee evidence required for market approval of new electrophysiology and structural heart solutions, working with MSLs to develop and implement clinical evidence strategy.
  • Represent the customer perspective across business topics and ensure customer needs are prioritized in strategic decisions.
  • Provide clinical perspective to Commercial, Marketing, Evidence Generation, Education, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, Pre-clinical, and Health Economics and Market Access teams in support of strategy and product development opportunities.
  • Lead medical input into critical business decisions regarding potential patient safety issues.
  • Lead technology assessment with new business development and inform target selections and technology opportunities aligned with strategic portfolio priorities.
  • Support medical education teams by helping them stay current on emerging science, surgery, trends, technologies, and unmet needs through scientific meetings, relationships with research physicians, medical delivery systems and government decision makers, literature evaluation, competitive activity, and other areas requiring surgical or medical expertise.
  • Develop and advance training programs that address clinical-professional education gaps and align with company strategy.
  • Lead creation of lifecycle medical affairs materials and processes, including copy review, medical information requests, and medical input into clinical evaluation reports.
  • Inform business and cross-functional partners about industry-accepted approaches to alleviate economic challenges in hospitals.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced scientific degree, such as a PhD or PharmD, is highly preferred.
  • Knowledge of medical device regulations and external standards is preferred.
  • Preferred skills include 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, and workflow analysis.

About the Company

Johnson & Johnson

Makes prescription drugs and medical devices

Johnson & Johnson develops prescription medicines and makes medical devices for hospitals, and unlike most big drugmakers, it runs both businesses under one roof. In 2015, its Darzalex became the first antibody drug approved for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. Its medicines treat cancer, immune diseases such as psoriasis, and mental illnesses such as depression, and patented drugs bring in most of its sales. Its MedTech unit makes heart pumps, catheters that treat irregular heartbeats, surgical sutures, and Acuvue contact lenses. It was founded in 1886 to make sterile surgical dressings, is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and spun off its consumer brands, such as Tylenol and Band-Aid, as Kenvue in 2023.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
New Brunswick, NJ
Founded
1886

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