Medical Director, U.S. Medical Affairs- Prostate Cancer, Oncology

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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Affairs

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

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 Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Medical Director, U.S. Medical Affairs for Bladder Cancer. This is an office-based position with Horsham, Pennsylvania being the preferred location.

The Medical Director (MD), Medical Affairs, Bladder Cancer will serve as a clinical subject matter expert (SME) and will be responsible for providing medical and scientific leadership to a cross-functional team, reporting to the Therapeutic Head, GU, Solid Tumors, Oncology. This role is responsible and accountable for providing evidence-based, clinical and scientific expertise to internal and external partners, support cross-functional teams to identify medical barriers and opportunities across the bladder cancer portfolio and implement medical affairs tactics and initiatives. The successful candidate will lead the Evidence Generation Processes in collaboration with the therapeutic area team and in direct communication with the global organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Prostate Cancer subject matter expertise and represent US medical affairs on internal stakeholder/ project teams across key functional areas within the US GU Oncology business including but not limited to sales and marketing, regulatory advertising and promotion (RAP), RWV&E, MSLs, Medical Communications and Scientific Exchange (MCSE), Training and Development. 

• Act as the primary contact for data generation initiatives, lead the development of the integrated evidence generation plan in response to emerging data and the changing competitive landscape. Oversee the development of scholarly publications from Janssen studies and collaborate on the strategic publication plan. Work collaboratively with Medical Directors, V&E team members, and other stakeholders. Prioritize evidence generation activities to support value-based research.

• Support/ lead the development of medical education content for field medical and field V&E teams. Partner with MCSE teams on content development, review, and approval. Support content development, review, and approval of fair-balance advertising and promotional education content for commercial teams. 

• Identify new key opinion leaders (KOLs) and develop strong KOL collaborations on clinical trial development and medical affairs activities. Represent medical affairs in advisory boards, lead data presentation and facilitate discussions to solicit feedback to inform the bladder medical strategy. Establish and foster relations with medical societies and patient advocacy organizations. 

Qualifications:

• A PhD, PharmD or MD is required

• A background in Oncology and Prostate cancer is strongly preferred.

• A minimum of five years