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MSL Head Lung Oncology

Johnson & Johnson
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Oct 2025
💰 $315,000/yr($182,000/yr – $315,000/yr)

About the role

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Science Liaison

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

The MSL Head, Medical Science Liaison Head in Oncology leads a large and multi-level organization of highly qualified MSLs, and Field Directors to provide fair balanced and objective scientific information and education to health care professionals and to internal partners as required by scientific and business needs. This position requires the MSL Head to set and implement the vision for a fast growing organization while also effectively collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders.

The MSL Head is responsible for leading an Oncology Medical Science Liaison (MSL) national organization of MSLs and Field Directors, in providing scientific, research, and educational support to health care professionals and internal partners related to the current and future Janssen Oncology products as required by scientific and buisines needs. The MSL head will also set and implement the vision for the organization and TA field strategy while also collaborating closely across the value stream of internal and external stakeholders.

The primary role of the MSL Head is to set organizational strategy for their disease area and national organization and implement their strategic vision. They will also provide support, coaching and development to Field Directors utilizing the compency model, routine feedback, and Leadership concept coaching. The MSL Head will also provide coaching, along with development assessment and guidance for the MSLs within their organization.

  • The MSL Head will lead the development and execution of strategies for the engagement of opinion leaders (nation, regional, and local) and community practitioners to support the Oncology organization. The MSL Head will oversee the tactical execution to ensure field teams are delivering timely and impactful data communication to external stakeholders in accordance with current regulatory and health care compliance guidelines.

  • The MSL Head will collaborate with the Therapeutic Area Lead and work closely with GCO, R&D, and Global Medical partners to develop and execute field-based strategies to support the Oncology research and collaboration strategies

  • The MSL Head is responsible for building a qualified and diverse organization through providing Field Director coaching and support in the recruiting and hiring process. In addition, the MSL Head is responsible for people development and talent retention by providing mentorships, career coaching, motivation and inspiration.

  • The MSL Head is a member of disease area leadership teams (GMAT, DAS) and is responsible for understanding the compound development plans, orgainizational priorities and timelines, and budgeting and staffing models for business planning for each compound.

  • The MSL Head is responsible for understanding, building and managing external aliance partners as they relate to field based medical affairs. This includes understanding legal, privacy, and compliance guardrails along with building an effective collaborative strategy for HCP engagement.

  • The MSL Head will maintain an effective collaborative relationship with Sr. Leadership within their cross functional tumor team. This w

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