Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader

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 Affairs

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, 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 Global Medical Affairs Leader (GMAL), Early Prostate Cancer, is responsible for leading the strategy for the clinical-commercial optimization of product development and life cycle management strategies and plans for multiple products and/or compounds within the disease area stronghold (DAS) and/or therapeutic area (TA).  S/he will partner closely with the GMA Operations Leader, Regional Medical TA/product leaders and Clinical Development Leader to develop an integrated global medical affairs perspectives, strategies, and plans.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the development of the Global Medical Affairs (GMAF) strategy and plan for the assigned compounds based on prioritized regional needs. 
• Collaborate with the Compound Development Team(s) (CDT) to ensure integration with the overall global compound strategy, resulting in one global R&D and Medical Affairs compound development plan, inclusive of developing a Target Product Profile representing medical affairs global and regional value needs.
• Lead relevant patient advocacy initiatives and strategy by driving, building and enhancing strategic alliances with key national and international stakeholders, including patient advocacy groups, physician advocacy groups, academic organizations and other relevant stakeholders in response to patient needs and in support of Janssen’s global patient advocacy objectives and related strategic goals responsibility for Janssen’s patient advocacy landscape assessment and engagement strategy. 
• Lead/participate in the W-MAST and WISE meetings, consisting of regionally designated Therapeutic Area Medical Affairs Leaders to create one medical affairs perspective and one “unified” voice on the CDT.
• Provide single Medical Affairs voice into the creation of compound development and LCM strategies, plans and trial design from phase IIa through phase IV.
• Lead  pre-launch medical activities including  product/Therapeutic Area global advisory boards, medical symposia and congress activities, coordination of regional activity in these areas.
• Collaborate closely with the regional medical affairs representatives to develop integrated global medical affairs strategies and plans and maintain open, two-way communication to ensure regional medical affairs is up to date on all plans, progress and decisions.
• Lead development and execution of the global publication plan as well as review and approval of publications and scientific congress displays for marketed products and specified compounds in clinical development
• Manage the ReCAP process (review of all medical affairs sponsored clinical trials and Investigator Initiated Sponsored studies) for applicable products.
• Support development of the company risk management strategy and plan as well as author and review specific sections of the Periodic benefit-risk assessment report for compounds.  Perform Medical impact assessments as required

Job Qualifications

• An advanced scientific/medical degree (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD, MPH or other masters level degree) is required. 
• A M.D. or D.O. is preferred