Director, Global Commercial Strategy, Major Depressive Disorder

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:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Marketing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Director, Global Commercial Strategy, Major Depressive Disorder to be located in Titusville, NJ.

About Neuroscience

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 Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time.

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

Purpose: the Director, Global Commercial Strategy, Major Depressive Disorder will be responsible for leading the commercial strategy and pre-launch activities for Seltorexant in Major Depressive Disorder. Key responsibilities include leading a cross-functional team through the Marketing Excellence Framework (i.e. positioning & messaging, market shaping) to ensure launch readiness, participating in the compound development team and label working group with R&D, navigating Neuroscience governance activities, and ensuring regional alignment.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Global Commercial DAS lead for Neuropsychiatry.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team through key phases of the Marketing Excellence framework (i.e., positioning, messaging, market shaping) and business planning
• Develop & refine Target Product Profiles (TPPs) in collaboration with Global Medical Affairs, Global Market Access and R&D
• Act as the commercial representative on the compound development team (CDT)
• Partner with R&D and regional teams on the label working group (LWG).
• Partner with Global Commercial Insights (GCI) to uncover actionable customer insights that will shape our commercial strategies & execution for a successful launch
• Collaborate with regional partners to develop and execute well-coordinated commercial strategies, tactics and messaging
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs to ensure a high-impact scientific narrative, robust publication plans, and enduring/differentiating data generation
• Liaise with Market Access in development of value propositions to support reimbursement and approvals globally
• Lead competitor evaluation initiatives within assigned disease areas

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required. Postgraduate qualification, PhD, MBA or other graduate degree is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required.
• A minimum of 5 years demonstrated in-line marketing, commercial insights, consulting, or sales management/training experience executing marketing strategy is required.
• Strong executive, verbal and written communication skills are required, along with demonstrated presentation skills.

Preferred:

• An ability to manage multiple demands and priorities on time, lead teams, navigate a highly matrixed organization, gain alignment, and drive decision making is required. Senior brand responsibility, product launch, experience in working with global teams, and a strong understanding of pharmaceutical development is preferred
• Neuroscience experience is preferred

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