Director, Portfolio Strategy - Neuroscience Franchise

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:

Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director, Portfolio Strategy to support the Neuroscience Franchise, located in Titusville, NJ.  

About Innovative Medicine

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.

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

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

The Director, Portfolio Strategy will play a pivotal role in driving strategic initiatives that enable accelerated organizational growth, especially as we expand our portfolio. Responsibilities include shaping strategies that enable the franchise to maximize our portfolio, supporting business planning activities for pipeline assets, and driving strategic decision-making through processes such as business planning and long-range financial planning (LRFP). Additionally, the Director will work closely with the VP of Marketing, leading franchise-level strategic initiatives, elevating and managing performance reporting, and supporting commercial team meetings and projects.

This individual will partner with a cross-functional team of internal and customer facing-team leaders across Marketing, Brand, Sales, Medical, Market Access, New Products, et al., to build and implement aligned and cohesive strategies.

The core responsibilities are as follows:

• Develop strategies to support commercialization of new assets, which could include partnering with the New Products team in business planning efforts for pipeline assets, supporting integration of new assets within existing promotional team structures, and other related activities

• Drive strategic decision-making, portfolio optimization and alignment related to core processes, e.g., business planning, LRFP, etc.

• Work directly with the VP of Marketing on strategic projects and portfolio management programs, including weekly and monthly performance management, innovation initiatives, and other cross-functional programs

This individual will report directly into the Vice President, Marketing.

This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive list of job functions and the candidate may perform other duties as assigned.   

Qualifications 

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; MBA or other related advanced degree strongly preferred

• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or medical device industry in business and/or strategy roles, or other relevant professional experience, including development and execution of innovative strategic initiatives, is required

• Strong people management and leadership experience are required

• Demonstrated understanding of key industry trends and ability to develop strategies