Head of CAPLYTA, US Field Medical Affairs

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • Hopewell Township, NJ

1d • $193,000 - $333,500 • Remote

About The Position

This position is responsible for leading a Therapeutic Area Medical Science Liaison (MSL) national organization, comprising MSLs and Field Directors. The role involves providing scientific, clinical, research, and educational support to healthcare professionals and internal partners concerning current and future Johnson & Johnson Therapeutic Area products. It emphasizes customer-centric, insight-driven, and compliant scientific engagement nationwide. The MSL Head will establish and implement the vision for a fast-growing organization and TA field strategy, collaborating across internal and external stakeholders. Key responsibilities include establishing organizational strategy for a specific disease area and overseeing its national execution, providing support, coaching, and development to Field Directors using a skills framework, ongoing feedback, and leadership coaching principles. The role also involves offering coaching, conducting development assessments, and providing guidance to MSLs. Facilitating and maximizing the team’s access to healthcare professionals (HCPs) by removing obstacles and coordinating field activities for effective scientific engagement is crucial. The position requires monitoring and anticipating changes in the therapeutic and healthcare environment impacting opinion leaders and HCPs' understanding of product data, evaluating competitive trends, and predicting industry/marketplace developments to adapt medical strategy. It also involves identifying initiative opportunities to address educational gaps and research opportunities for opinion leaders and HCPs, synthesizing scientific information to lead the development of educational materials, and championing regulatory/legal/HCC approvals. The role includes identifying opportunities for the MSL team to collaborate with and support J&J research, developing MSL support plans aligned with TALs & R&D partners, and serving as a point of contact for clinical R&D, MA trial teams, Medical, Marketing, and HCC/Legal. Communicating field medical impact to senior stakeholders and generating buy-in for strategic initiatives, along with providing scientific leadership and support to the Medical Affairs Department on various projects, are also key aspects. The role guides leaders and teams in strategic thinking, influence skills, and applying scientific/clinical expertise across the organization.

Requirements

• An Advanced degree such as a PharmD, PhD or MD is required.
• A minimum of 10 years in Medical Affairs.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required.
• Therapeutic experience is required.
• Minimum of 2-3 years previous MSL management responsibility is required.
• Demonstrated track-record of successful business partner cross-functional collaboration, understanding of external healthcare landscape, scientific acumen, and/or clinical research experience.
• Exhibits strong ability to analyze, develop and execute on customer-facing field strategies.
• Must be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and adaptable to embracing new AI technology.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success in leading field-based teams including experience in evidence generation and communication is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish the organizational strategy for their specific disease area and oversee its execution at a national level.
• Provide support, coaching, and development to Field Directors through the use of a skills framework, ongoing feedback, and leadership coaching principles.
• Offer coaching, conduct development assessments, and provide guidance for the MSLs in their organization.
• Facilitate and maximize their team’s appropriate access to healthcare professionals (HCPs) by removing obstacles and coordinating field activities to promote effective scientific engagement.
• Monitor and anticipate the changing therapeutic and healthcare environment impacting opinion leaders and other HCPs’ understanding of our products’ data evaluating competitive trends and predicting industry and marketplace developments to proactively adapt medical strategy.
• Identify initiative opportunities to address OL and other HCPs’ educational gaps and research opportunities with a high level of scientific acumen.
• Synthesize MSL applicable scientific information (e.g., basic science, clinical trial and real world evidence) to lead the development of educational materials/communication tools, and champion regulatory/legal/HCC approvals.
• Identify opportunities for MSL team to collaborate and support J&J research and develop an MSL support plan in alignment with TALs & R&D partners.
• Serve as the point of contact and key partnering responsibility with functional leaders of clinical R&D, MA trial teams, Medical, Marketing, and HCC/Legal.
• Communicate field medical impact to senior stakeholders and generate buy-in for strategic initiatives.
• Provide scientific leadership and support to the Medical Affairs Department on a variety of projects and programs guiding leaders and teams in strategic thinking, influence skills, and application of scientific and clinical expertise across the organization.
• Ensure consistent understanding of strategy and drive its application across the field leadership team.
• Set expectations and hold teams accountable for evaluating competitive trends, translating insights into medical implications, and collecting, interpreting, and sharing competitive scientific intelligence across the field organization.
• Conduct performance coaching discussions with Field Director/People Leaders.
• Provide oversight responsibility for team training and development.
• Ensure optimal team capacity, field activity levels, and field metrics.
• Manage the team through special projects and cross-functional support activities.
• Provide strategic oversight and partnership with Field Directors to recruit, hire, and retain a qualified, diverse, and high-performing workforce.
• Provide career and succession planning in support of staff reaching their highest potential.
• Provide an optimal working environment by promoting Credo values, clear direction, active listening, respect for diversity, collaborative partnership, empowerment, accountability, innovation, and recognition of high performance.
• Build a strategy to attract and hire experienced talent to support the growing portfolio.
• Retain internal high-performing employees and ensure employees have active development plans.
• Coach and enable people leaders to inspire teams, address performance and personnel challenges, and drive engagement.
• Guide leaders in strengthening influence skills and leverage metrics to identify and close skill capability gaps.
• Build a culture of collaboration and candor where diverse perspectives are embraced.
• Build and sustain MSL scientific and clinical acumen across new disease states, marketed products, and pipeline assets by identifying knowledge gaps and driving targeted upskilling and skill-transfer initiatives.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Company’s long-term incentive program.
• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager