Medical Director, Spine

Johnson & Johnson • West Chester, MA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

DePuy Synthes, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, is hiring a Medical Director for its Spine platform. The position is based at a listed facility in Raynham, Massachusetts; West Chester, Pennsylvania; Warsaw, Indiana; or Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The preferred arrangement is hybrid, based at one of those locations. Remote work with periodic travel to a listed location may be considered case by case for East Coast candidates. This is a part-time role requiring at least three days per week, with one to two days per week available for external clinical practice.

The role provides medical affairs expertise and strategic input for the Spine platform and its innovation portfolio. It identifies unmet patient and provider needs, informs product development and lifecycle management, evaluates clinical risks and potential patient-safety issues, and supports regulatory documentation. Working across functions, the Medical Director supports evidence generation and dissemination, medical education, and commercialization activities intended to support market registration, access, and adoption.

The anticipated base pay range is stated in the posting as $204,000–$351,900 and, in the pay-transparency section, as $204,000–$353,050. Employees may be eligible for the company’s pension and 401(k) savings plans and long-term incentive program, as well as specified vacation, sick, holiday, personal and family, parental, bereavement, caregiver, volunteer, and other leave benefits, subject to plan and policy terms. Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate its Orthopaedics business into a standalone DePuy Synthes company; if the transaction is completed, the role is anticipated to become an employee of DePuy Synthes under its employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans.

Requirements

• MD or equivalent.
• Completion of an accredited orthopedic surgery or neurological surgery residency and at least a one-year spine surgery fellowship, or equivalent spine surgical training.
• At least five years of relevant experience beyond initial licensure, including clinical practice, dedicated research, or other related training or experience.
• Strong understanding of clinical trends and the related healthcare market environment, with deep connections in the digital and med-tech ecosystem.
• Medical expertise in assessing clinical risk-benefit throughout product development and lifecycle management, and deep knowledge of applicable standards and regulations requiring medical input, including risk management, complaint management, and reporting requirements.
• Ability to advocate strongly for patient-centric decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to build successful relationships and partnerships with business stakeholders and external regulators and investigators.
• Strong business acumen.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 15% domestically and internationally; travel may be approximately 30% for candidates not based at one of the listed locations.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience leading in medical affairs, clinical development, research, or the medical-device industry is highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Engage with external information sources, including key opinion leaders, medical societies, literature, and social media, to identify and translate unmet patient and provider needs and healthcare trends.
• Provide medical and scientific expertise and insights to support business development strategy and targets, product launches, scientific meetings, research-physician relationships, literature evaluation, and competitive analysis.
• Validate Target Product Profiles across the assigned innovation pipeline, incorporating input from Medical Affairs leaders in key markets.
• Provide strategic medical support to operating companies and collaborate with innovation, marketing, business development, R&D, regulatory, clinical, quality, and supply-chain leaders.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on product development and commercial plans, product launches, and training content and delivery.
• Provide medical, surgical, and scientific input into design requirements, concept development, and prototype testing.
• Contribute to risk management, including hazard and harm identification and risk mitigation.
• Assess device performance, clinical benefits, and safety to evaluate risk-benefit balance for market registration and throughout the product lifecycle.
• Work with Medical Safety and Post-Market Surveillance to assess, analyze, and interpret events, complaints, signals, and trends from clinical studies, literature, and other sources.
• Provide medical, surgical, and scientific support for regulatory inspections, external audits, and internal audits.
• Support responses to complex medical information requests and provide medical expertise and consultation to non-MD colleagues when matters are escalated.
• Provide medical, surgical, and scientific support to Professional Education, Communications, Legal/HCC, and HR Communications.
• Assist evidence-generation leaders with global strategies for new and existing products, interpret clinical analyses, and review and approve clinical study reports and scientific publications.
• Support evidence generation for regulatory approval or clearance, health technology assessment, customer access, medical safety, and post-marketing needs.
• Support lifecycle management of marketed products, including labeling updates, technical files and documents, and medical support to Quality groups.
• Research, prepare, and document responses to healthcare-provider medical information requests; review and approve medical content through the Copy Approval process; and consult the Franchise Medical Director when needed.
• Support literature review, analysis, and conclusions for Clinical Evaluation Reports, review those reports, and assist with periodic safety reports for assigned products.
• Assist in reviewing risk evaluation (PRE or PRA) documents.

Benefits

• Pension plan
• 401(k) savings plan
• Long-term incentive program
• Vacation: 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time: 40 hours per calendar year, with specified state-based amounts for Colorado and Washington employees
• Holiday pay, including floating holidays: 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time: up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental leave: 480 hours within one year of a child’s birth, adoption, or foster-care placement
• Bereavement leave: up to 240 hours for an immediate family member and 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver leave: 80 hours in a rolling 52-week period
• Volunteer leave: 32 hours per calendar year
• Military spouse time off: 80 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree