VP, Health Care Professional, US

Kenvue•Summit, NJ

1d•$276,250 - $390,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President, Health Care Professional (HCP) - U.S. leads the enterprise HCP marketing and sales agenda across Kenvue’s U.S. portfolio. The role sets the vision, strategy, operating model and investment priorities for HCP engagement as a business growth driver, while strengthening sales force effectiveness, omnichannel activation and accountability for business results. As the senior U.S. HCP leader, this position operates independently with senior business leaders and represents the function with North America leadership. Its scope spans a diverse portfolio and practitioner ecosystem, connecting HCP sales, marketing, professional affairs and operations, and emerging professional channels. The role reports to the MD, Selfcare Global/US Brands and is based in Summit, New Jersey, with a hybrid work location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Significant senior commercial leadership experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, consumer health, medical products or a comparably complex HCP-focused environment.
Demonstrated experience directly leading sizable HCP-facing sales organizations, with accountability for sales force strategy, effectiveness, reach, frequency, execution and performance.
Portfolio-level leadership across multiple brands, categories, conditions, indications, medical specialties or professional audiences.
Ability to set a long-term enterprise vision and translate strategy into operating models, investment choices, execution plans and measurable business outcomes.
Deep understanding of healthcare ecosystems and the roles of healthcare professionals, institutions, professional associations, Key Opinion Leaders and commercial partners.
Strong commercial and financial acumen, including the ability to connect HCP investments to recommendation, advocacy, growth and return on investment.
Experience leading complex, matrixed organizations and influencing senior business, sales, marketing, medical, digital, insights, customer and global stakeholders.
Experience integrating HCP sales and marketing capabilities across a broad consumer health, self-care or healthcare portfolio.
Experience overseeing large external or contracted field sales organizations and establishing effective governance with strategic partners.
Executive presence and communication skills to represent the HCP function independently with senior internal leaders and external professional stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree such as an MBA, or another relevant graduate qualification.
Strong HCP marketing experience, including professional engagement strategy, brand strategy, content, omnichannel activation and customer engagement.
Experience with institutional channels, hospital sales or procurement, dental service organizations, professional education, congress activation or emerging healthcare delivery models.
Experience partnering with global teams while maintaining clear accountability for a U.S.-focused mandate.

Responsibilities

Define and lead the U.S. HCP vision, strategy, operating model and multi-year portfolio roadmap, including priorities, resource allocation and investment recommendations.
Position HCP engagement as a business growth driver by increasing healthcare professional recommendation, advocacy, reach, engagement and influence across priority brands and categories.
Lead an enterprise HCP organization responsible for professional sales activation and HCP marketing and content capabilities, with clear ownership, disciplined execution and cross-functional integration.
Own the strategy and performance management of sizable internal and external HCP-facing sales organizations, including sales force effectiveness, deployment, reach, frequency, execution standards and results accountability.
Provide strategic oversight of external sales partnerships, including the capabilities, governance and performance discipline needed to direct execution.
Serve on the U.S. Self Care Leadership Team and represent HCP priorities with North America leadership, Accountable Business Units and other senior stakeholders.
Partner with Global HCP and Brand leadership and U.S. marketing teams to develop content, capabilities and toolkits; translate these into U.S. activation strategies and share scalable U.S. innovations and learnings across markets.
Build HCP capabilities across brands, categories, medical specialties and professional channels, favoring enterprise approaches where they can create greater impact.
Cultivate strategic relationships with healthcare professionals, Key Opinion Leaders, institutions and professional associations.
Lead sales force activation and Quarterly Business Review deliverables, linking strategic priorities with execution quality, field performance and measurable business outcomes.
Lead U.S. conference and congress activation across key brands and channels.
Drive integrated omnichannel HCP engagement across field, digital, content, professional education and customer touchpoints, using data-driven decision-making and continuous optimization.
Develop and scale engagement strategies across institutional and emerging professional ecosystems, including pediatrics, dental service organizations, hospital sales and procurement, and evolving healthcare delivery models.
Identify opportunities to leverage channel activation across brands and categories to improve efficiency, consistency and impact while addressing professional audience and channel needs.
Establish governance, planning processes, KPI frameworks and performance management routines, connecting HCP investment to recommendation, growth and return on investment.
Attract, develop and upskill a high-performing organization, building HCP commercial, sales and marketing capabilities and a strong succession pipeline.