Global Medical Affairs Leader, Autoantibody

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Horsham, PA +1

This role is for a Global Medical Affairs Leader focused on autoantibody treatments within Johnson & Johnson's Innovative Medicine division. The position involves leading clinical-commercial optimization, developing global medical affairs strategies, managing publication plans, engaging with opinion leaders, and overseeing evidence generation for drug assets. It requires an advanced scientific/medical degree and significant experience in medical affairs within the pharmaceutical industry, with a preference for experience in rheumatology, immunology, or rare diseases.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible to develop medical affairs strategy and plans for the compound (whether in development or marketed) based on prioritized regional needs for assigned regions in alignment with defined global medical objectives
  2. Collaborate closely with the regional medical affairs and maintain open, two-way communication to ensure regional medical affairs is up to date on all plans, progress and decisions
  3. Responsible for internal training strategy to assure continuous education of global and regional market access and medical affairs teams
  4. Responsible for global publications planning process oversight (pre-launch and throughout lifecycle) including manuscripts, abstracts, posters and papers as well as pre-launch global KOL communications & speaker development
  5. Review of manuscripts/presentation/posters to ensure alignment with strategy and effective communication/presentation in internal and external audiences

Skills

Required

  • advanced scientific/medical degree (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD)
  • 8+ years of combined relevant experience in a medical/clinical environment and/or scientific function in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Medical Affairs experience
  • Ability to work in a matrix environment
  • Global mindset

Nice to have

  • Global medical affairs experience
  • Experience in rheumatology, immunology, rare disease
  • Launch experience
  • Established network with medical experts/opinion leaders in rheumatology, immunology and/or rare disease
  • In-depth knowledge of study/clinical methodology, study/clinical data reviews and analysis

What the JD emphasized

  • advanced scientific/medical degree (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD) is required
  • A minimum of 8 years of combined relevant experience in a medical/clinical environment and/or scientific function in the pharmaceutical industry is required
  • Medical Affairs experience is required
  • Ability to work in a matrix environment and understands global complexity is required
  • Global mindset and ability to partner cross culturally/regionally is required