Head of CAPLYTA, US Field Medical Affairs

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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Head of CAPLYTA, US Field Medical Affairs located in Titusville, NJ.

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Position Summary

The Head of CAPLYTA, US Field Medical Affairs is responsible for leading a Therapeutic Area Medical Science Liaison (MSL) national organization of MSLs and Field Directors, in providing scientific, clinical, research, and educational support to health care professionals and internal partners related to the current and future Johnson & Johnson Therapeutic Area products, while ensuring customer‑centric, insight‑driven, and compliant scientific engagement across the nation. The MSL Head will also set and implement the vision for a fast-growing organization and TA field strategy while also collaborating closely across the value stream of internal and external stakeholders. 

The main responsibility of the Head of CAPLYTA, US Field Medical Affairs is to establish the organizational strategy for their specific disease area and oversee its execution at a national level. They are also tasked with providing support, coaching, and development to Field Directors through the use of a skills framework, ongoing feedback, and leadership coaching principles. Additionally, the MSL Head offers coaching, conducts development assessments, and provides guidance for the MSLs in their organization. Furthermore, the MSL Head is essential in facilitating and maximizing their teams 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

• With a high level of scientific acumen, identify initiative opportunities to address OL and other HCPs educational gaps and research opportunities

• 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.

• 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

People Development:

• Responsible for the management of a national Therapeutic Area MSL team including:

• Ensures consistent understanding of strategy and drives its application across the field leadership team.

• Sets expectations and holds 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 

• The MSL Head will 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

Requirements

• An Advanced degree such as a PharmD, PhD or MD is required

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

• A minimum of 10 years in Medical Affairs

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required

• This position requires up to 60% - 70% annual domestic travel.

• Must be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and adaptable to embracing new AI technology

• 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.

• Requires travel of approx. 60% depending on geography (includes overnight travel); Ability to maintain an office in the home required.

• Must be available to attend periodic national scientific congresses and key strategic/scientific meetings at the corporate

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Alignment, Clinical Experience, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Gathering and Analysis, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Interpersonal Influence, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Operations Management, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

The anticipated base pay range for this position is 193000 to 333500.

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporations performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Companys discretion on an individual basis. · Please use the following language: •Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. •Employees may be eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). •This position is eligible to participate in the Companys long-term incentive program. •Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: •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 of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year •Additional information can be found through the link below.