Strategic Operations Manager, Medical & Scientific Affairs

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Lyon; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Strategic Partner in the Strategy & Corporate Development function to work with the CMSO offices across MedTech EP. The role involves translating physician insights, market dynamics, and business priorities into actionable plans while coordinating executive engagements for high-priority initiatives.

The successful candidate will bring a strong clinical background and executive presence to align cross-functional teams, advisory boards, and conference activities with

Qualifications

• The Strategic Support, Office of the Chief Medical & Scientific Officer (CMSO), serves as a strategic partner to the Regional CMSO by advancing high-priority initiatives that strengthen physician engagement, scientific strategy, and cross-functional alignment across J&J MedTech Electrophysiology.
• This role helps translate physician insights, market dynamics, and business priorities into actionable plans that support product strategy, advisory board outputs, business development discussions, conference engagement, and external physician partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Regional CMSO to shape, prioritize, and advance strategic initiatives across the global EP organization.
• Translate Medical Office priorities into clear action plans, timelines, stakeholder responsibilities, and follow-through mechanisms.
• Provide strategic counsel on clinical matters, offering insights based on interactions with practitioners engaged
• Lead preparation for executive discussions, leadership meetings, business reviews, and strategic decision-making forums.
• Maintain visibility across key Regional CMSO commitments and ensure progress against high-priority business objectives.
• Lead strategic pre-planning for Regional CMSO leadership meetings at key conferences, including defining objectives, prioritizing engagement opportunities, and aligning internal stakeholders.
• Support Regional CMSO-related senior leadership meetings for priority physicians, academic partners, and strategic accounts.
• Coordinate follow-up and follow-through after conference engagements to ensure insights, commitments, and next steps are captured and acted upon.
• Develop and support social media and executive communication content related to Regional CMSO conference presence, where appropriate.
• Partner with Professional Education, U.S. Commercial Marketing, Scientific Affairs, Medical Affairs, and other internal teams to align podium strategy, faculty participation, sponsored sessions, live cases, and other conference activities involving J&J speakers or physician partners.
• Lead the strategy, planning, execution, and report-out process for U.S. Scientific Advisory Boards, Global Scientific Advisory Boards, and Emerging Leaders Advisory Boards.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define advisory board objectives, discussion topics, physician participation strategy, and leadership alignment.
• Ensure advisory board outputs are synthesized into clear themes, actionable recommendations, and leadership-ready insights.
• Track longitudinal themes across advisory boards and ensure physician feedback informs product, portfolio, evidence generation, business development, and commercial strategy discussions.
• Filter field visit and engagement requests to in-scope Regional CMSO engagements.
• Develop strategic pre-planning materials for Regional CMSO field visits, including physician background, account context, meeting objectives, and desired outcomes.
• Ensure follow-up and follow-through after field engagements in partnership with Physician Partnerships, MSLs, field leadership, and relevant internal functions.
• Maintain visibility into priority physician relationships, engagement cadence, and strategic touchpoints.
• Build and maintain trackers or other tools that support physician engagement planning, follow-up, and cross-functional visibility.
• Work across internal departments to ensure actions from the Office of the Regional CMSO are communicated, owned, and completed.
• Serve as a connector across Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, R&D, GSM, Professional Education, U.S. Commercial Marketing, Business Development, Clinical Affairs, and field leadership.
• Help identify gaps, risks, duplicative work, or delayed engagement where Regional CMSO input is needed earlier in the process.
• Support consistent communication between the Regional CMSO and key internal stakeholders to drive alignment, accountability, and timely execution.
• Support Regional CMSO participation in business development meetings, diligence discussions, and external partnership conversations.
• Prepare background materials, meeting objectives, physician perspective summaries, and recommended follow-up actions for BD-related discussions.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure clinical, scientific, and physician insights are incorporated into strategic opportunity assessments.
• MSL Alignment and Scientific Engagement Support
• Partner with the MSL organization to support appropriate triage, preparation, and follow-up for Regional CMSO-related physician engagements.
• Help define how MSL insights, field observations, and physician feedback can be leveraged to inform CMSO strategy and organizational priorities.
• Promote coordinated, compliant, and purposeful engagement with physicians and internal partners.

Skills

Alliance Formation

Business Communications

Business Planning

Business Savvy

Coaching

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Data Reporting

Financial Forecasting

Operational Excellence

Performance Measurement

Problem Solving

Process Improvements

Regulatory Environment

Stakeholder Engagement

Strategic Analysis

Strategic Change

Strategic Thinking

Technical Credibility

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Strategic Partner in the Strategy & Corporate Development function to work with the CMSO offices across MedTech EP. The role involves translating physician insights, market dynamics, and business priorities into actionable plans while coordinating executive engagements for high-priority initiatives.

The successful candidate will bring a strong clinical background and executive presence to align cross-functional teams, advisory boards, and conference activities with