Medical Affairs Manager

Johnson Johnson; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes unit is recruiting for a Medical Affairs Manager in Mumbai, India. The role involves shaping country medical strategy, coordinating with regional and global teams, and translating clinical insights into evidence for market access and adoption.

The candidate should have 5–10 years of postgraduate medical education or equivalent experience in a regulated pharma/medical devices environment, with strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate medical education or equivalent in a related field.
• Fellowship or subspecialty surgical training is highly valued.
• Clinical practice experience in a regulated pharma/medical device environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand needs of clinical and non‑clinical stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives.
• Build relationships with key customers and opinion leaders to support business.
• Anticipate and respond to competitive activity.
• Ensure evidence supporting products is appropriate for regulatory approval and market access.
• Collaborate with global teams to inform innovation and evidence generation strategies.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Strategic execution

Stakeholder influence

Surgical field expertise

Medical device knowledge

Leadership imperatives

Credo alignment

Education

Postgraduate medical education

Fellowship or subspecialty surgical training

Clinical practice experience

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com .

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Affairs - MD

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Mumbai, India

Job Description:

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for Medical Affairs Manager, located in Mumbai, India .

The Country Medical Lead is a member of the Country DPS B oard , function ing as a strategic collaborator , bringing surgical insights, knowledge of local healthcare ecosystems, policy, trends and guidelines to inform and support shaping the commercial strategy, maximizing opportunities DPS Country business.

This role provides critical input into the global innovation agenda through gaining and assimilating customer insights to define key unmet needs, and through early, pro-active identification and assessment of evidence needs to address key stakeholder needs within the country for market registration, access & adoption.

The Country Scientific lead reports to the DS MA Lead Internation al with a dotted line to the Country Depuy Synthes Managing Director .

Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities

• Understanding needs of the different clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in the healthcare environment and building strong relationships externally with key stakeholders (Strategic Accounts, Hospital Groups, Regulatory Agencies, Medical Societies, etc.) to drive business initiatives
• building strong relationships and partnerships with customers, especially focused on the development of K ey O pinion L eaders.
• anticipating, evaluating and responding to competitive activity
• seeking and establishing strategic partnerships to help drive core business areas
• Ensures that the evidence supporting Depuy Synthes products and services is appropriate and sufficient for the Country market ( ie for regulatory approval/clearance, health technology assessment, reimbursement, customer access, technology and service adoption, OBCs, medical safety and post‐marketing support) and is communicated well.
• Shapes the i nnovation agenda by:
  • anticipating healthcare trends, policy and the evolving healthcare ecosystem
  • collaborating with the Global Franchise Medical affairs teams by providing critical input into the Global innovation agenda through gaining and assimilating customer insights to define key unmet needs
  • providing input to the evidence generation strategy through early, pro-active identification and assessment of evidence needs to address key stakeholders needs within the country for market registration , access and adoption
  • supporting in the execution of evidence plans, including case support, identification of evidence generation opportunities ( e.g. data sharing agreements with early adoptors )
  • input to the evidence dissemination strategy, driving evidence implementation within the country by providing scientific and medical support of areas of surgical expertise to drive business initiatives incl. facilitating scientific and medical meetings
  • Acts as a contributor (where appropriate) and reviewer/approver of medical, scientific, promotional, market access and other informational material for country/region consumption.

Required Years of Related Experience:

5‐10 years' experience of one of the following activities is required: post graduate medical education (beyond initial licensure), fellowship or subspecialty surgical training, clinical practice ; and/or with dedicated research, and/or industry experience in Medical/Clinical/R&D roles in a highly regulated, commercial pharma/medical device business .

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• High emotional intelligence
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills for interactions with internal colleagues and external customers.
• Great balance between strategy and execution to drive innovation and growth.
• Capability to influence executive stakeholders internally and externally to deliver value-based solutions.
• Expertise & business acumen in a surgical field or in medical device industry.
• Strong competence in Leadership Imperatives, with strong emphasis on Lead and Deliver.
• Deep alignment with the J&J Credo

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