Medical Affairs Manager

jj; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Mumbai, India, is recruiting a Medical Affairs Manager to lead local medical strategies. The role interfaces with country leadership, conducts scientific collaboration, and supports regulatory and market access activities.

This position requires strong medical expertise and stakeholder engagement across diverse clinical and regulatory environments. The role focuses on shaping evidence generation, influencing strategic direction, and ensuring compliant medical communications

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of related experience in medical/clinical/R&D roles
• Postgraduate medical education or subspecialty surgical training
• Experience in highly regulated pharma/medical device environments
• Regulatory, health technology assessment, reimbursement knowledge and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Support Country business leaders by understanding stakeholder needs and building external relationships
• Develop strategic partnerships to drive core business areas
• Anticipating, evaluating and responding to competitive activity
• Contribute to evidence generation and dissemination plans
• Provide scientific and medical support for product launches and market access
• Review medical, scientific, promotional materials for country/region

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategy and execution

Stakeholder influence

Surgical/medical device expertise

Leadership principles

Credo alignment

Education

MBA or PhD

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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,locatedin Mumbai, India.

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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.

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Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities

Supports Country business leaders by

• 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 L opinion Leaders.
• 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

• 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 adopters)
• 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

Travel on the Job:

Up to 60% local and international travel to:

• meet healthcare professionals & other external stakeholders
• attend medical conferences
• attend company meetings

People Management Experience: Required

Preferred Minimum Education:

Additional advanced degrees are highly valued (e.g. MBA and/or PhD)

Other: experience as practicing surgeon or within related roles in the medical device industry

Preferred Area of Study: Ortho/Trauma/General Surgery

Preferred Related Industry Experience: Demonstrated expertise and success in country or regional Medical Affairs role(s) serving different clinical specialties or therapeutic areas is preferred.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrated success in medical education, including the oversight of training programs and their implementation; and clinical evidence generation, interpretation and publication are preferred.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

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.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Critical Thinking, Healthcare Trends, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Organizing, Product Strategies, Publications Management, Scientific Research, Strategic Thinking, Team Management, Training People