Medical Affairs Manager

Antler Co; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Medical Affairs Manager in Mumbai, India. The role reports within Country Medical Lead and collaborates with global teams to shape evidence needs, inform regulatory strategy, and support market access.

Strong leadership, scientific acumen, and stakeholder engagement are essential. Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years in medical affairs or related roles in a regulated pharma/medical device environment, with advanced degrees valued.

Qualifications

• High emotional intelligence.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong leadership with ability to lead and deliver.
• Expertise and business acumen in surgical or medical device industries.
• Ability to influence executives and align with J&J Credo.

Responsibilities

• Understand needs of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders and build external relationships.
• Develop Key Opinion Leaders and strategic partnerships to drive initiatives.
• Anticipate and respond to competitive activity in the market.
• Ensure evidence supports product use for regulatory and reimbursement purposes.
• Contribute to global innovation agenda with local insights.
• Support evidence plans and disseminate scientific information.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership & delivery

Surgical/medical device acumen

Influence executive stakeholders

Credo alignment

Education

MBA

PhD

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 Board, functioning 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 International with a dotted line to the Country Depuy Synthes Managing Director.

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 Key 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 The Innovation 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

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.

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.

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 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.

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Preferred 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