Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison - Neuroscience - Texas

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Albuquerque (NM); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 235,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year

Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay – 13 days per calendar year

Parental leave – 480 hours

Volunteer leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Job summary

A leading healthcare innovator seeks an Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison in Neuroscience to lead KOL engagement strategies across Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The role requires a BA/BS degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience in marketing or sales. Responsibilities include developing marketing strategies, building relationships with key opinion leaders, and overseeing the regional budget. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of the neuroscience market and a valid US driver's license.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in marketing or sales leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with KOLs and healthcare organizations.
• Valid driver’s license issued in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional KOL engagement and marketing education strategy.
• Build relationships with academic and community KOLs.
• Supervise the regional marketing budget.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

KOL engagement

Customer relationship management

Market analysis

Education

BA/BS degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison – Neuroscience – Texas

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 https://www.jnj.com.

Job Description

We are recruiting for an Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison – Neuroscience to support the Texas (TX), New Mexico (NM), and Arizona (AZ) region. This is a field-based position, with preference for the candidate to be in a major metropolitan market with easy access to a national airport. While specific cities are listed in the locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application. We invite candidates from any location to apply.

Johnson & Johnson has entered into an agreement to acquire Intra‑Cellular Therapies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders. With a differentiated commercialized therapy and promising clinical‑stage pipeline that complements our current areas of focus, this acquisition brings us one step closer to achieving our ambition of becoming the #1 neuroscience company worldwide.

The Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison – Neuroscience, will be responsible for leading the CAPLYTA Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement strategy, as well as contributing significantly to the overall KOL strategy across the Neuroscience franchise in close collaboration with the brand team. This territory includes TX, NM, AZ.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of regional KOL engagement strategy, marketing education strategy, and faculty development. This includes oversight of regional peer‑to‑peer marketing plans, health care compliance training for faculty, and other related activities as needed.
• Serve as a key member of the CAPLYTA brand team by providing local market insights and feedback to craft future strategies for the Neuroscience franchise in close collaboration with sales leaders, key business partners, and medical teams to elevate brand advocacy.
• Build trusting relationships with academic and community KOLs, and other key partners to achieve above‑brand priorities.
• Maintain pulse on regional trends and closely coordinate regional marketing education and engagement plans with cross‑functional partners to ensure heightened KOL and customer engagement strategies that are fully aligned to the brand strategic imperatives.
• Partner with coordinated analytics team to better understand regional variations in treatment patterns to advise peer‑to‑peer and insight program placement.
• Attend conferences and serve as onsite host for product theatres.
• Facilitate, participate, and attend advisory boards where appropriate.
• Coordinate executive engagements with KOLs and commercial leadership.
• Closely supervise the regional marketing budget and provide continuous feedback on business planning.
• Assist in crafting future innovative educational platforms including national and regional recommendations to tailor our education to local needs and creating innovative solutions in further engaging KOLs at all regional and national medical congresses.
• Lead the overall neuroscience strategy inclusive of mapping, framework development, innovative engagement planning for current brands and future launches, inclusive of marketing operations for KOL strategy and planning including agency management and champion materials.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in marketing, key account management, medical, sales leadership, sales training, or field sales engaging with KOLs/Influential HCPs and professional healthcare organizations.
• Deep understanding and experience working cross‑functionally with various key internal & external partners with a strong ability to innovate, collaborate and deliver results with desired outcomes.
• Demonstrated understanding of key industry trends and ability to develop strategies to stay ahead of the competition and improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage relevant and lasting customer relationships with strong focus on patient impact and outstanding customer centricity.
• Travel can be up to 65%; this includes internal meetings, advisory boards, medical meetings, congresses, and select program attendance.
• A valid driver’s license issued in the United States.

Preferred

• Minimum 5 years of experience in neuroscience.
• Previous cross‑functional industry experience in pharma or biotech engaging with KOLs and professional healthcare associations is preferred.
• Deep medical/scientific knowledge/experience with a firm understanding of the psychiatry marketplace is preferred.
• Experience leading through change and transformation, product launches, and exceptional communication and leadership skills is preferred.
• Complete all company and job‑related training as assigned within the required timelines.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Compensation & Benefits

Anticipated base pay range: $137,000.00 – $235,750.00.

Benefits include (subject to the terms of the respective policies and date of hire):

• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year.
• Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours for Colorado residents, 56 hours for Washington residents).
• Holiday pay, including floating holidays – 13 days per calendar year.
• Work, personal and family time – up to 40 hours per calendar year.
• Parental leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child.
• Bereavement leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
• Caregiver leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period.
• Volunteer leave – 32 hours per calendar year.
• Military spouse time‑off – 80 hours per calendar year.

For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.