Medical Director, Dermatology and Respiratory – Clinical Development

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 344,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation – 120 hours / year

Parental Leave – 480 hours

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Medical Director to lead late-stage dermatology and respiratory clinical development, including trial design, safety oversight, and regulatory deliverables. The role may be located in Spring House, PA, Cambridge, MA, or La Jolla, CA.

The candidate will guide study concepts, collaborate with clinical scientists, and mentor teams while advancing therapies for immune-mediated diseases.

Qualifications

• MD or equivalent medical degree required.
• Three or more years of clinical development or clinical research experience.
• Experience leading interventional clinical trials and study reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Phase 2/3 trials in dermatology, allergy, or respiratory diseases.
• Serve as medical lead for assigned studies, including safety review and data interpretation.
• Drive cross-functional study teams and regulatory interactions and submissions.

Skills

Clinical development

Medical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data interpretation

Education

MD or equivalent

Tools

Regulatory submissions

Clinical trial management

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

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function

Clinical Development & Research – MD

Job Category

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

We are searching for outstanding talent for Medical Director, Dermatology and Respiratory to join the Clinical Development team located ideally in Spring House, PA; other J&J Innovative Medicine R&D locations, including Cambridge, MA or La Jolla, CA, may be considered.

About Immunology

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Purpose

The Medical Director provides medical and scientific leadership for late-stage dermatology and respiratory clinical development. The role leads assigned studies and contributes to program strategy, with accountability for rigorous trial design, participant safety, medical oversight, data interpretation, and high-quality clinical and regulatory deliverables across immune-mediated respiratory, dermatologic, and allergic diseases.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Lead the design, execution, analysis, and reporting of Phase 2 and Phase 3 respiratory, allergy, or dermatology trials, aligned with clinical development strategy, Good Clinical Practice, and global regulatory requirements.
• Serve as medical lead for assigned studies, including eligibility guidance, medical monitoring, safety review, protocol deviation assessment, data review, and ongoing benefit-risk evaluation.
• Lead cross-functional study teams and partner closely with clinical scientists and matrix stakeholders to help drive timely decisions, risk mitigation, and delivery of study milestones from study concept and start-up through database lock, reporting, disclosure, and close-out.
• Develop and review clinical documents, including study concepts, protocols, case report forms, operational and analytic plans, investigator brochures, statistical analysis inputs, clinical study reports, publications, and other scientific communications.
• Contribute medical content to regulatory submissions, briefing packages, health authority responses, labeling proposals, and regulatory interactions, including marketing application activities when applicable.
• Interpret emerging clinical, translational, and competitive evidence and translate it into actionable development recommendations.
• Build credible relationships with investigators, external experts, patient organizations, development partners, and health authorities, and represent J&J Innovative Medicine and the Immunology TA with professionalism and integrity both internally and externally.
• Support disease- and pathway-area strategy, including indication and target prioritization, future treatment paradigms, precision medicine, patient stratification, and novel outcome measures for clinical trials, practice, or labeling.
• Support assessment and due diligence of new mechanisms, modalities, and external opportunities relevant to respiratory medicine, allergy, dermatology, and immune-mediated inflammatory disease.
• Mentor clinical team members and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, innovative, and high-accountability culture.

Qualifications / Requirements

• MD or equivalent medical degree is required.
• Clinical expertise in pulmonology, allergy, asthma, and immunology, or a closely related discipline is strongly preferred, with relevant board certification or board eligibility preferred.
• Three or more years of relevant clinical development or clinical research experience, with pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience leading or materially contributing to interventional clinical trials, including protocol development, medical monitoring, safety and data review, and study reporting, is required.
• Experience with respiratory airway or allergic disease trials e.g. asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) are preferred.
• Late-stage development experience and experience contributing to global regulatory interactions or submissions are preferred.
• Strong clinical judgment and current knowledge of immunology, relevant disease biology and clinical practice in respiratory medicine and allergy, clinical trial methodology, benefit-risk assessment, and Good Clinical Practice.
• Ability to analyze complex data, identify material risks, and communicate a clear recommendation.
• Demonstrated effectiveness leading global, cross-functional, and matrixed teams, with the ability to collaborate, influence, and maintain shared accountability.
• Clear scientific writing, presentation, external engagement, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Curiosity, flexibility, innovation, and a strong commitment to addressing unmet patient needs.
• Comfort using artificial intelligence, digital tools, and emerging technologies responsibly to improve productivity, strengthen scientific analysis, and support high-quality clinical development deliverables.
• Ability to travel ~10-20% domestically and internationally as business needs require.

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 in line with 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.

Preferred Skills

Allergy and Immunology, Clinical Development, Clinical Research, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trial Designs, Clinical Trial Methodology, Clinical Trials, Collaboration, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Dermatology, Immunology, Innovation, Protocol Development, Pulmonology, Relationship Building, Stakeholder Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is

$199,000.00 - $343,850.00

Additional Description For Pay Transparency

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• 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 period10 days
• 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