Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Orthopedics (Sports / Joints)

Johnson & Johnson; West Chester (Chester County); On-site; USD 160,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company seeks a Medical Director for Orthopedics to provide medical affairs support, drive innovation, and collaborate across teams. This role requires extensive surgical experience and a strong understanding of clinical trends. The successful candidate will advocate for patient-centric decisions and support product development, ensuring compliance with medical standards.

Benefits

Performance bonuses

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years relevant surgical experience.
• Experience in medical affairs or clinical development preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical input throughout product development.
• Engage with external sources to capture unmet needs.
• Assist in developing global strategies for evidence generation.

Skills

Clinical Trends

Patient-Centric Decision Making

Business Acumen

Education

MD or equivalent degree

Accredited orthopedic surgery residency

Fellowship in joint arthroplasty

Job description

Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Orthopedics (Sports / Joints)

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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 Function
Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function
Medical Affairs – MD

Job Category
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description
Johnson and Johnson is currently seeking a Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Orthopedics (Sports) located in West Chester, PA or Raynham, MA / Joints located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL

About Orthopedics
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering State of the Art technology to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

The Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Orthopedics role provides medical affairs support within an assigned platform / sub-platform (Sports / Joints) within the Orthopedics Business Unit of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Leading with both outside-to-inside vision to assimilate opportunities of unmet patient and provider needs, and inside-to-outside vision to communicate the medical, surgical, and scientific content. This role provides medical input throughout product development, working closely with R&D teams and lifecycle management, including management of regulatory documents, critical evaluation of clinical risk, and input regarding potential patient safety issues. This position involves cross-functional collaboration with Clinical Affairs and HEMA teams generating and disseminating evidence, supporting market registration, access, and adoption. A key activity is to support medical education to internal and external stakeholders, and commercialization activities.

Tasks / Duties / Responsibilities

Internal Process Support

• Work with cross-functional partners, including but not limited to R&D, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, HEMA, and Marketing to provide leadership with product development and commercial plans to support product launch, training content, and delivery.
• Provide medical, surgical, and scientific insights into design requirements, concept and prototype testing.
• Provide input into risk management processes for hazard/harm identification & risk mitigation.
• Assess device performance, including clinical benefits and safety profile, to evaluate the appropriate Risk-Benefit balance to support market registration and throughout lifecycle.
• Work with Medical Safety and Post-Market Surveillance to assess, analyze, and interpret events, complaints, signals, and trends from clinical studies, literature, complaints, etc.
• Provide medical, surgical, and scientific support for external regulatory inspections and audits, and internal audits.
• Provide expertise to support addressing complex medical information requests.
• Provide physician perspective, advice, guidance, and expertise as a medical expert for non-MD colleagues in medical affairs in matters requiring escalation or medical consultation.
• Provide expert medical, surgical, and scientific support to Professional Education, Communications, Legal/HCC, HR Communications.
• Provide medical, surgical, and scientific criteria in claims and collateral material review/approval.

Life Cycle Management (LCM) Support

• Provide lifecycle management for marketed products including labeling updates, medical support, and accountability for technical files and documents, and medical support to Quality groups.
• Research, prepare, and document responses to Medical Information Requests from Healthcare providers; review and approve medical content in Copy Approval process; and consult with Franchise Medical Director when needed.
• Provide consultation in support of literature review, analysis, and conclusions for Clinical Evaluation Reports (CER) and review of CERs; assist in preparation of periodic safety reports for assigned products.
• Assist in reviewing risk evaluation (PRE or PRA) documents.

Insight Management and Business Development Support

• Engage with external sources (key opinion leaders, medical societies, literature, social media, etc.) to capture, assess, and translate opportunities of unmet patient and provider needs and trends in the healthcare ecosystem.
• Support business leaders by providing medical and scientific expertise and omni-channel insights to shape business development strategies, product launches, key scientific meetings, and relationship management with research physicians.
• Validate Target Product Profiles across the innovation pipeline, including gathering input from Medical Affairs leaders in key markets.
• Provide strategic medical support for operating companies with no dedicated medical affairs personnel, helping to drive global innovation agendas through leadership and partnership with other functions.

Evidence Generation Support

• Assist in developing and executing global strategies for evidence generation, including interpretation of clinical analyses, review and approval of clinical study reports, and scientific articles to support regulatory approval, health technology assessment, customer access, safety, and post-marketing support.

Minimum Requirements

• MD or equivalent degree required.
• Completion of an accredited orthopedic surgery residency and a minimum 1-year fellowship in joint arthroplasty, spine surgery, or orthopedic sports medicine surgery is required.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant surgical experience beyond initial licensure, including clinical practice, research, or related training/experience. Experience in medical affairs, clinical development, or research/medical device industry is preferred.
• Strong understanding of clinical trends and healthcare market environment, with connections in digital and med tech ecosystems.
• Background in assessment of clinical risk-benefit throughout product development and lifecycle, with knowledge of standards and regulations requiring medical input.
• Ability to advocate for patient-centric decision making.
• Proven ability to build relationships with stakeholders, regulators, investigators, etc.
• Strong business acumen.
• US Board Certified preferred.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to inclusive hiring. If you require accommodations during the interview process, please contact us.

Base Pay Range: $160,000 to $276,000 annually. This position is eligible for performance bonuses and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. More details at https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits