Medical Director, Spine

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Warsaw (IN); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 352,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentive program

401(k) plan

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics division seeks a Medical Director Orthopaedics, Spine to lead strategic medical affairs across multiple U.S. locations.

The role blends omni-channel scientific leadership with clinical oversight, and offers a hybrid work arrangement with periodic travel to Raynham, MA; West Chester, PA; Warsaw, IN; or Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Base pay ranges from $204,000 to $351,900 annually, with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in medical affairs and life sciences required.
• Ability to translate scientific insights into business strategy.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Engage with external sources to capture unmet patient needs and trends.
• Provide medical and scientific insights for product launches and strategy.
• Support lifecycle management with regulatory and quality teams.

Skills

AI Judgement Integration

Analytical Reasoning

Clinical Research

Regulations

Medical Affairs

Product Strategies

Program Management

Publications Management

Strategic Thinking

Team 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

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, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

DePuy Synthes, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies is recruiting for a Medical Director Orthopaedics, Spine to be based in one of the following facility locations in Raynham MA, West Chester PA, Warsaw IN, or Palm Beach Gardens FL. This is a part-time role anticipating a minimum of 3 days per week, allowing 1-2 days per week of external clinical practice. The preferred arrangement is for this role is hybrid remote to be based at one of the locations listed above; however, remote work with periodic travel to one of the locations may be considered on a case-by-case basis in certain circumstances for East Coast candidates.

About Orthopaedics

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 Orthopaedics? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma; craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. For more information, visit www.depuysynthes.com.

Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities

INSIGHT MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT (15%)

• Engage with omni-channel external sources of information (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 medical/healthcare ecosystems.
• Support business leaders by providing medical and scientific expertise and omni-channel insights to help shape optimal business development strategy and targets, including product launches, key scientific meetings, relationship management with leading research physicians, critical evaluation of current literature and competitive activity, and in other domains where medical and scientific expertise is required.
• Validate Target Product Profiles across the assigned innovation pipeline, including gathering and assimilating input from Medical Affairs leaders across key markets.
• Provide strategic medical support for operating companies with no dedicated medical affairs personnel (and as requested for those companies with medical teams) including to help drive global innovation agenda through leadership and partnership with the Innovation leaders: Global Strategic Marketing, New Business Development, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, Quality, & Supply Chain leveraging deep medical expertise.

INTERNAL PROCESS SUPPORT (50%)

• Work with cross-functional partners, including but not limited to R&D, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) and Marketing to provide leadership with product development and commercial plans to support product launch, training content and delivery.
• Provide medical/surgical/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 life cycle.
• Work with Medical Safety and Post-Market Surveillance to assess, analysis and interpret events, complaints, signals and trends from clinical studies, literature, complaints, etc.
• Provide medical/surgical/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/scientific support to Professional Education, Communications, Legal/HCC, HR Communications.

EVIDENCE GENERATION SUPPORT (15%)

• Assist medical evidence generation leaders to develop and execute global strategies for evidence generation for new and existing products, including medical interpretation of clinical analyses, and in the review and approval of clinical study reports and scientific articles (abstracts, manuscripts, etc), in order to support regulatory approval/clearance, health technology assessment, customer access, medical safety and post-marketing support.

LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT (LCM) SUPPORT (15%)

• Provide Lifecycle Management for marketed products including labelling 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 consults with Franchise Medical Director when needed.
• S/he will provide consultation in support of literature review, analysis and conclusions for Clinical Evaluation Reports (CER) and provide review of CERs and assists in preparation of periodic safety reports for assigned products.
• Assist in reviewing of risk evaluation (PRE or PRA) documents.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $204,000 - $351,900

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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affimative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career, and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com

Required Skills

Preferred Skills:

AI Judgement Integration, Analytical Reasoning, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Consulting, Design Mindset, Healthcare Trends, Industry Analysis, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Strategies, Program Management, Publications Management, Scientific Research, Strategic Thinking, Team Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$204,000.00 - $353,050.00

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

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off 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