Medical Affairs Head

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:
Multi-Family Medical Affairs

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Mumbai, India

Job Description:

Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 125 years.

We embrace research and science -- bringing creative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people.

Every day, our more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.

Innovative Medicine, the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson India, is dedicated to addressing and solving some of the most important unmet medical needs of our time in India, in oncology, immunology, neuroscience and analgesia, dermatology, infectious diseases and metabolic diseases.

Driven by a strong dedication to the health and well-being of patients, we bring innovative products, services and solutions to people throughout the world.

Innovative Medicine recognizes the impact of serious conditions on people’s lives, and aims to empower people through disease awareness, education and access to quality care in six therapeutic areas.

Position overview:

The Country Medical Affairs Head is responsible for leading and managing the medical affairs function, covering Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine business, within the countries.

The position is a member of the country management team and plays a major role in providing medical and scientific inputs and comments on company business plans, business issues, crisis management and other quality and compliance issues arising.

The position is responsible for developing and implementing a robust medical strategy and plan that (i) at the disease level, aims to improve standard of care (by enhancing awareness for the disease and unmet medical needs amongst treating physicians, by advocating for quality medical practices amongst treating physicians, policymakers and payers, and by effectively contributing to

closing of practice gaps), and (ii) at the asset level, aims to enable full understanding of a brand’s differentiated value at launch, and ensuring its safe and appropriate use (by means of data generation, data understanding, data packaging, data dissemination, and by implementing a robust patient / consumer safety vigilance plan).

The position is responsible for ensuring th...