[Hiring] Medical Scientific Liaison @Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Role Description

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 Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

The MSL mission is to build meaningful scientific partnerships with physicians and other key stakeholders through tailored interactions that support informed clinical decision-making. The role is also responsible for identifying and communicating medical insights that contribute to the development and execution of the medical strategy, with a primary focus on prostate cancer.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with community and academic HCPs focusing on changing medical behavior through the exchange of scientific knowledge.
• Convey the value of the attributes related to the innovation (i.e., efficacy, safety, effectiveness, adherence, QoL) to gain attribute endorsement with stakeholders.
• Shape medical practice by changing behaviors within the HCP Community during product pre-launching phases.
• Prepare the health care environment and medical community, accelerate adoption (PIs engagement and pre-approval access programs).
• Follow up on education, adoption of new knowledge, identifying barriers for medical practice change for innovative products.
• Respond to scientific inquiries of HCPs/investigators/health care systems and population health decision makers.
• Integrate scientific data into real life practice to meet customer/audience needs.
• Identify potential sites and support sites recruitment when needed in alignment with the TA Head/Senior medical manager.
• Execute Medical Field Educational Events focused on pipelines close to launch and key in-line products.
• Gather insights from Field interactions regarding scientific knowledge, treatment paradigms, competitors, medical needs, and opportunities.
• Draw and execute the territory and KOL engagement plan according to the strategy and validated by the other MAF stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in a health-related field; a medical degree is preferred.
• Previous pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred but not mandatory.
• Deep scientific knowledge according to business/regulatory needs.
• 2–4 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proficient in English.

Requirements

• Deep therapeutic area scientific knowledge and skills to interpret scientific data.
• Tech-savvy or proficient/willingness to use technological tools in their daily work.
• Work experience, scientific acumen, and communication skills to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer-to-peer relationships.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Business acumen.
• Teamwork, leadership, and influencing skills – able to work effectively in a matrix.
• Awareness of, and adherence to, Johnson & Johnson Credo values.
• Available to travel.

Safe Fleet Requirements

• Valid driver’s license.
• At least 3 years of driving experience, preferably in highway zones (between 80 and 110 km/h) and with standard vehicles.

Required Skills

• Analytics Dashboards
• Clinical Experience
• Coaching
• Communication
• Competitive Landscape Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Customer Centricity
• Data Gathering and Analysis
• Digital Culture
• Digital Literacy
• Interpersonal Influence
• Medical Affairs
• Medical Communications
• Medical Compliance
• Problem Solving
• Research and Development
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Credibility
• Technologically Savvy