[Hiring] Senior Director, MSL Field Head @Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Role Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Sr. Director, MSL Field Head. This position is field based.

The MSL Head leads a national field medical team of Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and Field Directors (FDs) who provide scientific, clinical, research, and educational support on current and future Johnson & Johnson Cardiovascular products to health care professionals (HCPs) and internal partners, ensuring customer‑centric, insight‑driven, and compliant scientific engagement.

The MSL Head develops and implements the vision for a fast-growing field organization, while also collaborating closely across key internal and external stakeholders.

In this exciting role, the MSL Head is responsible for, but not limited to:

• Strategy & Leadership:
  • Define and implement the vision and long-term Milvexian MSL field strategy, including FTE and budget planning to support growth and optimize resources.
  • Set standards for scientific exchange excellence across medical insights, advisory boards, and senior/executive-level HCP engagements.
  • Monitor the therapeutic and competitive landscape to adapt medical field strategy, identify HCP educational and research gaps, and execute MSL launch strategies for new products and line extensions.
  • Ensure territory plans meet business needs, using compliant field insights, metrics, and AI-enabled tools for account planning and performance analysis to maximize impact across the enterprise.
  • Lead MSL support of evidence generation (company-sponsored trials, investigator-initiated studies, registries) with appropriate internal partners.
  • Partner across Medical Affairs and HCC/Regulatory/Legal to develop compliant evidence-based MSL educational materials; communicate field medical impact, and secure buy-in for strategic initiatives, with relevant partners.
• People Development:
  • Foster a Credo-based culture of clear direction, collaboration, candor, respect for diverse perspectives, accountability, innovation, and recognition.
  • Ensure FDs and MSLs consistently understand and apply Milvexian medical strategy.
  • Hold teams accountable for gathering and sharing competitive scientific intelligence and relaying medical implications.
  • Coach FDs to drive engagement, address performance challenges, strengthen influence skills, and use metrics to close capability gaps.
  • Oversee team training, capacity, field activity, metrics, special projects, and cross-functional support.
  • Strengthen MSL scientific and clinical expertise across disease states, products, and pipeline assets through targeted upskilling.
  • Partner with FDs to attract, hire, and retain a qualified, diverse, high-performing workforce for the growing portfolio.
  • Ensure development, career, and succession plans that retain high performers and help staff reach their potential.

Qualifications

• An Advanced degree such as a PharmD, PhD, DNP, or MD is required.
• Residency/fellowship experience is preferred.
• Cardiovascular experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated success in leading field-based teams, including experience in communicating scientific evidence with strong ability to analyze, develop and execute on customer-facing field strategies preferred.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required.
• A minimum of 10 years of Medical Affairs, or equivalent clinical experience.
• Minimum of 2-3 years previous MSL management responsibility is required.
• Must be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and adaptable to embracing new AI technology.
• Demonstrated track-record of successful business partner cross-functional collaboration, understanding of external healthcare landscape, scientific acumen, and/or clinical research experience.
• Requires travel of approx. 60% depending on geography (includes overnight travel); Ability to maintain an office in the home required; valid US driver’s license required.
• Close proximity to an airport desired.
• Must be available to attend periodic national scientific congresses, as well as corporate home office meetings.

Requirements

• Budget Management
• Business Development
• Clinical Trial Designs
• Collaboration
• Corporate Management
• Data Analysis
• Developing Others
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Inclusive Leadership
• Leadership
• Medical Affairs
• Medical Compliance
• Operational Excellence
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Relationship Building
• Safety-Oriented
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

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 period.
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year.
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year.