[Hiring] Thought Leader Liaison @Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Role Description

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), Neuroscience Franchise to support the Northwest Region. This is a field-based position with significant travel to customers in an assigned geography.

This is a field-based role available in Washington, California, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, with preference for the candidate to be in a major metropolitan market with easy access to a national airport. While specific cities are listed in the Locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application. We invite candidates from any location to apply.

About Neuroscience: 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 Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including:

• Multiple sclerosis
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Parkinson’s disease
• Myasthenia gravis
• Epilepsy
• Major depressive disorder
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Autism

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

Role Summary: The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for executing CAPLYTA® Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement plans and peer-to-peer strategies within an assigned geography, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery of customer engagement activities.

This role is accountable for:

• Building strong relationships with academic and community KOLs
• Executing educational and engagement programs
• Capturing meaningful field insights that inform continuous improvement of Brand initiatives
• Translating Brand priorities into effective customer engagement
• Maintaining a strong understanding of local market dynamics

Key Responsibilities

• Execute KOL engagement plans, peer-to-peer education programs, and faculty development activities within assigned geography, ensuring alignment with Brand priorities and compliance standards
• Build and maintain trusted, long-term relationships with academic and community KOLs, establishing credibility as a valued partner and resource
• Deliver high-quality, compliant speaker programs and customer engagements, ensuring consistency of messaging and execution
• Support the planning and execution of advisory boards, congress activities, and product theater events, ensuring seamless delivery and strong engagement
• Participate in and support key customer interactions and executive engagements, ensuring alignment with broader Brand objectives
• Capture, document, and communicate field insights, customer feedback, and market observations in a structured and actionable manner
• Apply insights and available analytics to refine execution approaches and improve engagement effectiveness over time
• Coordinate with Brand Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales Leadership, and other cross-functional partners to ensure aligned execution of engagement strategies
• Maintain strong understanding of local market dynamics, treatment patterns, and competitive landscape to inform daily execution
• Ensure strict adherence to legal, regulatory, and compliance standards, including speaker program requirements, customer engagement guidelines, and internal processes

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required. MBA or advanced degree is helpful.
• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant pharmaceutical or biotech experience, including sales, marketing, medical, market access, or other field-based roles
• Demonstrated experience executing field-based programs and engaging HCPs/KOLs in a compliant and customer-focused manner
• Proven ability to deliver consistent, high-quality customer engagement and program execution within an assigned geography
• Strong understanding of working within a matrixed organization, with ability to execute against established plans and priorities
• Excellent communication skills, with demonstrated ability to capture, synthesize at a basic level, and communicate customer insights clearly and effectively
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and execute with discipline in a dynamic field environment
• A valid Driver’s license issued in the United States.

Preferred

• Experience in a role outside of direct sales highly preferred, including marketing, medical affairs, training, market access, analytics, or other cross-functional roles
• Neuroscience, psychiatry, or CNS therapeutic area experience
• Experience supporting or executing peer-to-peer education programs, advisory boards, or medical education initiatives
• Prior experience in a field-based role with direct HCP/KOL engagement
• Demonstrated ability to apply learnings and feedback to continuously improve execution and customer engagement approaches
• Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time

Requirements

This is a field-based role requiring significant travel (~60–65%), including customer meetings, advisory boards, congresses, and internal meetings. Final geography will be determined based on business needs and candidate location.

Company Description

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills

• Brand Marketing
• Channel Partner Enablement
• Coaching
• Digital Strategy
• Global Market
• Learning Materials Development
• Medical Affairs
• Medical Communications
• Organizing
• Process Improvements
• Program Management
• Sales Enablement
• Sales Presentations
• Strategic Sales Planning
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Credibility
• Training People