[Hiring] District Manager @Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Role Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a District Manager, Immunology Gastroenterology, New England which includes Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

Grounded in Our Credo and our first responsibility to patients, putting the needs and well-being of the people we serve first, this role helps build impact by elevating district strategy and execution through enterprise influence, talent development, and strong cross-functional partnership.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise and regional direction into district strategy with clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and disciplined execution rhythms.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team through hiring excellence, performance management, and development planning that strengthens bench and readiness.
• Provide advanced coaching and mentoring that strengthens selling effectiveness, clinical execution using approved resources, and business acumen across the team.
• Drive demand generation and care transitions execution across outpatient and inpatient settings, aligning execution to local system dynamics and key stakeholders.
• Build relationships with key customers and stakeholders and strengthen cross-functional partnerships that improve customer experience and execution outcomes.
• Anticipate market dynamics using internal and external data to adjust strategy, remove barriers, and protect or grow performance.
• Influence internal partners across Sales leadership, Institutional Business Group, Medical Affairs, and Marketing by providing field insights that strengthen strategy and plans.
• Reinforce a culture of accountability, inclusion, and team health while setting clear expectations and supporting the team through change.
• Adhere to Healthcare Compliance policies and guidelines while modeling a strong compliance mindset and reinforcing accountability across the team.
• Use evolving, approved AI-enabled tools where available to scale best practices, strengthen strategic planning, and elevate team execution while maintaining privacy, data integrity, and policy alignment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree required; MS/MBA/PhD preferred.
• A valid driver’s license issued in one (1) of the fifty (50) United States.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience in sales and/or cross-functional commercial roles within the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, or healthcare industry.
• A minimum of two (2) years of direct sales management experience, including leading through change and strong performance management and development planning capability.
• The ability to travel up to 50%, which may include overnight and weekend travel.
• Must live in the geography and/or be willing to relocate to the geography.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Experience defining collaboration approaches, aligning cross-functional partners, removing barriers, and influencing outcomes beyond the district through shared execution.
• Leading Others: Experience coaching others to lead effectively, anticipating and leading change, building followership, and driving clarity and prioritization across team and peer groups.
• Coaching: Experience designing coaching approaches, adapting coaching strategies to individual needs, and guiding others through coaching challenges to improve outcomes.
• Developing Others: Experience creating development pathways through feedback and experiences, building bench strength, and supporting succession readiness through skill transfer and exposure.
• Strategic Thinking: Experience using internal and external data to build compliant integrated district plans, align customer priorities with business goals, and translate strategy into clear execution expectations.
• Data Savvy: Experience establishing best practices for data-driven decision making, using performance insights to identify trends and shape strategy, and leveraging evolving approved AI-enabled tools where available while maintaining privacy, data integrity, and policy alignment.

Requirements

• Demonstrated enterprise influence, including leading initiatives beyond the district or contributing to regional programs that scale best practices.
• Experience in the gastroenterology therapeutic area, including leading execution in complex systems and stakeholder environments.
• Deep experience in large account management and access and reimbursement dynamics across systems.
• Experience leading district-wide or regional capability-building, change management, or strategic execution initiatives.
• Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time.
• Experience building team AI literacy and confidence, reinforcing trusted, responsible AI use and sound judgment in applying AI-enabled insight.

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