Job Description

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

Job Function

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations

Maine (Any City), Massachusetts (Any City), New Hampshire (Any City), Rhode Island (Any City), Vermont (Any City)

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Medical Science Liaison, ONC in the New England territory.

About Oncology

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.

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The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for providing fair balanced, objective, scientific information and education to health care professionals and to internal partners as required by scientific and business needs. The MSL is considered the scientific and clinical source for current and future Janssen Oncology products. The MSL is also responsible for staying abreast of current scientific and treatment landscape trends in therapeutic areas of interest. The MSL provides research support for company and investigator initiated research.

The MSL is responsible for building external relationships with the health care provider team (MD, PA, NP, RN, Pharm.D.) and developing and managing a geographical territory. These relationships and engagements will include both virtual & in person. The MSL is responsible for developing and maintaining a territory strategic plan, which includes clinical activities with identified OLs, institutions, community practices, pathways influencers and advocacy organizations.

The MSL role is the entry level position within the MSL organization. The MSL will develop a competency in the areas of Influence & Results Focused, Communication, Stakeholder Engagement, Product & Therapeutic Area Knowledge, and Data Insights & Dissemination. As the MSL grows in the role, they will be expected to identify and compliantly collaborate with field based partners to ensure support of the health care providers which will positively impact the patients that they care for. The MSL will develop in the area of Agility, applying the competencies of Change Management, Time Management and Innovation to the role. The MSL is responsible for conducting all activities in accordance with current regulatory and health care compliance guidelines.

This is a field based clinical position which requires travel, primarily throughout assigned geography, with infrequent meeting travel outside of assigned geography. Travel for this role is estimated at 60%

Consistently demonstrate strategic territory planning and ability to build strong relationships within the territory with effective data delivery

• Demonstrates the ability to build community and academic opinion leader partnerships through establishing relationships and conducts scientific exchange with community and institutional HCPs
  • Respond to unsolicited scientific inquiries of HCPs/investigators/health care systems/academic medical centers and population health decision makers integrating scientific data including real world evidence in to real life practice to meet customer needs
  • Presents data and information in a manner appropriate to the audience and request.
  • Execute plans regarding reactive and proactive outreaches as approved via the legal/HCC exceptions process
  • Integrates scientific data into real life practice to meet customer/audience needs, adapting interpersonal style to particular situations and people.
  • Anticipates the responses of various individuals and teams based on their vacantpoint and perspective
  • Listen for and collect medical insights and submit for analysis
• Executes Research Initiatives
  • Leverages knowledge of standards of care and Janssen company/investigator sponsored clinical trials and competitor landscape to facilitate external-internal research communication
  • Engages with external investigators regarding unsolicited research inquiries and act as liaison to R&D, Medical Affairs and operations teams
  • Provides clinical trial support to identify potential sites, resolve issues with enrolled sites, and participate in meetings as appropriate, including site initiation visits and investigator launch meetings

Maintains a strong scientific acumen

• Actively participate in journal club through scientific dialogue,demonstrate understanding of current standard of care, and regularly share scientific news with team members
• Sets aside time for self-driven learnings on current scientific landscape
• Attends scientific conferences to gather and understand new scientific information relevant to the company and the external scientific community
• Medical insights: Actively listens for, documents, and shares medical insights.

Support of Department Operations and Internal Partners

• Performs all administrative requirements in a timely, accurate and compliant manner (e.g. expense reports, documentation of activities)
• Provide regional and local support to enhance sales training initiatives and improve competencies of field personnel in partnership with Sales Learning and Development
• Communicates and collaborates with all field based partners, RWV&E, and other Oncology MSL teams on a routine basis.
• Develops thorough understanding and competence in the following areas (regulatory and health care compliance guidelines; corporate policies on appropriate business conduct and ethical behavior; MAF SOPs and guidelines)

Qualifications

• PharmD, PhD, MD, or other advanced medical degree NP (Nurse Practitioner), PA (Physician Assistant)
• Minimum of 2+ years of relevant work experience, which can include clinical, research, or related pharma work experience.
• Significant experience giving presentations.
• Ability to support travel up to 70% which includes overnight travel, including some weekend commitments such as meetings, congresses, etc.
• A valid U.S. drivers license and clean driving record.
• Reside within the defined territory or eligible for relocation

Preferred

• Knowledge or experience in Oncology.
• Must be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and utilization of computers and remote technologies.
• Prior experience as an MSL

Required Skills

Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Reporting, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Organizing, Product Knowledge, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility

Preferred Skills

Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Reporting, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Organizing, Product Knowledge, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$117,000.00 - $201,250.00

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.

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