Senior Medical Advisor (12 month contract)

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Affairs

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Job Description:

• Great Place to Work® Certified – 2025
• First in class breakthrough medication
• New product launch for treatment resistant depression
• Competitive salary package, flexible work practices, award winning benefits

About Innovative Medicine

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.

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

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

The Opportunity

As the Senior Medical Advisor, you will join our Immunology & Specialty Medical Affairs team dedicated to our Mood portfolio for a 12-month contract. This is a new product launch with a first in class breakthrough medication helping patients who have been suffering with long standing treatment resistant depression (TRD).

As a Senior Medical Advisor, you will play a key role to drive a high performing MSL, lead and shape the Mood portfolio strategy closely in collaboration cross functionally, lead, develop and execute strategic robust and innovative medical plans with impact, lead and develop targeted evidence generation strategic plans. You will play a key role on the performance of team to partner with account contacts to develop and align the brand value propositions with local health economy objectives, informing through science and medicine formulary decisions across local health economy and regional/national networks.

This is a highly collaborative role that requires excellent communication and influencing skills with all internal stakeholders to develop and implement medical strategy, and to develop and implement medical plans to enhance the external environment which can provide the fastest access to new products/indications for our patients, medical staff and the greater community.

You will represent the Immunology & Specialty (Mood) TA for medical & scientific affairs on all relevant cross functional teams and internal and external initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Developing a strong Medical Affairs Strategy and Tactical Plan for Immunology in the area of Mood, in alignment with local organisation, Regional & Global overall MAF strategy and providing deep TA expert information and advice to internal teams.
• Close collaboration with key stakeholders from marketing, IMAT, Med Ed and GCO during local Business Planning and Strategic Planning, with overall ownership for the Medical Affairs component of a brand or business unit plan and ensuring medical leadership during Brand & Medical Cross Functional Team meetings to ensure alignment to Medical teams’ objectives.
• Management of an MSL providing leadership and excellence in field MSL execution
• As a key driver stakeholder, along with marketing, you will provide guidance in the development of promotional, educational and disease state materials (including digital, slide decks and printed) providing medical advice. You will be responsible for ensuring all materials are developed in compliance with relevant company and Code requirements, ensuring timely review and approval for all assigned materials.
• Developing and maintaining KOL engagement strategy
• Uncovering and establishing new partnerships with key peak bodies
• Leading the development of data generation plans and activities to address data gaps to achieve better patient outcomes & aligned overall brand strategy, as well as managing safety review for data generation activities.
• Managing all requests from clinicians to access J&J’s products either directly, or by ensuring the relevant function is involved in a timely manner
• Working closely with Marketing / Market Access, Medical Education and Training Department to ensure that there is adequate knowledge on individual therapeutic areas / brands

About You

• Medical Degree, PhD or Medical/Pharmacy/Life science qualification
• Proven track record of leading a high performing teams and people management and or people coaching experience
• Demonstrated strategic mindset with translation to action 
• Strong customer focus and sense of urgency, with a demonstrated ability to build customer relationships and deliver on projects
• Ability to effectively collaborate and influence a wide range of stakeholders to drive positive business outcomes
• Established experience as a Medical Advisor or similar role in the pharmaceutical industry (minimum 2 years)
• Prior experience as MSL/SMSL (minimum 4 years)
• Prior product launch experience preferred.
• Prior work in Immunology/Specialty/Mood preferred.

Johnson & Johnson, as a world leader across multiple therapy areas, offers a dynamic environment with opportunities to learn and grow across a broad range of those therapeutic areas. We encourage candidates with a strong desire to learn and a willingness to adapt to new challenges to apply.

Company Culture

• Competitive remuneration package.
• Continuous training and support.
• Award-winning leadership development programs.
• Inclusive, flexible, and accessible working arrangements.
• Equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion.