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. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Medical Affairs Group Job Sub Function: Medical Affairs Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: We are searching for the best talent for the Medical Director Emerging Assets & Therapeutic Area Strategy position to join our Medical Affairs team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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. Purpose: The Medical Director Emerging Assets & Therapeutic Area (TA) Strategy provides medical and scientific leadership across both emerging assets and current cross-therapeutic area initiatives within J&J; Innovative Medicine Canada. This agile leadership role is accountable for ensuring medical readiness and strategic planning for emerging therapies and supporting current cross-functional therapeutic area capabilities. The Medical Director, Emerging Assets and TA Strategy serves as the medical lead for emerging portfolio assets prior to their transition into established therapeutic areas, driving medical readiness, evidence generation,



and stakeholder engagement strategies that support future growth. The role provides scientific and strategic leadership to internal and external stakeholders while ensuring a seamless transition of assets as they mature. The Medical Director, Emerging Assets and TA Strategy additionally leads an agile, cross-therapeutic medical team that can be deployed across multiple disease areas to address business priorities, provide specialized expertise, and fill capability gaps. The team supports therapeutic areas during periods of growth and transition while promoting collaboration, consistency, and operational excellence across the medical organization. The Medical Director, Emerging Assets and TA Strategy is accountable for driving collaboration and alignment across therapeutic areas. They lead the development and execution of national medical education and field medical strategy. The Medical Director leads, coaches, and develops a team that may include Associate Medical Directors, Scientific Advisors, Medical Education, & Medical Science Liaisons in support of both the emerging assets and cross-TA strategy function. Responsible for medical and scientific leadership for the J&J; Emerging Assets and Medical Strategy team. Accountable to develop and deploy the medical strategy for the TA in alignment with internal stakeholders and external physicians and sites.



Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders as co-lead of the cross-functional TA business team to align on portfolio strategy and areas of collaboration across TAs. oncology, immunology, cardiology, neuroscience, other areas as needed). Identify opportunities to gather relevant information via Scientific Advisory Boards, including strategic development and tactical execution of these activities. Lead the Launch Readiness Process for assets in the pipeline. Pre-launch medical activities including advisory boards, congress activities, coordination of regional activity. Lead and partner in interactions with key individual stakeholders to provide input and decision-making into short, medium, and long-range solutions to ensure appropriate data generation and data communication strategies. Identifies data gaps for each product within the respective disorder areas and develops a Data Generation Plan. Presents data gaps to Global team and actively participates in the research approval process. Develop, conduct and manage clinical protocols of high scientific standard in support of local initiatives. Key Partner in company sponsored studies-develops strategy, protocol and hypotheses for phase 4 clinical trials, aids in the identification of sites. Secures required resources to execute on the TA medical plan. Leads, manages and develops a team that may include Associate Medical Director, Scientific Advisors, National Medical Education Manager and Medical Communications Lead. Hires robust individuals into the team, manages performance, manages team operational budget. Provides strategic leadership and indirect coaching to field medical team. Leads Medical Integrated Team, ensuring high standard for Medical Education and Medical Communications plans. Maintain up-to-date scientific expertise with reg

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