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:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Development & Research – MD

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

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.

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

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Medical Director/Senior Medical Director-Clinical Research. They will be a member of a matrix team dedicated to the implementation of early phase clinical research studies that are part of a global compound development program focusing on one or more solid tumors. Responsibilities include:

• Leads execution of research programs for an area of clinical development to meet research objectives, support product development, and manage reports.
• Acts as the clinical functional head for providing active scientific contributions to a cross-department compound development team.
• Works in close partnership with the Compound Development Team (CDTL) and project management, global regulatory affairs, clinical pharmacology, health economics, and the disease area leader to share information.
• Acts as a liaison between the company and the clinical investigators, evaluates scientific information, and creates new ideas to assist in identifying new research opportunities.
• Develops the strategy and content for scientific communications for assigned compound through close partnership with the compound global medical affairs leader.
• Serves as the clinical leader for product evaluation and develops the strategy and the content for regulatory documents.
• Works with senior clinical staff, establishes credible relationships with external stakeholders such as opinion leaders and regulators, and provides substantial expertise in drug development (including experience with IND and NDA submissions).
• Able to manage study start-up, and directs and guides study team in study execution, data cleaning, medical review, database lock, managing health authority responses.
• Develops a goal-oriented clinical development team.
• Responsible for managing operational aspects of their teams (e.g., budget, performance, and compliance), as well as implementing workforce and succession plans to meet business needs.
• Proactively creates a purpose driven environment by aligning Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives with the strategies and goals of the team and enterprise.

Qualifications - External

• An MD is required; Advanced degree (PhD) is a plus.
• A minimum of 2 years of oncology clinical research experience in clinical development within pharmaceutical industry or equivalent experience in academic or large regional hospital is required.
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and regulatory requirements for the conduct of high quality oncology clinical trials is required.
• Experience in protocol development, medical review, oversight of study conduct, running trials, data quality and safety are strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of the use of Microsoft suite of software products including Excel and Word is required.
• Fluent in written and spoken English with excellent communication skills is required.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

$194,000. to $334,650

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 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 Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Push the boundaries of science to transform health—and your career.

Join us and advance life-changing treatments for people who need them most. At Johnson & Johnson, our focus is on improving global health equity and developing MedTech and pharmaceutical innovations that impact the future of health. Using AI and robotics to transform surgery or helping data scientists and clinicians formulate new ways to diagnose and treat disease, this work may sound like sci-fi, but it’s all science, all real, and could be your career. Whatever your background, skills, or career goals, there’s a place for you to help solve some of the world’s most pressing health challenges with us.

Accelerate your career while changing the world.

Each of our broadly-based family of companies offers an inclusive and empowering culture and employee benefits (like paid time off to volunteer, transgender-inclusive and same-sex partner health insurance coverage, and more) designed to help you live your best life, however you define it. And our best-in-class learning and development approaches, mentorship, and access to innovators across the world will help you grow your skills and reach your career goals. Because when you're at your best, nothing stands between you and your next breakthrough.