Director, Trials and Research Excellence, Global Medical Affairs

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is looking for a Director, Trials and Research Excellence, Global Medical Affairs, based in Raritan, NJ, Beerse, Belgium or Basel, Switzerland. The role drives delivery of Worldwide Integrated Evidence Generation Plans (WWIEGP) and studies through worldwide research standards, processes and capabilities, working with the Post-Approval Delivery Unit, Global Development, therapy area teams and R&D. It is a People Leader position within the Medical Affairs group.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and maintain, with cross-functional and regional partners, WW research standards, processes and templates for planning interventional and non-interventional prospective medical affairs research studies
• Support implementation of WW standards with disease-area aligned Medical Affairs Research Teams and contribute to the supporting operating model
• Support the annual WWIEGP process and ongoing portfolio study management
• Proactively identify and manage issues affecting budget, timelines or quality, and deliver corrective plans
• Track and communicate the medical and business impact of the WW IEGP
• Identify key areas for artificial intelligence in evidence generation and enable its rollout with training for Medical Affairs Worldwide
• Optimize IEGP prioritization criteria and assessment process, and support end-to-end governance of MAF research
• Partner with legal and compliance functions to review and revise Evidence Generation SOPs, and with PADU to set metrics for study milestones, speed and cost efficiency

Required profile

• Master's degree or higher, or a degree, PhD or MD
• 5+ years of relevant experience in a medical, clinical, scientific or pharmaceutical environment
• Experience designing and achieving approval of clinical trials and developing and executing evidence generation plans
• Previous Medical Affairs experience preferred
• Demonstrated AI capabilities and experience deploying technology solutions
• Leadership across functional and geographic boundaries, preferably across multiple countries or market types
• Strong matrix management, communication, project management and organizational skills
• Learning agility, strategic thinking and cross-cultural partnership ability
• Proven ability to drive projects to completion and about 10% domestic and international travel
• 3 years of people management experience