MSL Field Director

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🕒 August 6

🐎 Kentucky, Ohio, +3 more states – Remote

🐎 Kentucky – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🗿 South Dakota – Remote

💵 $164k - $282.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Johnson & Johnson

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Pharmaceuticals • Biotechnology

<Johnson & Johnson> is a global healthcare company that researches, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer health products. The company focuses on innovative medicines and therapies across oncology, immunology, neuroscience and cardiopulmonary areas, and develops MedTech solutions in cardiovascular, orthopaedics, surgery and vision. Johnson & Johnson also engages in health & wellness education, large-scale manufacturing, investor activities and global social-impact initiatives.

📋 Description

• Lead the Caplyta regional Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team in providing scientific, clinical, research, and educational support to healthcare professionals and internal partners. • Set and drive regional strategy with the MSL Head, translating Medical Affairs strategy into priorities, objectives, and execution. • Conduct routine strategy reviews with MSL direct reports using data, insights, AI tools, and performance trends. • Coach, support, and develop MSL direct reports through feedback, field observation, skills frameworks, and career planning. • Execute field Medical Affairs programs, including product launches, proactive initiatives, and healthcare professional engagement. • Ensure direct reports demonstrate scientific expertise, presentation skills, professional credibility, stakeholder influence, adaptive communication, and scientific storytelling. • Remove barriers and align field activities for impactful scientific engagement. • Ensure collection, analysis, and communication of actionable Medical Insights to inform strategy, evidence generation, and lifecycle planning. • Coordinate with Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, and cross-functional partners. • Recommend solutions to the MSL Head using critical thinking, risk assessment, and sound judgment. • Oversee activities for regulatory and healthcare compliance and reinforce ethical decision-making and accountability. • Manage regional MSL team performance through field visits, 1:1s, coaching, feedback, training, development, and performance monitoring. • Ensure territory plans are strategic, current, and actionable. • Recruit, retain, and develop a diverse, high-performing team, including succession and career planning. • Complete administrative duties including expense approvals, team metric reports, compliance documentation, and operational reporting. • Communicate team achievements, insights, and impact to internal partners and leadership. • Lead cross-functional collaboration, business planning, scientific projects, proactive initiatives, and company initiatives. • Develop field scientific strategies aligned with therapeutic-area priorities and lifecycle needs. • Establish scalable processes that enhance alignment, efficiency, compliance, and cross-functional execution.

🎯 Requirements

• A minimum of a master’s degree is required. • PharmD, PhD, MD highly preferred. • Minimum of 8 years of experience required. • Minimum of 4 years of pharmaceutical industry experience required. • Minimum of 2 years of MSL experience required. • Previous people management responsibility required. • Clinical/research experience preferred. • Therapeutic-area-related experience preferred. • Proficiency in data gathering and analysis, clinical expertise, problem solving, interpersonal influence, cross-functional collaboration, strategic thinking, and competitive landscape analysis. • Must live in the assigned region and in close proximity to an airport. • Ability to travel regionally approximately 60%, including overnight travel, periodic national scientific congresses, and key strategic/scientific meetings at corporate offices in Horsham, Pennsylvania and Titusville, New Jersey. • Valid US driver’s license. • Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies such as AI through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time. • Experience building team AI literacy and confidence and reinforcing trusted, responsible AI use and sound judgment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Consolidated retirement plan (pension) • Savings plan (401(k)) • Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year • Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year; 48 hours per calendar year for employees who reside in Colorado; 56 hours per calendar year for employees who reside in Washington • 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 • Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year • Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period • Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year • Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year