MSL Field Director, Caplyta - Northeast

Job description

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 jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Medical Affairs Group Job Sub Function: Multi-Family Medical Affairs Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Connecticut (Any City), Delaware (Any City), Maine (Any City), Maryland (Any City), Massachusetts (Any City), New Hampshire (Any City), New Jersey (Any City), New York (Any City), Rhode Island (Any City), Vermont (Any City), Virginia (Any City), West Virginia (Any City) Job Description: Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines is recruiting for a MSL Field Director, Caplyta to be based in the Northeast territory which includes: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. About Therapeutic Area 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 Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time. 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 Position Summary The Field Director is responsible for leading the Caplyta US Northeast Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team in providing scientific, clinical, research, and educational support to health care professionals and internal partners related to Caplyta, while ensuring customer centric, insight driven, and compliant scientific engagement across the region. The Field Director will partner with the MSL Head to set and drive strategy for their region/organized providers, translating TA and Medical Affairs strategy into clear regional priorities, measurable objectives, and executional excellence. The Field Director is responsible for ensuring strong clinical engagement strategy for each territory within their region and will conduct routine strategy reviews with each MSL direct report, leveraging data, insights, AI tools, and performance trends to guide decision making. The primary role of the Field Director is to provide support, coaching, and development to each of their direct reports (MSLs), utilizing the skills framework, routine feedback, and periodic field observation, with a strong emphasis on strength-based coaching, continuous improvement, and career development planning. The Field Director will be responsible for the execution of field Medical Affairs programs, including product launches, proactive initiatives, and HCP engagement. The Field Director is responsible for ensuring that each direct report is functioning at the expected level of scientific acumen/expertise, presentation skills, and soft skill abilities, including professional credibility and command, stakeholder influence, adaptive communication, and effective scientific storytelling. In addition, the Field Director plays a critical role to remove barriers and aligning field activities to ensure impactful scientific engagement. The Field Director is responsible for staying abreast of scientific information and disease states to ensure proficient interaction model, and coach with their team. They will also ensure their direct reports execute collection and analysis of high quality, actionable Medical Insights and effectively communicate them to inform strategy, evidence generation, and lifecycle planning. The Field Director will demonstrate effective change leadership by upholding professionalism, performance, and integrity in challenging situations, and by guiding the team with resilience, accountability, and engagement through ambiguity and shifting priorities. The Field Director will coordinate closely with Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, and cross functional partners to align objectives and execution as appropriate. The Field Director is expected to identify possible solution(s) and make a recommendation to the MSL Head for action, demonstrating strong critical thinking, risk assessment, and sound judgment. The recommendations are expected to support the company’s scientific objectives. In addition, the Field Director will work collaboratively with local and regional internal business partners to meet scientific needs of customers, acting as a trusted scientific leader and strategic thought partner. The Field Director is responsible for providing oversight of all activities in accordance with current regulatory and health care compliance guidelines, modeling compliant behavior, reinforcing ethical decision making, and ensuring a culture of accountability and integrity across the team. Regional Team Leadership Responsibilities Responsible for the management of a regional MSL team including: Ensure that team functions according to the business plan and company directives. Drive team performance through regular field visits and 1:1s, providing observation, coaching, and timely, candid, and constructive feedback aligned to performance expectations, development goals, and career progression. Provide oversight responsibility for team’s training and development, ensuring ongoing scientific, skills based, and leadership capability building. Ensure team optimal capacity, field activity level, and field metrics, using data and dashboards to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement. Models and develop teams' scientific exchange skills to elevate the quality and impact of medical engagement across the organization, ensuring appropriate objection handling and correction of misperceptions and inaccuracies. Ensures each MSL territory plan is strategic, up to date and actionable. Manages the team through special projects and cross-functional support activities, balancing workload, priorities, and development. Recruit, Retain, and develop a diverse high-performing team by implementing inclusive leadership strategies to inspire and motivate their team members, championing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all hiring and talent decisions. Provide career and succession planning in support of staff reaching their highest potential with identification of high potential talent and readiness planning. Provide an optimal working environment grounded in Credo values by communicating of a clear direction, active listening, respecting diversity, encouraging collaborative partnership, empowering direct reports, follow up on commitments, promoting innovation, and rewarding high performance, while fostering trust and accountability. Responsible for timely completion of administrative duties, including assessment and approval of expense reports, preparation and communication of team metric reports, compliance documentation, and operational reporting. Co-lead the communication of MSL team achievements, insights, and impact to appropriate internal partners and leadership, rein