ta scientifc expert sr lead

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.

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Job Function
Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function
Medical Affairs

Job Category
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, Mexico City, Mexico, São Paulo, Brazil

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 Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses.

You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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We are searching for the best talent for a TA Scientific Expert Lead - position could be located in Brazil, Mexico or Colombia.
Purpose :
The TA Scientific
Expert Lead
plays a crucial role in overseeing and driving the direction for Evidence Dissemination and
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This role ensures alignment with broader organizational goals and fosters cross functional collaboration; supporting the development of clinical and scientific communication and contributing to the advancement of the company's therapeutic portfolio.


Main Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the teams responsible for Evidence Generation, Dissemination Strategy, and Medical Writing.
  
  
• Define and implement initiatives for the teams that align with the TA and business priorities.
  
  
• Ensure the one voice strategy is consistently reflected in all TA deliverables and channels through aligned, seamless omnichannel communication..
  
  
• Collaborate closely with IBVTs, CVTs, and other functional teams to align scientific activities for the TA.
  
  
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of the scientific and therapeutic landscape of the TA.
  
  
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders (KOLs, academic institutions, etc.) to support evidence dissemination and scientific exchange.
  
  
• Leverages clinical knowledge and expertise to direct the review and identification of emerging trends and scientific intelligence, relevant for therapeutic area strategic plan.
  
  
• Incorporates insights from data science analysis to identify unmet needs/data gaps
• Define and implement initiatives that align team efforts with TA and business priorities and omnichannel approach, ensuring integrated and impactful stakeholder engagement.
  
  
• 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 / Requirements

• A minimum of ~7 – 8 years of experience working in Scientific Affairs, medical affairs clinical development or related areas within the pharma industry
• Bachelor in a relevant scientific field.
  
  Advanced degree is preferred
• 3+ years of experience in a scientific area-specific role
• Proven experience in evidence generation, dissemination and /or medical writing
• Required experience driving complex cross-functional initiatives

Key Functional and Leadership Competencies

• Scientific background, clinical development process and scientific communication
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Strong understanding of the scientific landscape and emerging trends
• Ability to align scientific insights with broader business strategies
• Capacity to adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving skills
• High proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English is required
• Strategic Thinking: Possesses global, strategic, and objective thinking.
  
  Translates data, business knowledge, and business goals into actionable insights, strategies, and business plans.
  
  
• Strategic and Tactical Planning: Devises long-term strategic goals and the plans for achieving them, as well as the step-by-step shorter-term actions or initiatives that support the attainment of these goals and plans.
  
  
• Insight Analytics: Takes a source of data and gains a better understanding of what this data means.
  
  
• Medical Trends: Keeps abreast with trends, developments, and technologies within the medical field, both locally and internationally.
  
  Understands the impact of these on the organization.
  
  Incorporates relevant trends to ensure the organization's relevancy and competitiveness
• Medical Communications (Med Comms): Communicates medical and scientific data and information on innovations and perspectives on diseases and their treatments to different audiences (e.g., doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospital staff, and even patients).
  
  Conveys a consistent, clear, and compelling message to support the pharma company and its product throughout the brand lifecycle.
  
  
• Inclusive Leadership: Leads with equality at the basis of every employment decision made.
  
  Honors the 6 C's - commitment, courage, cognizance of bias, curiosity, cultural intelligence, and collaboration.
  
  
• Leading Others: Guides others in the successful execution of their assigned responsibilities and helps them to achieve organizational outcomes.
  
  Gains support and commitment from others and mobilizes them to act.
  
  Reassures in times of fear and change.
  
  
• Critical Thinking: Makes correct inferences on complex problems that require critical evaluation.
  
  Understands a situation or problem by identifying patterns or connections and addressing key underlying issues.
  
  Sees the bigger picture and connects the dots.
  
  
• Collaborating: Works together to achieve a common goal by sharing ideas and thinking.
  
  Productive and efficient engagement with team members.
  
  Plays to each other's strengths.
  
  Fosters mutual respect for one another's knowledge, experiences, contributions, and inputs.
  
  
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborates with team members from different teams or functions to reach a common goal, or responsibility, or complete a project.
  
  

Required Skill Profession

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