Medical Director, Rheumatology Medical Affairs

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Medical Affairs Group

Medical Affairs

Scientific/Technology

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Johnson and Johnson, is recruiting for a Medical Director, Rheumatology for the US Immunology Medical Affairs organization located in Horsham, PA.

As a part of Medical Affairs Immunology, the Medical Director, Rheumatology Medical Affairs will contribute to the strategic planning and execution of Phase 3b/4 trials, post-marketing requirement studies, investigator initiated or collaborative studies. The Medical Director will contribute/lead the advancement of protocol development, medical/data monitoring, study operations, data analysis/reporting, writing of study reports and publications, as applicable. In addition, the Medical Director will partner with colleagues in real‑world evidence, health economic and outcomes research, biostatistics, commercial, and field (medical/commercial/value and evidence) based teams through integrated evidence teams and other touchpoints to formulate and execute activities in support of the Rheumatology TA strategy on marketed and/or pipeline products, as well as supporting the fulfillment of medical information questions and issues that arise from the medical or commercial field teams and internal/external customers in the Rheumatology TA.

• Develop and execute Medical Affairs sponsored clinical programs, including but not limited to Phase 3b/4 trials, registries, real‑world evidence studies, investigator‑initiated and/or collaborative studies in the Rheumatology TA. Contribute/lead study design, protocol development, clinical study report and publication development. Work closely with the matrix clinical trial teams on study operations and provide program leadership and medical oversight.
• Provide Rheumatology subject matter expertise and represent US medical affairs on internal stakeholder/project teams across multiple functional areas including but not limited to sales and marketing, health economics and outcomes research, value and evidence, field MSLs, medical communications and scientific exchange.
• Provide US medical affairs input and US stakeholder insights to R&D clinical development programs, including clinical trial study designs, presentations, and publications.
• Support the fulfillment of medical information requests from field medical and field commercial teams. Support/lead the development of medical education content for field medical team. Partner with medical communications and scientific exchange teams on content development, review, and approval.
• Identify new key opinion leaders (KOLs) and develop strong KOL collaborations on clinical trial development and medical affairs activities. Establish and foster relations with medical societies and patient advocacy organizations.

• MD/DO required. Board certification in Rheumatology would be a strong asset. Board certification in an Immunology‑related discipline (Allergy/Immunology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology) will be considered. Prior industry work experience would be strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 8‑10 years of combined relevant experience in academic clinical research, clinical practice, and/or pharmaceutical industry is required.
• Rheumatology or Immunology therapeutic area expertise is…