Product Director, Neuroscience Portfolio Strategy

Product Director, Neuroscience Portfolio Strategy, Messaging & Integration

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a strategic and influential leader to join the Neuroscience Portfolio Strategy & Omnichannel Team.

This newly created role will lead the development and implementation of Neuroscience portfolio strategy, positioning, messaging, and franchise integration capabilities. The role is responsible for defining how the portfolio is strategically positioned, ensuring a cohesive portfolio narrative, and creating greater alignment across brands, customers, and channels.

As a key strategic partner across Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Analytics, and Omnichannel teams, this leader will establish portfolio-level strategic direction and messaging architecture, embed strategic guardrails into business planning, and ensure portfolio strategy is translated into integrated customer engagement.

This role is instrumental in advancing a portfolio-led engagement model that strengthens cross-brand coordination, sharpens customer value propositions, and supports future growth opportunities across the Neuroscience franchise.

• Define and evolve Neuroscience portfolio and disease strategy with alignment and coordination across Neuroscience brands and functions.
• Establish portfolio positioning, brand role frameworks, and strategic priorities.
• Develop portfolio-level strategic guardrails to guide brand planning and decision making, embedding portfolio-led thinking into annual planning, governance, and strategic decision-making processes.
• Partner with Omnichannel teams to translate portfolio strategy and messaging into connected customer experiences.
• Define portfolio insight, measurement, and data requirements while identifying opportunities to strengthen franchise capabilities and accelerate future growth.

• Lead development of the Neuroscience portfolio narrative and messaging architecture.
• Ensure consistent, connected messaging across brands while maintaining brand differentiation.
• Translate complex strategies into clear and compelling communications for internal and external stakeholders.

• Lead through influence in a highly matrixed environment without direct authority over executional teams to align around portfolio priorities.
• Drive adoption of portfolio-led thinking across the Neuroscience organization championing continuous evolution of the franchise operating model.
• Serve as a thought leader for portfolio strategy, messaging, and franchise integration.

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience in pharmaceutical marketing, commercial strategy, portfolio strategy, medical affairs, market access, analytics, or related functions.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategy and influence decisions in a highly matrixed organization.
• Outstanding communication, storytelling, and executive presence.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives and driving organizational alignment.

• Current Product Director or equivalent leadership experience.
• Experience supporting one or more Neuroscience brands (e.g., SPRAVATO®, CAPLYTA®, INVEGA®).
• Marketing or commercial experience strongly preferred.
• Experience developing portfolio strategy, positioning, messaging, or enterprise growth initiatives.
• Recognized as a high-performing leader with demonstrated potential for broader enterprise or commercial leadership opportunities.
• Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time preferred
• Experience building team AI literacy and confidence, reinforcing trusted, responsible AI use and sound judgment in applying AI-enabled insight preferred

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are…