Medical Affairs and Translational Research; MATR) Partnership Lead

MATR Partnership Lead for J&J Oncology

Medical Affairs and Translational Research (MATR) Partnership Lead for J&J Oncology

The MATR Partnership Lead is a key point of contact for medical affairs (regional and global) and translational research for preclinical investigator-initiated study (IIS) proposals, collaborative studies or MAF-funded company-sponsored studies involving key biomarker objectives. The individual will link internal strategic and tactical workstream(s) supporting research proposal reviews and final decisions for key studies. MATR partnerships will also include line-of-sight to data read-outs or draft publication timelines for contracted studies to support knowledge exchange between translational research, external research community, clinical and medical affairs.

Tasks for this position include the following:

• Provides subject matter expertise, execution, and process leadership for medical affairs and translational science, preclinical or biomarker research projects
• Works closely with disease area leads on triaging biomarker or preclinical IIS proposals from external researchers or non-clinical collaborative study requests from concept-to-execution.
• Supports key internal and external stakeholder communications, preclinical review agendas and review decisions.
• Leads efforts to capture process metrics & analytics to recommend and implement iterative process improvements
• Partners with oncology translational research lead(s) in preparing biomarker and preclinical "one-pager" strategy for inclusion in worldwide medical affairs evidence generation plans and IIS strategic frameworks
• Liaises with medical affairs Global Review Committee administrator(s), GMAL and translational science lead with respect to new IIS reviews and coordination
• Advances global medical affairs company-sponsored study concepts with key biomarker objectives through internal governance reviews where applicable with Global Head, Evidence Generation and Oncology Translational Research Review Forum (OTRRF)
• Ensures research discussions, submission and internal reviews of preclinical/biomarker IISs or collaborative research proposals follow J&J's Cross-Pharma Policies and SOPs.
• Engages with oncology translational research (OTR)'s preclinical IIS coordinator on ReCAP reviews, contracts, material transfer agreement administration to understand study statuses or interim/final data read-outs and publications.
• Supports global medical affairs lead(s) and global strategy & execution leads with internal knowledge exchange as required
• Identify and develop strategic relationships with external partners to identify opportunities for collaboration

Qualifications

• A minimum of a master's level degree in a life or health sciences discipline is required;
  Advanced scientific degree is preferred.
• Laboratory experience in translational research or genomics medicine is preferred
• Broad knowledge of disease, predictive, and diagnostic biomarkers, related scientific methodologies, and analytic techniques is required
• Strong skills in collaboration and building relationships, without formal authority, are needed to meet MATR objectives,
• Critical thinking and strong communication skills are required
• Project management skills and strong organizational skills are required
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapidly changing scientific environment(s) is needed
• Experience with principal investigators and/or as research staff involving biomarker analyses is beneficial
• Experience as an industry medical liaison including oncology translational research responsibilities is desirable
• Four or more years of relevant work experience in biopharmaceutical industry is preferred
• Approximately 10% domestic or international travel is required
• This position is based in Raritan NJ and follows a hybrid work schedule with in-house

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $ - $

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual…