Director, Medical Affairs, Can & LATAM
Johnson & Johnson
4 days ago
Remote friendly (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
United States
Medical Affairs
Job Overview
The Director, Medical Affairs Americas provides strategic and operational leadership for Medical Affairs across the Americas region, ensuring safe, compliant, and effective generation and communication of scientific and clinical evidence supporting DePuy Synthes orthopedic products.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and execute regional Medical Affairs strategy across the Americas.
- Provide scientific and clinical leadership for marketed and pipeline orthopedic products; ensure compliant medical communications.
- Oversee evidence generation: clinical studies, registries, post-market surveillance, real-world evidence.
- Build relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and professional societies across the Americas.
- Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial.
- Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and ethical standards.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing regional Medical Affairs team.
- Provide medical input into risk management, safety surveillance, and issue management.
Qualifications
Education:
- Required: MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent life sciences discipline.
- Preferred: Specialty training or advanced training relevant to orthopedics/medical devices.
Experience & Skills:
- Typically 10–12 years in Medical Affairs (pharma/medical devices), including regional or multi-country leadership.
- People leadership experience (managing managers and senior professionals).
- Strong knowledge of regulatory, compliance, and ethical requirements.
- Strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management.
Preferred
- Orthopedic/musculoskeletal technology experience.
- Experience across Latin America and North America.
- Evidence generation and scientific engagement leadership.
- Cross-functional collaboration with commercial and R&D.
- Speaking/representation in scientific forums, advisory boards, congresses.
Other
- Fluency in English required; Portuguese and/or Spanish strongly preferred.
- Travel: ~30–40% regional/international.
Preferred Skills: Analytical reasoning; clinical research & regulations; clinical trials operations; communication; inclusive leadership; leadership; medical affairs/communications/compliance; product strategies; research proposals; representing; stakeholder management; strategic thinking.
The Director, Medical Affairs Americas provides strategic and operational leadership for Medical Affairs across the Americas region, ensuring safe, compliant, and effective generation and communication of scientific and clinical evidence supporting DePuy Synthes orthopedic products.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and execute regional Medical Affairs strategy across the Americas.
- Provide scientific and clinical leadership for marketed and pipeline orthopedic products; ensure compliant medical communications.
- Oversee evidence generation: clinical studies, registries, post-market surveillance, real-world evidence.
- Build relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and professional societies across the Americas.
- Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial.
- Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and ethical standards.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing regional Medical Affairs team.
- Provide medical input into risk management, safety surveillance, and issue management.
Qualifications
Education:
- Required: MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent life sciences discipline.
- Preferred: Specialty training or advanced training relevant to orthopedics/medical devices.
Experience & Skills:
- Typically 10–12 years in Medical Affairs (pharma/medical devices), including regional or multi-country leadership.
- People leadership experience (managing managers and senior professionals).
- Strong knowledge of regulatory, compliance, and ethical requirements.
- Strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management.
Preferred
- Orthopedic/musculoskeletal technology experience.
- Experience across Latin America and North America.
- Evidence generation and scientific engagement leadership.
- Cross-functional collaboration with commercial and R&D.
- Speaking/representation in scientific forums, advisory boards, congresses.
Other
- Fluency in English required; Portuguese and/or Spanish strongly preferred.
- Travel: ~30–40% regional/international.
Preferred Skills: Analytical reasoning; clinical research & regulations; clinical trials operations; communication; inclusive leadership; leadership; medical affairs/communications/compliance; product strategies; research proposals; representing; stakeholder management; strategic thinking.