Director, Medical Affairs, Can & LATAM
Johnson & Johnson
June 25, 2026
Remote friendly (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
United States
Medical Affairs
Director, Medical Affairs (Americas) — DePuy Synthes (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, United States, and Canada)
Job Overview
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for Medical Affairs across the Americas to ensure safe, compliant, and effective generation and communication of scientific and clinical evidence for orthopedic products.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute regional Medical Affairs strategy aligned to global medical strategy and regional business priorities.
- Provide scientific/clinical leadership for marketed and pipeline orthopedic products; ensure accurate, compliant medical communications.
- Oversee evidence generation (clinical studies, registries, post-market surveillance, and real-world evidence).
- Build relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and professional societies.
- Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial.
- Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with laws, regulations, internal policies, and ethical standards.
- Lead/develop a high-performing regional Medical Affairs team.
- Provide medical input into risk management, safety surveillance, and issue management.
Qualifications
- Required: MD/PharmD/PhD (or equivalent life sciences).
- Typically 10–12 years Medical Affairs experience (pharma/medical device) with regional/multi-country leadership.
- People leadership experience managing managers/senior professionals.
- Strong regulatory, compliance, and ethical knowledge.
- Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management.
- Preferred: Orthopedics/musculoskeletal experience; leadership across Latin America & North America; evidence generation/medical strategy/engagement; cross-functional collaboration; represent org in scientific forums.
Skills (Preferred/Other)
- Analytical reasoning; clinical research & regulations; clinical trials operations; communication; consulting; developing others; inclusive leadership; leadership; medical affairs/communications/compliance; product strategies; representing; research proposals; stakeholder management; strategic thinking.
Other
- English fluency required; Portuguese and/or Spanish strongly preferred.
- Travel: ~30–40% regional/international.
Job Overview
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for Medical Affairs across the Americas to ensure safe, compliant, and effective generation and communication of scientific and clinical evidence for orthopedic products.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute regional Medical Affairs strategy aligned to global medical strategy and regional business priorities.
- Provide scientific/clinical leadership for marketed and pipeline orthopedic products; ensure accurate, compliant medical communications.
- Oversee evidence generation (clinical studies, registries, post-market surveillance, and real-world evidence).
- Build relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and professional societies.
- Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial.
- Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with laws, regulations, internal policies, and ethical standards.
- Lead/develop a high-performing regional Medical Affairs team.
- Provide medical input into risk management, safety surveillance, and issue management.
Qualifications
- Required: MD/PharmD/PhD (or equivalent life sciences).
- Typically 10–12 years Medical Affairs experience (pharma/medical device) with regional/multi-country leadership.
- People leadership experience managing managers/senior professionals.
- Strong regulatory, compliance, and ethical knowledge.
- Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management.
- Preferred: Orthopedics/musculoskeletal experience; leadership across Latin America & North America; evidence generation/medical strategy/engagement; cross-functional collaboration; represent org in scientific forums.
Skills (Preferred/Other)
- Analytical reasoning; clinical research & regulations; clinical trials operations; communication; consulting; developing others; inclusive leadership; leadership; medical affairs/communications/compliance; product strategies; representing; research proposals; stakeholder management; strategic thinking.
Other
- English fluency required; Portuguese and/or Spanish strongly preferred.
- Travel: ~30–40% regional/international.