Executive Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs, Australia & New Zealand

Posted: Monday, 25 August 2025
Valid Thru: Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Index Requested on: 08/25/2025 13:56:12
Indexed on: 08/25/2025 13:56:12

Location: North Ryde, NSW, 2113, AU

Industry: Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category: 11-9000.00 - Management
Type of Employment: FULL_TIME

Johnson and Johnson is hiring!

Description:

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https: //www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Affairs

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https: //www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Position Purpose

Lead the Medical and Scientific Affairs function, across the range of teams in both office and field. Through leadership of the respective team leaders, lead the direction of the function, across Quality Use of Medicines, Medical Excellence, and our core Medical Strategy across our therapeutic areas. Partner closely with functions outside direct reporting including Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Trials.

Key Responsibilities

The top responsibilities of the role, focussing on elements unique to the role, potential challenging aspects, key stakeholders, critical projects and/or activities that will be a priority.

  • Overarching Medical strategy for ANZ organisation
  • Motivating and leading a large team of highly skilled professionals with a clear vision and direction
  • Quality Use of Medicines
  • Medical Excellence including Medical Capability Development, Professional Education, Digital Capability
  • Risk Minimisation Management (RMP)
  • TGA Safety Point of contact
  • Health Care Compliance

Skills, Competencies & Experience

At Johnson & Johnson, we value diverse experience, and we look for potential in candidates to move beyond the position they’re hired for. Below is a list of the top 4-5 skills and competencies that are important for this position, which candidates can either bring to this role, or where candidates may be able to learn and grow whilst in the role (this will be dependent on position).

Skills & Competencies

  • People Leadership – leading a large team, and delivering through others

  • Cross-functional collaboration

  • Patient and customer centricity

  • Credo based leadership including compliance mindset

Experience or qualifications that are critical to this position

  • Medical Doctor (MD)

  • AICD Accredited (valued, not a prerequisite)

  • Extensive experience in Pharmaceutical Industry

Leadership Behaviours

At Johnson & Johnson, everyone is a leader, whether you manage a team or simply inspire those around you to perform at their optimum. By leading together, we push each other to be at our best to make human health better. Our Leadership Imperatives define a clear set of behaviours and expectations for you and the other 140, 000+ team members worldwide to lead the Johnson & Johnson way. Find more about our Leadership Imperatives here.

Responsibilities:

Please review the job description.

Educational requirements:

  • high school

Desired Skills:

Please see the job description for required or recommended skills.

Benefits:

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