Job 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 jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Mexico City, Mexico

The MSL Mission is to, through customized interactions, discuss our treatments with physicians and other customers to shape behaviors and support informed decision making whilst identifying and bringing medical insights into the organization as inputs to medical strategy.

The main activities are:

• Build relationships with community and academic HCPs focusing on changing medical behavior through the exchange of scientific knowledge 

• Convey the value of the attributes related to the innovation (ie, efficacy, safety, effectiveness, adherence, QoL) to gain attribute endorsement with stakeholders

• Shaping medical practice by changing behaviors within the HCP Community during product  pre launching phases - prepare the health care environment and medical community, accelerate adoption (PIs engagement and pre-approval access programs)

• Follow up on education, adoption of new knowledge, identifying barriers for medical practice change for innovative products 

• Respond to scientific inquiries of HCPs/investigators/health care systems and population health decision makers

• Integrates scientific data into real life practice to meet customer/audience needs

• I dentify potential sites and support sites recruitment when needed in alignment with the TA Head/Senior medical manager

• Execute Medical Field Educational Events focused on pipeline close to launch and key in line products 

• Gather insights from Field interactions regarding scientific knowledge, treatments paradigms, Competitors, medical needs and opportunities 

• Draw and execute the territory and KOL engagement plan according to the strategy and validated by the other MAF stakeholders 

Minimum Qualification

• Deep scientific knowledge according to business/regulatory needs

Other Requirements

• Deep therapeutic area scientific knowledge and skills to interpret scientific data

• Tech-saavy o proficient/willingness to use technological tools in their daily work

• Work experience, scientific acumen and communication skills to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer-to-peer relationship
• 2-4 years work experience industry related and demonstration of additional, deeper MSL skills and competencies*
• Communication and presentation skills

• Ability and willingness to use technology tools for daily work

• Proficient in English

• Business acumen

• Teamwork, leadership and influencing skills – able to work effectively in a matrix

• Awareness of, and adherence to, Johnson & Johnson Credo values

• Available to travel

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Experience, Coaching, Communication, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Data Gathering and Analysis, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Interpersonal Influence, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Problem Solving, Research and Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy