Hybrid MSL Field Director, Hematology

at Johnson & Johnson

• Job title: MSL Field Director, Hematology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $160,000 - $280,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Lead MSL Field Director for Johnson & Johnson, focusing on Hematology products and scientific engagement collaboration. Oversee team performance while ensuring compliance and strategic execution in the Western U.S.

Responsibilities

• The MSL Field Director is responsible for leading a Hematology Medical Science Liaison (MSL) regional team in providing scientific, clinical, research, and educational support to health care professionals and internal partners related to the current and future Johnson & Johnson Hematology products, while ensuring customer centric, insight driven, and compliant scientific engagement across the region.
• The Field Director will partner with the MSL Head to set and drive strategy for their region/organized providers, translating TA and Medical Affairs strategy into clear regional priorities, measurable objectives, and executional excellence.
• The Field Director is responsible for insuring strong clinical engagement strategy for each territory within their region and will conduct routine strategy reviews with each MSL direct report, leveraging data, insights, AI tools, and performance trends to guide decision making.
• The primary role of the Field Director is to provide support, coaching, and development to each of their direct reports (MSLs), utilizing the skills framework, routine feedback, and periodic field observation, with a strong emphasis on strength-based coaching, continuous improvement, and career development planning.
• The Field Director will be responsible for the execution of field Medical Affairs programs, including product launches, proactive initiatives, and HCP engagement.
• The MSL Field Director is responsible for insuring that each direct report is functioning at the expected level of scientific acumen/expertise, presentation skills, and soft skill abilities, including professional credibility and command, stakeholder influence, adaptive communication, and effective scientific storytelling.

Requirements

• A minimum of a master’s degree is required.
• PharmD, PhD, MD highly preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years required.
• A minimum of 4 years of pharmaceutical industry, and a minimum of 2 years of MSL experience are required.
• Clinical/research experience is preferred
• TA-related experience is preferred.
• Previous people management responsibility is preferred.
• Proficiency in data gathering and analysis, clinical expertise, problem solving, interpersonal influence, and cross-functional collaboration strategic thinking and competitive landscape analysis.
• Must live in their assigned region and in close proximity to an airport.
• This role requires regional travel of approx. 60% depending on geography (including overnight travel, periodic national scientific congresses and key strategic/scientific meetings at the corporate office in Horsham, PA/Titusville, NJ)
• A valid US driver’s license.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• consolidated retirement plan (pension)
• savings plan (401(k))
• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
• Caregiver Leave – 10 days
• Volunteer Leave – 4 days
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours