Medical Director, Mood & Pipeline – US Medical Affairs (Neuroscience)

Location: Titusville, New Jersey, United States. Hybrid schedule with three days in the office and up to two days remote per week; up to 20% travel is required.

Salary: $164,000–$282,900 annually, plus eligibility for performance-based bonuses and long-term incentives.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and medicines across Innovative Medicine and MedTech, including treatments for neuroscience and mood disorders.

What you will do

• Lead the medical portfolio and pipeline strategy for the Mood therapeutic area, including new indications and label expansions.
• Provide medical leadership for emerging assets from early development through launch in partnership with R&D and Global Medical Affairs.
• Own portfolio-level data dissemination and congress strategies, creating a coherent scientific narrative across assets.
• Provide medical input into clinical trial design, presentations, publications, regulatory submissions, and FDA interactions.
• Lead or contribute to Phase IIIb/IV studies, post-marketing studies, registries, real-world evidence programs, and investigator-initiated research.
• Build relationships with investigators, key opinion leaders, medical societies, and patient advocacy organizations across mood and psychiatry.

Requirements

• MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or NP degree required; PhD preferred.
• At least 8 years of combined industry, academic, clinical research, or clinical practice experience, including at least 3 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Expertise in neuroscience, psychiatry, and/or mood disorders.
• Familiarity with clinical trial design and clinical data interpretation.
• Strong analytical, strategic-thinking, scientific writing, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate in a matrix environment and lead cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Prior R&D or clinical-development experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment guided by the company’s Credo.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, business accident, and group legal insurance programs may be available.
• Eligibility for pension and 401(k) savings plans.
• Vacation, sick time, holiday pay, and personal and family time benefits.
• Opportunity to contribute to neuroscience treatments and improve outcomes for people living with mood and psychiatric conditions.