Johnson & Johnson Posted April 22, 2026

Associate MSL Manager - Neuroscience

Shanghai, China Full time
Medical Affairs Neuroscience Manager

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About this opportunity

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:

Shanghai, China

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY

Associate MSL Manager will be responsible for engaging with identified KOLs in the Therapeutic area through appropriate high level scientific support for research activities, publications, education, consulting, and other medical Affairs initiatives. Associate MSL manager should have a good understanding about Therapeutic Area(s), product(s) and treatment options so that they can help to inform clinical, medical, and business decisions. Finally, they need to ensure effective communication across multifunctional teams in carrying out Medical Affairs tactics.

RESPONSIBILITIES may include but no limited to

External Customer Engagement and Partnering

Actively identify, develop, and engage key KOLs at regional level.

Proactive and reactive communication/interpretation of medical/scientific data/information to KOLs.

Through scientific interactions with KOLs, champion medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative therapeutic approaches to benefit patients

Utilizes effective customer engagement strategies, skills, and technology to uncover deep actionable insights on treatment strategies, needs, and priorities that are relevant and important for mutually beneficial value to the customer and Janssen.

Proactively builds a scientific informational resource network.

Effectively Scientific Communication with internal/external customers

To help customers and business partners stay abreast of significant advancements through timely identification and dissemination of emerging scientific and medical information from a multitude of sources.

To respond to scientific queries of customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Information documents e.g. literatures, safety records, scientific FAQs etc.

To organize and moderate advisory boards in cooperation with TA groups.

To provide medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Marketing team as appropriate.

To collect insights from external customers and feedback timely to shape Brand/medical strategy

Scientific Communication Effectiveness with external/internal customers

To organize local or regional medical education activities including program development, speaker selection and support in collaboration with ME&MA as appropriate.

To support national and regional medical educational events including material development, speaker selection and support in collaboration with ME&MAs.

Support medical affairs program and activities at local and regional level.

Ensure program implementation 100% in compliance.

Strategic Evidence Generation

To identify and prioritize evidence gaps, anticipates future evidence needs and addresses them through evidence generation that is aligned with Therapeutic Area (TA) strategy.

Leverages the knowledge of strategic and technical aspects of evidence generation activities from formulating research concept through publications to achieve timely generation of evidence

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS

Medical science, pharmacology with Master degree or plus

Medical Doctor or PhD preferred

3 years and above of MSL experience preferred

Deeply understand Therapeutic Area(s) and broader external market (competitors, healthcare, regulatory and reimbursement environments). Proficient skill to differentiate organization, interprets and analyses scientific information, leading to stronger impact on business strategy.

Strong influence skills and communication skills to establish and maintain partnership with internal and external customers

Strong ability to leverage deep insights to identify, evaluate, prioritize and communicate strategic choices leading to improved investment decisions that will have the greatest impact, while gaining support and buy in.

Proficiently identify and prioritize evidence gaps, anticipates future evidence needs and addresses them through evidence generation that is aligned with Therapeutic Area (TA) strategy

Strong ability to work independently with minimum supervision to meet tight deadlines, and maintain a positive attitude

Excellent analytical skill to identify gaps and creatively think out of the box to develop a solution.

Good command of English, fluent at writing, speaking, and listening

OTHERS

Domestic and International travels are required.

试用期内按照公司要求完成入职培训、合规培训及考核并达到相关要求(该等条件和要求属于员工应满足的录用条件,如未能按照公司要求完成相关测试、培训并满足考核,将视为试用期内不符合录用条件。)

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytics Dashboards, Analytics Insights, Clinical Trials, Coaching, Collaborating, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Data Reporting, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Knowledge, Research and Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Neuroscience
Location
Shanghai, China
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 287 comparable Manager Medical Affairs roles across 80 biopharma companies.

287Comparable roles tracked
263Currently active
80Companies hiring similar roles
45Countries represented

Salary context

48 of 287 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Manager, Medical Operations · Merck KGaA $92,900/yr – $139,300/yr
Peer group range $116,100 – $322,000 (median $197,850)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 287 comparable roles

United States65
Japan35
China26
India18
Germany18
China's Mainland17

+ 39 more countries

Seniority mix

287 of 287 peers have a known seniority level

Manager161
Associate68
Associate Director58

Therapeutic area mix

86 of 287 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology33
Immunology17
Neuroscience6
Cardiovascular / CVRM6
Respiratory6
Dermatology & Aesthetics5
Vaccines & Infectious Disease5
Gastroenterology4
Rare Disease3
Ophthalmology1

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Function Therapeutic area Adjacent seniority Country
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.