Johnson & Johnson Posted July 29, 2026

Medical Director/Senior Medical Director, Early Development Oncology

Spring House, United States Full time
Medical Affairs Oncology Director

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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:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Development & Research – MD

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

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

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Medical Director/Senior Medical Director-Clinical Research.  They will be a member of a matrix team dedicated to the implementation of clinical research studies that are part of a global compound development program, with a strong focus on prostate cancer and related solid tumor indications.

.  Responsibilities include:

Leads execution of research programs for an area of clinical development to meet research objectives, support product development, and manage reports, including programs in prostate cancer drug development across early‑phase clinical trials.

Acts as the clinical functional head for providing active scientific contributions to a cross-department compound development team, bringing deep disease‑area expertise in oncology

Works in close partnership with the Compound Development Team (CDTL) and project management, global regulatory affairs, clinical pharmacology, health economics, and the disease area leader to share information, particularly as it relates to prostate/solid cancer development strategy and lifecycle planning.

Acts as a liaison between the company and the clinical investigators, evaluates scientific information, and creates new ideas to assist in identifying new research opportunities in prostate cancer and relevant biomarker‑defined populations.

Develops the strategy and content for scientific communications for assigned compound through close partnership with the compound global medical affairs leader including  oncology congresses and publications.

Serves as the clinical leader for product evaluation and develops the strategy and the content for regulatory documents, with experience supporting prostate cancer indications and interactions with global health authorities.

Works with senior clinical staff, establishes credible relationships with external stakeholders such as opinion leaders and regulators, and provides substantial expertise in drug development (including experience with IND and NDA submissions).

Able to manage study start-up, and directs and guides study team in study execution, data cleaning, medical review, database lock, managing health authority responses, including prostate cancer–specific safety, efficacy, and benefit–risk considerations.

May provide determination of pathology diagnosis and act as a signatory to primary and peer review pathology reports.

Develops a goal-oriented clinical development team.

Responsible for managing operational aspects of their teams (e.g., budget, performance, and compliance), as well as implementing workforce and succession plans to meet business needs.

Proactively creates a purpose driven environment by aligning Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives with the strategies and goals of the team and enterprise.

Qualifications - External

An MD is required; Advanced degree (PhD) is a plus.

A minimum of 2 years of oncology clinical research experience in clinical development within pharmaceutical industry or equivalent experience in academic or large regional hospital is required, with demonstrated experience in prostate cancer drug development strongly preferred.

Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and regulatory requirements for the conduct of high quality oncology clinical trials  is required.

Experience in protocol development, medical review, oversight of study conduct, running trials, data quality and safety are strongly preferred, including early‑phase prostate cancer studies and translational endpoints.

Working knowledge of the use of Microsoft suite of software products including Excel and Word is required.

Fluent in written and spoken English with excellent communication skills is required.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $194,000. to $334,650.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center  (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Clinical Development, Early Clinical Development, Oncology Drug Development, Oncology Research

Preferred Skills:

Clinical Operations, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials, Collaboration, Data Governance, Data Management and Informatics, Developing Others, Drug Discovery Development, Global Market, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Innovation, Leadership, Market Research, Program Management, Research Ethics, Scientific Evaluation, Scientific Research, Stakeholder Management

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Oncology
Location
Spring House, United States
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 215 comparable Director Medical Affairs roles across 36 biopharma companies.

215Comparable roles tracked
206Currently active
36Companies hiring similar roles
17Countries represented

Salary context

117 of 215 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
Peer group range $163,125 – $392,100 (median $264,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 215 comparable roles

United States167
United Kingdom10
China's Mainland8
Japan7
Switzerland6
Spain3

+ 11 more countries

Seniority mix

215 of 215 peers have a known seniority level

Director183
Senior Director26
Principal6

Therapeutic area mix

107 of 215 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology44
Immunology17
Neuroscience12
Respiratory9
Dermatology & Aesthetics7
Vaccines & Infectious Disease6
Rare Disease5
Cardiovascular / CVRM5
Gastroenterology1
Ophthalmology1

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