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Director, Real World Value and Evidence – Neuroscience

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This job posting is anticipated to close on May 26 2026. We may however extend this time period, in which case the posting will remain available on www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

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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:

Market Access

Job Sub Function:

Health Economics Outcomes Research

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Director, Real World Value & Evidence – Neuroscience

About Neuroscience

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 Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time.

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

We are searching for the best talent for Director, Real World Value & Evidence (RWV&E), US Medical Affairs, Neuroscience, to be located in Titusville, NJ.

In the current environment of U.S. healthcare with a prominent focus placed on efficiency and affordability, ensuring patient access to innovative treatments is of utmost importance, but increasingly challenging. In this challenging environment, the Medical Affairs Real-World Value & Evidence organization must ensure we obtain robust payer insights, deliver unrivaled value evidence, be payer-centric, execute timely real world data analytics, and develop flawless and impactful communication of the value of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine's contributions to payers and society.

Purpose:

In this position, the Director, Real World Value & Evidence (RWV&E) will be responsible for leading lifecycle market access scientific strategies, evidence generation, and dissemination plans for Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine product(s) including multiple indications.

You will be responsible for:

  • Ensure real world evidence and market access scientific support requirements are understood and built-in to the US business plans with value propositions that reflect the needs of key payer stakeholders and lead scientific strategic planning for RWE activities to enable market access.
  • RWE activities this role is held accountable for include but are not limited to: formulating key research questions, identifying key analytical questions to shape market access strategy, designing and conducting studies, planning and conducting market access analytics, managing publications, developing communication materials (e.g., Evidence & Access decks), and partnering with V&E FIELD to ensure effective and compliant communication to payer customers.
  • Ensures projects are aligned to the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) and business needs and executed on time.
  • Collaborate with internal and external experts to prioritize and generate rigorous scientific data, and develop dissemination plans to support the product’s IEGP.
  • Ensures compliance with regulatory, legal and commercial regulations (for example Contract Pricing Committee, Copy Approval Committee) in conducting research and dissemination of scientific information.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional business partners on scientific strategies to support market access for our products.
  • Directly initiate and manage research studies and other related projects.
  • Serve as subject matter, and functional area expert in responding to U.S-focused Health Technology/Value Assessments of our products by external organizations.
  • Ensure quality of design, execution, and publication of real-world evidence studies, and quality of models & tools developed for business partners.
  • Develop annual business plan budget, present to appropriate levels of management for approval, and manage budgeted funds appropriately.
  • Ensure quality in internal / external communications including: publications, training support of RWE studies, and models and/or tools developed to support the product.
  • Serve as a leader on assigned cross-functional franchise teams, with internal partners such as RWE colleagues, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Strategic Customer Group, Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Epidemiology, Government Affairs and Policy, other J&J Operating Companies as needed.

Qualifications

Education:

  • A minimum of a Master's degree in Public Health, Health Services Research, Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Health Policy, or a related discipline is required; a doctorate or other advanced degree is preferred.

Experience and skills:

Required:

  • A minimum of 6 years of relevant research experience.
  • Expertise in healthcare industry, clinical knowledge or practice across multiple therapeutic areas, medical reimbursement, technical expertise in economic evaluations or patient reported outcomes, including data analysis and statistics.
  • Excellent in leadership skills, collaboration, influencing and communication (both written and presentation).
  • Serve as a leader on the assigned cross-functional franchise teams pertaining to observational data or research, market access scientific strategy, payer insights/ data needs, etc.
  • Experience in communicating technical data both internally and externally to non-technical audiences.
  • Independent high-level planning and execution of research strategies.
  • Solid experience in conducting Real World Evidence studies applying health economics, patient-reported outcomes, retrospective data analyses, epidemiology or health services research.
  • Firm understanding of drug development process including health economic inputs needed to support the value proposition.
  • Firm understanding of regulatory standards for approval and communication of data.
  • Firm understanding of United States health care systems and customers; specifically understanding unique business models and perspectives.
  • Firm understanding of the uses of evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness analyses for health policy decision-making.
  • Up to 20% travel required mostly national with occasional international travel.

Preferred:

  • Experience in developing and gaining management approval for value-based scientific strategies and tactics to meet both commercial and scientific objectives for a given product or therapeutic area.

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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Savvy, Critical Thinking, Data Savvy, Developing Others, Economic Conditions, Health Economics, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Market Opportunity Assessment, Operations Management, Outcomes Research, People Performance Management, Pharmacoeconomics, Pricing Strategies, Product Portfolio Management, Relationship Building, Tactical Planning

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$164,000.00 - $282,900.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).



This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.



Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation –120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 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

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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