Associate Director, Pathways Strategy

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 .

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Job Function

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function

Medical Affairs

Job Category

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations

Horsham, 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 an Associate Director, Pathways Strategy for our Hematologic department located in Horsham, PA. This is an office / hybrid position with three days a week onsite requirement in the Horsham, Pennsylvania office.

This role will drive the development, execution, and optimization of pathway strategies, leveraging deep expertise in hematology to deliver organizational impact and advance patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Establish clear and challenging goals that accomplish business objectives consistent with the organization.
• Implementation and continuous improvement of hematologic pathway strategies, ensuring alignment with clinical standards, regulatory requirements, and evolving market trends.
• Design strategy to gain and retain pathway access, collaborating with leadership to define priorities and measure impact.
• Serve as a strategic advisor for pathway initiatives, representing the department in cross-functional and external forums.
• Align and deliver pathway submission strategies for each brand. Track and measure effectiveness of each submission. Provide analysis for continuous improvement.

Cross-Functional Team Engagement

• Leverage matrixed leadership to deliver impact through cross-functional teams, including medical affairs, compliance, regulatory, clinical operations, scientific affairs, and other relevant teams.
• Drive collaborative execution of pathway strategies, ensuring integration with broader organizational goals and resource optimization.
• Sustain high-performing teams, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Oversee the collection, analysis, and interpretation of complex data sets from

clinical studies, health outcomes research, and market intelligence to support pathway strategy.

• Translate insights into actionable strategies, guiding decision-making at the executive level.
• Ensure robust measurement and reporting of pathway performance and impact.
• Provide market scanning to identify and map key pathway population health decision makers across relevant groups as well as track current product placement vs goal, in collaboration with other functions as applicable.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Cultivate relationships with key internal stakeholders in medical, commercial, and Scientific Affairs to ensure pathway strategy is embedded within their scope.
• Serve as JNJ subject matter expert for oncology pathways and pathway strategy is fully integrated into the JNJ matrix teams.
• Collaborate and communicate with brand access and Medical Affairs organizations to integrate medical pathway perspectives into the commercialization process and ensure appropriate alignment between commercial and medical on pathway strategy priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline is required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, MD) preferred.
• Extensive experience in hematology, oncology, or related therapeutic areas, with a proven track record in strategy leadership.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with budget management and resource allocation preferred.
• Ability to drive innovation and deliver measurable organizational impact.
• Demonstrated history of learning agility and depth and breadth of pharma experience.

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, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills

Preferred Skills

Analytical Reasoning, Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Content Evaluation, Data Analysis, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Healthcare Trends, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Mentorship, Product Strategies, Relationship Building, Report Writing, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility