Competitive Portfolio Partner

The Competitive Portfolio Partner develops and manages the competitive engagement assets and programs that drive commercial performance across the J&J IM — for example, an Advanced Selling Academy or a MOSAIC Competitive Selling build. This is visible, high-stakes work that connects directly to how J&J commercial teams compete and grow. Partnering closely with the Portfolio Lead, this role carries an assigned area from scope through launch to measurement: developing content, safeguarding accuracy and compliance, meeting committed timelines, and integrating field feedback to sustain relevance and impact. The Portfolio Partner is a trusted operational owner who runs an assigned area of the portfolio independently and surfaces the decisions, risks, and trade-offs that warrant the Portfolio Lead's attention — with real room to lead, build, and leave a fingerprint on programs that scale across functions. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Own an assigned workstream(s) end to end. Manage a designated course or module from scope through launch and measurement, coordinating SMEs and facilitators and delivering against committed timelines. 

• Ensure content integrity and compliance. Maintain rigorous oversight of quality standards, ensuring all learning offerings meet the accuracy, documentation, and compliance approval processes/requirements of a highly regulated life sciences environment. 

• Provide subject-matter input.  Apply deep domain knowledge to guide content decisions, interpret business developments into portfolio implications, and facilitate learning interventions within the assigned area. 

• Program Management: Sustain the measurement strategy end to end. Define success metrics and baselines pre-launch, then track, analyze, and report performance post-launch — including usage and adoption rates 

• Own program adoption and logistics. Drive enrollment, scheduling, and end-to-end coordination for programs and cohorts — managing rosters, facilitators, and communications to ensure a seamless learner experience and strong uptake. 

• Maintain metadata and taxonomy integrity. Uphold accurate tagging and metadata to support reliable mapping, searchability, reporting, and day-to-day data quality. 

• Lead workstream communications. Own the communication strategy for the assigned workstream — translating portfolio direction into clear, timely messaging that drives alignment, adoption, and action across Sales, Medical, KAM, FRM, and Marketing stakeholders. 

• Identify gaps and lifecycle opportunities. Surface overlaps, unmet needs, and retirement candidates, supported by performance data and field insight, and provide informed recommendations. 

• Escalate risks and issues appropriately. Raise portfolio-level risks, quality concerns, and matters requiring cross-portfolio coordination or leadership attention ahead of impact. 

• Represent the assigned workstream(s) in key forums. Support in speaking for the assigned area(s) in governance discussions and cross-functional planning, driving alignment and ensuring follow-through on actions. 

• Support time-sensitive business requests. Respond to urgent leadership and launch needs, and conduct post-implementation reviews to capture learnings and inform continuous improvement. 

• Strengthen team effectiveness. Contribute through knowledge sharing, onboarding, and peer collaboration to promote consistency and operational continuity across portfolios. 

Core Competencies / Personal Attributes 

• Forward Thinking & Innovation: Anticipates future business and learning needs, brings a proactive, future-oriented mindset, and continuously evolves the portfolio ahead of demand. 

• Sales Expertise & Sales Leadership: Draws on strong first-hand sales and sales leadership experience to ground content in field reality and lead with credibility across commercial audiences. 

• Matrixed Collaboration: Operates effectively within a complex, matrixed organization, partnering across functions, TAs, and portfolios to drive alignment without direct authority. 

• Technical Proficiency: Applies strong computer and digital skills across portfolio tools, platforms, and reporting systems, with a commitment to adopting emerging technologies. 

• Portfolio Ownership & Execution: Independently manages workstream performance, risks, dependencies, and lifecycle actions with minimal oversight. 

• Prioritization & Judgment: Weighs demand, value, and constraints to make sound recommendations on enhancements, sequencing, and retirements. 

• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Builds and sustains trusted relationships across business stakeholders, SMEs, and cross-functional partners. 

• Communication & Influence: Clearly conveys priorities, changes, and recommendations to drive alignment and prompt action. 

• Strategy Translation: Converts portfolio direction into actionable plans, curriculum updates, and governance activities. 

• Business & Domain Expertise: Applies strong subject-matter knowledge to evolving business needs and learning priorities. 

• Curriculum & Pathway Management: Exercises sound judgment on curriculum structure, progression, and learning pathways. 

• Governance & Metadata Management: Ensures adherence to governance, taxonomy, and quality standards for reliable reporting and usability. 

Professional Qualifications 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Life Sciences, or a related field (BA/BS or equivalent). 

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with a demonstrated track record across: 

• Pharmaceutical or medical device sales 

• Sales leadership 

• Learning & Development 

• This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days per week in office, with flexibility to be based in either Horsham, PA or Titusville, NJ.

Preferred 

• Significant experience delivering presentations and facilitating groups. 

• Demonstrated commitment to learning and applying emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and adoption of new tools over time.