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Job Function:
Medical Affairs Group
Job Sub Function:
Medical Affairs
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Hamburg, Germany, Imperia, Italy, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Job Description:
Internal Posting: 04.06.2026-18.06.2026
About Cardiovascular
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
We are searching for the best talent for Director Medical Affairs Strategic Markets EMEA – Electrophysiology (m/f/d)
Purpose: The Director Medical Affairs Strategic Markets EMEA – Electrophysiology (m/f/d) will oversee the Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) team supporting the G5 markets (Germany, France, UK, Italy, and Spain. This position is responsible for developing and executing the vision, mission and goals for the Strategic Markets in EMEA, in alignment with the company’s business strategy. This position will play a pivotal role in shaping the medical direction of Electrophysiology for the G5 markets, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and driving innovation in medical technology development. It will also hold a dual responsibility as an MSL for the country it is based in. This role will provide medical and scientific leadership expertise in the area of Electrophysiology and the management of patients in related clinical disciplines. The successful candidate will report directly to the Senior Director, Medical Affairs – Electrophysiology and will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop strategy and achieve business objectives.
You will be responsible for:
Organizational Leadership: Oversight of MSL work in G5 markets for Electrophysiology
- Provide deep procedural insights, gather, assimilate, and translate opportunities to address unmet surgical needs to inform the Franchise innovation agenda
- Assures seamless knowledge transfer from global medical to the G5 markets
- Provides medical input into Target Product Profile
- Risk management and safety oversight across end-to-end processes, including medical input into adverse event reporting, complaints, Health Hazard Evaluations, Field Action Committee and Complaint Review Board.
- Ability to provide independent, medical input to critically evaluate clinical risk, and make evidence-based risk benefit determinations / assessments.
- Lead medical input into critical business decisions regarding potential patient safety issues.
- Analysis and interpretation of signals and trends from multiple inputs including clinical data, literature, complaints, etc.
Provides strategic direction to members of the medical affairs department. - Oversee the MSL organization - 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
- Directs individual contributors and is accountable for meaningful career development conversations and regular coaching and feedback. Provides leadership and direction to Medical Scientific Liaisons (MSLs) and serves as the liaison for team collaborations and stakeholder engagements
External Engagements: KOLs / Ad Boards / Physicians / Academic Institutions / FDA
- Bring and develop strong relationships with the top academic clinical physician leaders in the field of Electrophysiology and related clinical fields
- Develop and sustain strong relationships with senior leaders at the EMA
- Reviews and approve key regulatory submissions and communications with the EMA and other regulators
- Collaborating with Electrophysiologists (EPs) and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to identify unmet needs and define the necessary solutions to inform strategies for customer collaboration, innovation, education, and strategic partnerships, not limited to, but particularly focused on Electrophysiology for the G5 markets
- Develop relationships directly or through the team focus on markets with in the G5 with top academic leaders for the G5 Markets who are investigating Electrophysiology or leading clinical trials in the space
- Build and sustain KOL relationships directly or through the MSL team with respect to clinical expertise and collaborate with other functions interfacing with customers / physicians within the G5 markets
- Articulates value proposition of our innovation externally and defends innovation when necessary within competitive environment
- Provides appropriate messaging to external KOLs and strategic ad-boards regarding the future of EP and direction we can take to continue leadership in the G5 markets
- Continuously seek ways to improve customer experience and implement initiatives to enhance satisfaction and loyalty
Cross Function Leadership & Collaborations
- Builds strong internal relationships/partnerships and enhances collaboration by breaking down silos across the organization
- Provides counsel on large / complex product research projects in preparation for health authority submissions
- Defining and overseeing the evidence required for market approval of new solutions in electrophysiology and structural heart. Work closely with Medical Science Liaisons to develop and implement clinical evidence strategy
- Serve as voice of customer across broad range of business topics to ensure strong customer-centric mindset and clinical applicability. Represent customer perspective in strategic discussions, ensuring customers’ needs and perspectives are prioritized in decision making process
- Provides clinical perspective to Commercial, Marketing, Evidence Generation, Education, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health Economics and Market Access in support of the development of strategy and product development opportunities
- Lead medical input into critical business decisions regarding potential patient safety issues
- Leading technology assessment in partnership with new business development. Informing target selections and technology opportunities aligned with strategic portfolio priorities
- Supports medical education team to ensure the relevant teams are on the forefront of emerging science, surgery, trends, technologies, and unmet needs through presence at key scientific meetings, relationship management with leading research physicians, medical delivery systems and government decision makers, critical evaluation of current literature and competitive activity, and in other domains where surgical / medical expertise is required
- Innovates and advances training programs that address educational gaps among clinical professionals aligned with company strategy
- Responsible for leading the creation of Life Cycle Medical affairs (e.g., copy review, medical information requests, medical input CERs, etc.)
- Helps to inform business and cross functional partners what will be accepted in industry to alleviate economic challenges within hospital environment
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Fluent German language is a must
- Medical degree (MD), Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD) is highly preferred
- 12+ years’ experience in medical affairs, medical liaison role, or related roles within the medical device/pharma industry, with progressive leadership experience
- Class III Medical Device experience is required
- Extensive clinical practice experience in Electrophysiology or the diagnosis and treatment of AFib or Persistent AFib
- Demonstrated expertise and excellence in Electrophysiology of clinical practice and be recognized as a leader in publications, education and research in this area
- In-depth knowledge of clinical trial design, regulatory requirements, and healthcare compliance.
- Strong understanding of medical device development processes and lifecycle management
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex medical and scientific concepts effectively
- High ethical standards and commitment to patient safety and healthcare quality
- Experience in customer relationship management with VOC focus
- Understands clinical trends and the Cardiovascular market environment, with connections in the digital / med tech ecosystem
- Proven ability to be strong advocate for patient-centric and customer-centric decision making
- Highly reputable externally and is capable of building key relationships and influencing externally and internally
- Has strong relationships / experience to successfully work with EMA
- Ability to lead and influence others in a complex matrix organization
- Knowledge of medical device regulations and external standards is preferred
- Ability to lead a team of MSLs to provide strategic and scientific clinical research input across NPD and LCM projects
- Ability to lead teams to deliver critical milestones
- Ability to collaborate across different functional areas to ensure alignment with governance processes (assigning roles and responsibilities, setting priorities, managing deliverables, etc). and to meet business objectives
- Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with key internal and external partners and stakeholders
- Leadership requirement – ability to influence, shape and lead without direct reporting authority
- Change agent in team progression
- Through transparent leadership, be a key leader in developing a high-performing team with a global culture
- Possesses high emotional intelligence; possess excellent oral and written communication skills; possess excellent interpersonal skills for interactions with internal colleagues and external customers
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Business Requirements Analysis, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Developing Others, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Healthcare Trends, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Strategies, Stakeholder Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Workflow Analysis
The anticipated base pay range for this position is:
€119.200,00 - €205.620,00
Benefits:
In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.
*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.