Associate Director, TLL Field Leader, CAPLYTA

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:

Professional Medical Education

Job Category:

Professional

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Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for an Associate Director, TLL Field Leader, CAPLYTA. This is a national field-based position reporting to the National Director, Thought Leader Liaisons (TLL).

This is a field-based position in the United States, with preference for the candidate to be in a major metropolitan market with easy access to a national airport. While specific cities are listed in the Locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application. We invite candidates from any location to apply.

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

The Associate Director, TLL Field Leader will serve as the regional field execution leader accountable for delivering KOL engagement and peer-to-peer education across CAPLYTA® indications through a team of Thought Leader Liaisons. This role is responsible for translating national KOL strategy into disciplined field execution, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery of customer engagement initiatives, and generating actionable field insights to inform Brand and GPD leadership. This position will lead a team of approximately eight direct reports and serve as a critical link between strategy and execution, ensuring consistent implementation across geographies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of TLLs to deliver KOL engagement, peer-to-peer education, and faculty development plans aligned to brand objectives

• Translate national KOL engagement strategy into clear, actionable regional execution plans and ensure consistent implementation across markets

• Oversee execution of speaker programs, peer-to-peer engagements, and faculty initiatives to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance

• Drive executional excellence across all field-based activities, including program delivery, customer engagement, and adherence to compliance standards

• Manage regional budgets and resource allocation to support efficient and effective program execution

• Ensure strict adherence to legal, regulatory, and compliance guidelines across all customer-facing activities

• Oversee execution of advisory boards and ensure structured and actionable insight capture to inform cross-functional partners

• Consolidate and synthesize field insights, including customer feedback and market dynamics, into clear and actionable recommendations

• Partner closely with Brand Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Sales Leadership to ensure alignment on execution priorities and coordinated delivery

• Reinforce consistent field execution standards and elevate overall team capability through coaching, training, and performance management

Key Competencies:

• Executional Excellence: Demonstrates the ability to translate strategy into disciplined execution and deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes across field teams

• People Leadership: Builds, develops, and retains high-performing teams; fosters a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

• Organizational Alignment, Collaboration, and Execution: Effectively partners across functions to ensure aligned execution and a unified approach to customer engagement

• Business Acumen: Applies strong understanding of commercial drivers to prioritize efforts and optimize resource deployment

• Customer Centricity: Drives meaningful, compliant engagement with external stakeholders to enhance impact

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

• BA/BS required; advanced degree preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant pharmaceutical or biotech experience, including sales, marketing, or field-based roles

• Minimum of 5 years of people management experience with demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop direct reports

• Experience engaging with KOLs and executing peer-to-peer or medical education programs

• Proven ability to collaborate across matrixed organizations and drive aligned execution

• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

• A Valid Driver’s License issued in the United States

Preferred:

• Neuroscience, psychiatry, or CNS therapeutic area experience

• Experience within TLL, MSL, or field-based engagement models

• Launch or transformation experience

• Experience partnering cross-functionally across Brand, Medical, and Sales organizations

This is a field-based role and may require up to ~60–65% travel, including customer engagements, internal meetings, and congress participation.

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.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Brand Marketing, Channel Partner Enablement, Digital Strategy, Global Market, Learning Materials Development, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Mentorship, Organizing, Process Improvements, Program Management, Sales Enablement, Sales Presentations, Strategic Sales Planning, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Training People

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$137,000.00 - $235,750.00

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)).

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