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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Affairs

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

São Paulo, Brazil

Job Description:

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We are searching for the best talent for the Sr Medical Manager Oncology to be based in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Purpose: The Senior Medical Manager, Oncology serves as a strategic scientific leader responsible for the development and execution of Medical Affairs strategies across in-market and pipeline oncology assets. This role contributes to advancing patient outcomes through scientific leadership, evidence generation, stakeholder partnerships, and cross-functional collaboration.

As a People Leader, the Senior Medical Manager builds and develops high-performing teams, fosters an inclusive and accountable culture, and drives execution excellence while ensuring all activities are conducted in accordance with Johnson & Johnson policies, healthcare compliance standards, and Our Credo.

You will be responsible for:

Medical Strategy & Scientific Leadership

• Lead the development and implementation of local Medical Affairs strategies aligned with global, regional, and business priorities.
• Translate scientific evidence and healthcare trends into actionable medical strategies.
• Drive medical plans supporting launch readiness, lifecycle management, and patient-focused innovation.
• Provide scientific leadership within Cross-Value Teams and other cross-functional forums.
• Ensure medical insights inform strategic business decisions while preserving scientific integrity and compliance.
• Identify and address evidence gaps through data generation initiatives, including Real-World Evidence and Investigator-Initiated Studies.
• Support publication planning, congress activities, medical education programs, and scientific communication initiatives.

External Engagement & Insights

• Build and maintain trusted scientific relationships with Key Opinion Leaders, healthcare professionals, investigators, academic institutions, and medical societies.
• Generate actionable medical and market insights that influence strategy and improve patient outcomes.
• Represent Johnson & Johnson as a scientific expert in external forums and scientific exchange activities.
• Contribute to disease-area leadership and advancement of standards of care in oncology.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, Health Economics, Patient Engagement, and other functions to achieve strategic objectives.
• Influence decisions across a complex matrix organization.
• Facilitate alignment around priorities while maintaining a patient-first mindset.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and business partners.

People Leadership Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain diverse, high-performing talent.
• Create an inclusive environment where employees feel respected, empowered, and accountable.
• Lead performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and individual development planning processes.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and open dialogue.
• Develop future leaders through coaching, mentoring, and stretch opportunities.
• Drive employee engagement and organizational effectiveness through role modeling of Johnson & Johnson values and leadership expectations.
  

Leadership Expectations

The incumbent is expected to embody Johnson & Johnson's C.E.O. Leadership Behaviors:

Compete

• Maintain a strong external focus on patients, healthcare systems, and evolving oncology trends.
• Raise performance standards and pursue excellence in scientific leadership.
• Demonstrate courage and ambition to address unmet patient needs and improve outcomes.

Execute

• Deliver commitments with quality, speed, accountability, and consistency.
• Prioritize effectively and make data-driven decisions.
• Translate strategy into measurable business and medical outcomes.

Optimize

• Continuously improve how work is performed.
• Simplify processes and enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Promote transparency, learning, collaboration, and innovation.
• Serve as the "CEO of your role" by taking ownership of outcomes and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, MSc, or equivalent)
• Oncology specialization or equivalent therapeutic area expertise
• Significant experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or related industry.
• Demonstrated Medical Affairs experience.
• Oncology therapeutic area expertise.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and working within matrix organizations.
• Prior people management and talent development experience.
• Launch experience in oncology products.
• Experience in evidence generation and scientific engagement strategies.
• Experience interacting with external experts and healthcare institutions

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Content Evaluation, Developing Others, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Healthcare Trends, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Prioritization, Product Strategies, Scientific Research, Strategic Thinking, Team Management