Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking an External Scientific Engagement Manager to join our Medical Affairs team located in Hungary.

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 https://www.jnj.com/.

Overall purpose of the job:

Develop convincing Value Stories in close collaboration with HEMAR, GA, or PE&A to ensure early access and timely reimbursement for prioritized launch products/line extensions so that all patients who benefit more from a Janssen compound than from alternatives can get them. To achieve this goal, get a deep understanding of the science, the local unmet medical need or the local healthcare ecosystem and actively seek debate with all relevant internal and external stakeholders and decision makers.

Depending on time to product launch/successful reimbursement, provide insights and collaborate closely with the product teams (LBT, HUB) to help optimize medical, therapy or brand strategy.

Essential duties:

Stakeholder/External Interaction

• Seek active scientific debate in accordance with local law and regulations.


• Respond appropriately to unsolicited requests for information and/or data.


• Meet with relevant KOLs and researchers on a regular basis through medical advisory boards, educational meetings, conference etc. to- Gather relevant local information and insights on therapy area (incl. Competitor landscape) and medical and scientific needs.


• Exchange disease area knowledge and opinions to understand emerging opinions


• Increase the stakeholders understanding of Janssen compound and processes (eg. clinical data, IIS, clinical trials, compliance processes), according to their expressed interests and needs and seek their advice on the development of a compound.


• Identify relevant Key Stakeholders and Opinion Leaders in relevant areas of clinical, scientific, societal, or health-economic expertise


• Manage and maintain positive relationships with such Key Stakeholders and Opinion Leader


• Be the point of contact for active and potential investigators and manage activities in close collaboration with GCO.

• Develop and execute adequate Disease Awareness or Medical Education Concepts to address unmet medical needs.

Internal Collaboration

• Work closely with HEMAR or GA to timely develop the Value Story in support of early access and convincing reimbursement conversations.


• Develop educational items/formats and deliver training for HEAMR, GA, PE& A or the business


• Work closely with Global Clinical Operations, HUB/ESO Medical Affairs as required to - provide all relevant information from potential investigators on relevant study sites.


• discuss the status of company studies to identify new opportunities for collaboration with Hungarian investigators and sites


• Address any issues with ongoing studies.


• Share best practices.


• Understand emerging data and publications from the studies and how this might support stakeholder needs.


• Assist GCO with the identification of, and communication with, potential trial sites and investigators for company-sponsored trials.

• W ork closely with the relevant Medical Manager, HEMAR, GA, PE&A to develop ideas and concepts supporting the Value Story


• Create awareness of all relevant local country specifics and communicate those to relevant stakeholder and business partners.


• Assist line manager with other general medical affairs and medical education projects as appropriate