Product Manager, Neuroscience Mood

About Innovative Medicine

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. 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.

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

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of provider, payer, specialty pharmacy, specialty distributor, and other strategic customer strategies for the Neuroscience Mood portfolio to expand patient access.
• Develop clear, compliant access resources and education that simplify coverage, prior authorization to label, procurement pathways, reimbursement, and affordability support across approved indications and associated patient services.
• Partner cross-functionally with Brand, Strategic Customer Group (SCG), PECS, Medical, Pricing, Compliance, field teams, and agency partners to deliver projects and tools that ensure optimal product access.
• Translate customer insights, field feedback, and marketplace trends into actionable market access strategies, ensuring strong pull-through of total brand positioning and alignment to business plan priorities.
• Lead the development of HCP payer and access training for the Neuroscience field sales organization, Strategic Customer Group (SCG), and Managed Markets & Institutional Business Group to strengthen access acumen and execution in the field.
• Drive strategies and resource development that simplify site of care activation and operationalization, including education on, coverage, acquisition, reimbursement, and fulfillment processes.
• Support specialty pharmacy and specialty distributor strategy, including enhanced service models and operational solutions, to improve speed to therapy and customer experience.
• Use data, analytics, and KPI tracking to identify access barriers, measure impact, prioritize opportunities, and inform ongoing optimization of market access initiatives.
• Lead the CAC relationship for the Market Access team, ensuring timely submissions, high-quality review packages, and compliant execution.

This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions (may perform other duties as assigned).

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Pharmaceutical Science, or a related field is required. An MBA is preferred.

Required Experience and Skills:

• A minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical or business experience is required.
• The ideal candidate must have demonstrated a track record of business results, a proactive work ethic, proven project management skills, strong attention to detail and effective communication skills.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills required.
• The ability to influence and lead large/diverse teams without direct authority is required.
• This candidate must effectively lead multiple agencies and internal stakeholders, communicate clearly and concisely, deliver all projects within budget, and assess project impact on driving results.
• Experience leading, prioritizing and execution with multiple projects is required.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• A minimum of four years of experience in marketing, payer and/or market access, sales, account management, pricing, reimbursement, specialty pharmacy/distributor strategy, access operations, or related fields is preferred.
• Experience in neuroscience, psychiatry, depression, or mood portfolio strategy, including payer, reimbursement, and customer access dynamics, is preferred.
• Practical knowledge of pharmaceutical marketing that includes FDA, regulatory, and legal environment, and HCC regulations is preferred.

Other

• This position is a high visibility position with exposure to multiple layers of Sr. Management.
• This position is located in Titusville, NJ, and requires up to 25% domestic travel.

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 period
• 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