Managing Director Innovative Medicine Poland

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

Job Function:

Enterprise Management

Job Sub Function:

Commercial Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Warsaw, Masovian, Poland

Job Description:

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.

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We are searching for the best talent for Managing Director Poland to be based in Warsaw, Poland.

Purpose:

Role's Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Sets the ambition/vision, goals, objectives, challenge the status quo, drive change and reset the organization to reach excellent performance (excellence in execution across all functions, benchmarked competitiveness & launch excellence, driving rapid reimbursement)
• Build the right organizational structure and capabilities and keep P&L accountability to achieve short- and long-term objectives
• Develops and executes operating policies consistent with the policies and objectives as set by the enterprise leadership in the organization
• Responsible for leading across the matrix to achieve results
• Develop strategies and represents J&J to the external market (e.g., regulatory, media, distributors, and other external stakeholders) for all functions - drives the debate ensuring market access, competitiveness and sustainable growth
• Actively influences the global/regional TA strategies based on local market insight to help shape regional strategy and represent the voice of the customer in the global/regional forums
• Drives a highly productive, highly engaged culture; ensures talent bench strength at all levels and develops new capabilities, including attracting, developing, and retaining key talent (e.g. Oncology, Immunology, HEMAR, MAF, …)
• Builds and maintains key customer relationships in the region / country

You will be responsible for:

Influence Across the Matrix

• Establish strong, highly collaborative relationships with other J&J leaders and leverage capabilities to support business needs
• Breakdown silos across the enterprise and functional areas
• Lead without authority in a highly matrixed environment; collaborate and influence senior level peers to find win-win solutions
• Demonstrate ability to understand and appreciate the uniqueness of different territories and markets

Build and Develop Talent

• Link the Business strategy to the Talent strategy.
• Build/buy/reinforce competencies/capabilities as needed by the Business strategy.
• Lead a high-performance team and sustain a high performing culture
• Support diversity and inclusion at all levels in the organization
• Provide cross functional rotational development opportunities to broaden skills and prepare for future talent needs
• Hold talent accountable for short-term delivery while preparing/ building the organization for the future
• Acquire and develop talent to strengthen future talent pipeline across all leadership levels to support market growth and business needs

Engage and Motivate the Team

• Own a 3-5-year vision for the future that supports enterprise strategic direction
• Engage and motivate the multicultural, cross-country team to create and support a plan to achieve the business vision
• Create a culture that dares to question the status quo by pursuing innovation and new market opportunities while ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Sales, marketing, and operations knowledge and experience focused on brand and market share growth
• Experience working in the pharma healthcare segment and knowledge of pharma brands, esp. Oncology and Immunology
• Exposure to market access challenges and pricing strategies for innovative medicines  
• Track record in working with regulatory, HTA agencies/industry bodies
• Proven skill in building highly collaborative and effective relationships across business units and functions and at all levels of the organization, and developing, inspiring and motivating a high performing culture
• Experience in developing talent and increasing overall bench strength and diversity.
• Demonstrated track record of innovation and change management in an evolving business environment
• Strong track record in managing P&Ls, financials and budgets

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Account Management, Big Data Management, Client Management, Commercial Awareness, Commercial Laws, Commercial Management, Consulting, Corporate Management, Customer Experience Management, Developing Others, Financial Competence, Ideation, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Revenue Management, Risk Management

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