Group Product Director, Professional Promotion, Neuroscience Schizophrenia

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

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Group Product Director (GPD), Professional Promotion, Neuroscience Schizophrenia located in Titusville, NJ.

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

Role Overview

The Group Product Director (GPD), Professional Promotion, Neuroscience Schizophrenia will lead the U.S. HCP marketing strategy and professional education across the long-acting injectable portfolio, comprised of INVEGA SUSTENNA®, INVEGA TRINZA®, and INVEGA HAFYERA®. This leader will also partner closely with the CAPLYTA® brand team to deliver a cohesive schizophrenia portfolio strategy. The role requires strong strategic leadership, disciplined execution, cross-functional influence, and the ability to coach and develop a high-performing team of marketers. This Group Product Director will report to the Director of Marketing, Neuroscience Schizophrenia.

Core Responsibilities

• Coach and develop a high-performing team while fostering an inclusive culture and strengthening marketing capabilities.

• Shape and execute U.S. HCP marketing strategies, professional education priorities, and omnichannel initiatives to enhance customer engagement and maximize brand performance.

• Champion data-driven decision making and proactively adjust strategy using market research, analytics, and field insights.

• Lead and advance Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement strategy to inform customer insights and support professional education priorities.

• Continuously advance core marketing fundamentals, including insight generation, segmentation, co-positioning, message and creative development, and impact measurement.

• Partner closely with the CAPLYTA® brand team to develop and execute a cohesive schizophrenia portfolio strategy with clear alignment across priorities, messaging, and field execution.

• Manage the agency-of-record relationship and other agency/vendor partners to deliver high-quality HCP tactics on strategy, on time, and within budget.

• Partner closely with Sales leadership to ensure seamless execution, field readiness, pull-through, and feedback loops that improve customer engagement and business impact.

• Optimize resource allocation and investment decisions to maximize performance and return on investment.

• Build strong partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders including Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, Health Care Compliance, and Global Commercial teams to ensure strategic alignment and compliant execution.

• Support the Director of Marketing with business review meetings, including preparing strategic updates, synthesizing performance insights, and ensuring clear follow-up on key leadership decisions. 

• Champion responsible and compliant adoption of AI-enabled tools to accelerate insights, improve efficiency, enhance content development workflows, and support strategic decision-making.

Qualifications / Requirements

Education

• BA/BS required; MBA preferred.

Required

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant commercial experience, including marketing and/or sales in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive strategic alignment across matrixed organizations.

• Demonstrated track record of business results, strong marketing competencies, and learning agility with a willingness to test, learn, and scale new approaches.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, challenge the status quo, and translate insights into focused execution.

• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills for an executive audience.

• Experience leading or partnering with sales teams to drive field execution and customer engagement.

• Ownership mindset, combining strategic thinking with resourcefulness, agility, and a bias for action.

• Experience managing external agency partners and vendor deliverables.

Preferred

• 3+ years of people management experience.

• In-line marketing experience (professional and/or consumer).

• Sales and/or sales leadership experience.

• Psychiatry, Neuroscience, or CNS therapeutic area experience.

• Ability to motivate, lead, and influence across levels and functions.

• Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and responsible application to enhance effectiveness, inform strategic decision-making, and improve execution.

• Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time preferred

• Experience building team AI literacy and confidence, reinforcing trusted, responsible AI use and sound judgment in applying AI-enabled insight preferred 

This is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence three days per week, with two days per week working from home.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Leadership, Brand Marketing, Brand Positioning Strategy, Continuous Improvement, Customer Centricity, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Others, Execution Focus, Fact-Based Decision Making, Financial Analysis, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategies, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$150,000.00 - $258,750.00

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)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

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