District Manager, Neuroscience

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

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Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine is searching for the best talent for a District Manager, Neuroscience to support the Northeast geography (New England & Upstate NY).

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.

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The District Manager, Neuroscience will:

• Be responsible for the development, execution of compliant promotion of all Neuroscience promoted portfolio products in all optimal sites of care across both outpatient and inpatient settings to approved health care professionals. This role directly supervises Sales Specialists within the defined district.
• Be responsible for development and successful implementation of a coordinated district business plan with targeted objectives to achieve sales and business results.
• Manage, develop, motivate, and compensate assigned personnel with proper allocation of resources.
• Partner and leverage various supporting functions within Neuroscience Sales, Institutional Business Group, Medical Affairs, and Neuroscience Marketing to deliver on business goals.
• Be responsible for strong demand generation leadership with the Sales Specialist team with heavy emphasis on the outpatient setting.  Additionally, leads demand generation and care transitions execution within local community hospitals.
• Provide direction and management oversight to Sales Specialists for all Neuroscience promoted brands in addition to maintaining an expert knowledge of the approved clinical and HCC guidelines associated with these products to develop their skills and competencies.
• Have a strong aptitude for analyzing the business, coaching on approved sales messages, support in developing territory strategies/BPs, and achieve the business goals to develop the team's business acumen.
• Work closely with the Sales Specialist team to establish and support career and development plans for the representatives.

Qualifications:

Required:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree  
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant work experience, with a minimum of five (5) years of sales or cross-functional experience in key commercial roles (e.g. Sales, Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Access/Payer, Analytics or Business Development) within the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device or healthcare industry
• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire and motivate others to success.  
• The ability to travel up to 50%, which may include overnight / weekend travel.  
• Must live in the geography and/or be willing to relocate to the geography.
• A valid driver's license issued in one (1) of the fifty (50) United States  

Preferred:

• Prior people management experience or completion of a Management Development Program
• Expertise in high-level planning and organizing and business planning.
• Experience with Neuroscience and/or Schizophrenia disease states  
• Experience in large