Experienced Commercial Leadership Development Program

Whether you’re looking to secure an internship or exploring a full-time position after graduation, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical companies can provide the challenge and impact you seek along with the chance to make your mark within our largest business segment.

On this page you’ll find information on how an internship or full-time position within a Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical company can provide value in your career. You’ll also find descriptions of specific roles for MBAs within our companies as well as shortcut links to help you explore specific job opportunities.

We’ve also provided information on how joining one of our companies can help you make a difference for patients around the world and how the values of our Credo can help you work with your heart as well as your head

MBA Internships

Intern assignments are available to support the full-time hiring strategy of the Experienced Commercial Pharmaceutical Leadership Development Program (ECLDP). Internships are available in the following functions: Business Analytics, Business Development, Product Marketing, Global Strategic Marketing, and Payor Marketing. The intern will work closely with team members to play an active and integral role in meeting individual and business objectives designed to accelerate market growth of the assigned product. The intern will gain experience and exposure to assessment tools and strategies that will enable the intern to understand the customer dynamics of the pharmaceutical marketplace.

Successful Team Members Can Expect:

In-depth orientation program and ongoing training, mentoring and support
Meaningful work that challenges you to solve actual business problems and to manage important projects
Formal mentorship program
Insightful performance feedback and measurement against key milestones
Comprehensive training in our Marketing Excellence principles and the drug-development process
Interactions with top company officials through our popular Executive Speaker sessions and an MBA Intern Day
Networking events
Optional subsidized housing with other MBA interns

Full-Time Positions

The Experienced Commercial Leadership Development Program (ECLDP) is a two-year program specifically designed to prepare future generations of business leaders within Johnson & Johnson and our commercial pharmaceutical business companies. Participants develop critical leadership and technical skills through rotations through several commercial Pharmaceutical sector business units. ECLDP participants complete two, 12-month rotations in any of the following functions: Business Analytics, Business Development, Product Marketing, Global Strategic Marketing, and Payor Marketing. These rotational assignments are supplemented by classroom and e-learning training. Positions are available at numerous operating companies located in or near central New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania.

Successful Team Members Can Expect:

Full-time positions with leading Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical operating companies — with opportunities available throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Multiple pathways for career advancement — choose a path within one functional discipline or a path that provides experience across a range of functions
Continuous development of leadership competencies to help both you and the company grow
Comprehensive training in our marketing principles and use of our proprietary marketing tools and processes
Ongoing training, mentoring and career development

Roles for MBAs within our Pharmaceutical companies

Global Strategic Marketing — Accelerate and optimize profitable business opportunities worldwide through competitive new product labels, condensed global launch timing, strong partnerships with Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson companies, and highly competitive marketing talent.

Brand Marketing — Create awareness of, and ensure widespread access to, our prescription medicines by health care providers, payers, and patients through the development and implementation of strategic marketing plans and tactics.

Business Development — Advance our new-product pipeline by identifying strategic alliance partners, evaluating partnering opportunities, and executing targeted in-licensing and alliance strategies.

Global Business Analytics — Deliver product forecasts and other analytics to optimize commercial drug-development strategies for new products, licensing opportunities, and life-cycle management of marketed brands; contribute to strategic planning and portfolio management process.

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Make a Difference

In our Pharmaceutical segment, you’ll find opportunities to contribute to our business and, ultimately, to the patients whose lives are improved by our products. You’ll feel rewarded knowing that you’re making a difference in the lives of people with cancer, migraine pain, Alzheimer’s disease, acid reflux disease, schizophrenia, overactive bladder, Crohn’s disease, heart disease, and other health conditions.

Your contributions will help us enhance patient care by informing health care professionals about the latest advances in treatment, creating promotional materials for our field sales organization, assessing the competitive landscape for our brands, developing educational resources for the patients who use our products and their caregivers, creating strategic business plans and sales forecasts, and much more.

Our Credo

Work with your heart as well as your head, and be an important stakeholder in an organization that cares for people. Our Credo ensures our reputation for ethical and highly effective business practices. Every day, it inspires us to act with integrity and trust and challenges us to make business decisions that create value for our customers and employees as well as our communities and the environment.