Associate Director, Medical Communications

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Horsham (PA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine in Horsham, PA seeks an Associate Director, Medical Communications to lead scientific content development and review for medical information requests. You will ensure accuracy of promotional and medical materials for Hematology portfolios and guide content strategy across teams.

The role requires 5+ years in drug information, strong literature analysis, and excellent communication skills, with a focus on cross-functional leadership and project management in

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of drug information/medical information experience in health care/clinical settings.
• Experience developing responses to scientific inquiries from healthcare professionals and/or consumers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to think strategically and collaborate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and review of medical information content and materials.
• Manage medical information projects and oversee authorship vendors when applicable.
• Provide medical guidance for promotional, medical, or sales training content.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to contribute to the therapeutic area strategy and stay current with scientific trends.

Skills

Drug information

Project management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Office

Literature analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy

PharmD or PhD preferred

Drug Information residency/fellowship preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Writing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pennsylvania (Any City)

Job Description:

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.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

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

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Medical Communications based out of Horsham, PA.

Purpose:

The Associate Director, Medical Communications leads the strategic execution of scientific content development and review of materials for unsolicited medical information requests, and ensures the accuracy and integrity of promotional, medical, and sales materials for products within the Hematology portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

Will be the key contact for development and review of medical information content

• Leads the development, review and/or approval of medical information scientific response documents, including management of authoring vendor, monitoring customer/stakeholder needs to identify topics for new content, and oversight of innovative responses and omnichannel dissemination.
• Conducts medical review activities, including review of promotional and medical materials.

Will review content & develop strategic concepts

• Provides medical guidance for development and review of promotional, medical, or sales training materials.
• Participates in multidisciplinary therapeutic area teams to contribute to the functional strategic plan in support of the therapeutic area.
• Leverages clinical knowledge and expertise to direct the review and identification of emerging trends and scientific intelligence, meaningful for each audience.
• Champions VOC/insights by identifying unmet needs/gaps to drive impactful actions for medical affairs.

Will manage Medical Communications projects

• Leads new product launch/indication support.
• Supports the development of tools and innovative approaches for creative delivery of information.
• Champion AI capabilities to enhance scientific content planning and development.

Will develop teams’ therapeutic knowledge

• Guides initial and ongoing training of new hires and identifies opportunities for learning and development of the team to advance Medical Communications capabilities.
• Collaborates with cross-functional partners to provide therapeutic area and product expertise.

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy is required. PharmD or PhD degree is highly preferred.
• A Drug Information or clinical residency/fellowship is preferred.

Required:

• A minimum of 5 years of drug information/medical information or comparable experience within the health care/clinical/hospital environment is required.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct literature analysis is required.
• Experience developing responses to scientific inquiries from healthcare professionals and/or consumers is required.
• Project management experience is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration are required.
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required.

Preferred:

• Deep understanding of hematology/oncology products and diseases is preferred.
• Proven creative problem solving and understanding of customer needs is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time is preferred

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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