Global TA Communications & Operations Director

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Horsham (PA); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Director, Global Therapeutic Area Operations within Innovative Medicine Communications & Public Affairs. This hybrid role can be based in Spring House or Horsham, PA, or Titusville, Raritan, or New Brunswick, NJ.

You will align global CPA teams, drive operational strategy across Oncology, Immunology, Neuroscience/Cardio/EPG, and partner with HUB and VP leadership to accelerate execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred in Communications, Public Affairs, Business, Organizational Effectiveness, Change Management, Healthcare, Public Policy or a related field.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in communications, public affairs, organizational effectiveness, change management, business operations, capability building or related disciplines.
• Experience in complex, global, matrixed organizations with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of communications and public affairs strategy, including the role of communications in driving business, reputation, access, policy and stakeholder outcomes.
• Proven ability to translate transformation priorities into practical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to align priorities, clarify roles and responsibilities, and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaboration across global, regional and local teams.
• Strong facilitation, executive communication, stakeholder engagement and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop Communities of Practice as engines for shared learning, collaboration and excellence, connecting expertise across teams and translating insights into stronger strategies and execution.
• Enable one consistent approach to launches, growth brands, disease areas and business-critical moments, identifying ways to share insights and elevate CPA work.
• Define common standards and quality benchmarks for core CPA deliverables, such as launch plans, message frameworks, issues preparedness and business planning.
• Create visibility into shared priorities and opportunities for cross-TA collaboration, focusing expertise and resources where they can deliver the greatest business impact.
• Capture and scale best practices across Therapeutic Areas, turning what works in one team into repeatable models.
• Identify barriers to connection and knowledge sharing, and partner with leaders to build solutions for future needs.
• Lead governance, tools and processes across global Therapeutic Area CPA teams, focusing on action plans aligned with global CPA.
• Coordinate business planning cycles, prioritization, performance tracking and the annual operating calendar across Therapeutic Area CPA teams.
• Lead impact measurement and reporting across Therapeutic Areas, including KPI setting and weekly/quarterly activity.
• Consolidate regional and market CPA insights to inform Therapeutic Area priorities and provide strategic counsel.

Skills

Facilitation

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Director, Global Therapeutic Area Operations within Innovative Medicine Communications & Public Affairs. This hybrid role can be based in Spring House or Horsham, PA, or Titusville, Raritan, or New Brunswick, NJ.

You will align global CPA teams, drive operational strategy across Oncology, Immunology, Neuroscience/Cardio/EPG, and partner with HUB and VP leadership to accelerate execution.