Associate Director, Medical Communications

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

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Writing

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

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.

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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We are searching for the best talent for Associate Director, Medical Communications to be in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

The Associate Director, Medical Communications- Hematologic Malignancies will provide scientific knowledge support through expertise in company products within the Multiple Myeloma portfolio. As a therapeutic area product lead, the Associate Director will use their keen understanding of science and our products to conduct in-depth analysis of the data, provide strategic oversight of the creation and maintenance of scientific exchange materials, and to provide medical review for scientific exchange and promotional materials.

• Will be the key contact for provision of Medical Communications– Develops medical communication tools including, but not limited to, standard replies, slide decks, presentations in support of customer needs. Provides Medical Communications support at major scientific meetings. Provides medical guidance for development and review of promotional and sales training materials.
• Will conduct in-depth analysis of data – Monitors the medical literature/ compendia for operating company products and competitor data; analyzes the information for accuracy/relevance and notifies key partners. Assists with analysis of voice of customer data to identify unmet needs/data gaps.
• Will develop strategic concepts – Participates in multidisciplinary therapeutic area teams; contributes to functional strategic plan in support of therapeutic area. Leverages clinical knowledge and expertise to direct the review and identification of emerging trends and scientific intelligence, meaningful for each audience.
• Will mentor development of teams' therapeutic knowledge. Provides initial and ongoing training of new hires and students/fellows.
• Will handle complex scientific inquiries – Applies scientific and therapeutic area knowledge to respond to complex, non-standard medical information inquiries.

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy is required.
• A PharmD is highly preferred
• A Drug Information or clinical residency/fellowship is preferred.
• A minimum of 6 years of drug information/medical information or comparable experience within the health care/clinical/hospital environment is required.
• Multiple Myeloma experience is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to conduct literature analysis is required.
• Experience developing responses to scientific inquiries from healthcare professionals and/or consumers is required
• Shows strength in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required
• Project management/team leadership experience is preferred
• Proven creative problem solving and understanding of customer needs is highly desired.

Other:

This position is in Horsham, PA and may require up to 15% domestic travel for conference attendance, medical information booth staffing, and company meetings.

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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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytics Insights, Business Writing, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Copy Editing, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Performance Measurement, Quality Validation, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Succession Planning, Tactical Planning, Team Management