Associate Director, Medical Communications (Oncology)

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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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function

Medical Writing

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Associate Director, Medical Communications (Oncology) in Horsham, PA.

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.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Join our US Solid Tumor Medical Communications and Scientific Exchange (MCSE) team in Horsham, PA as an Associate Director, Medical Communications! This role offers the opportunity to provide solid tumor scientific expertise, ensuring the medical accuracy of promotional, medical, payer, and sales materials. You will also lead the creation and review of scientific content for healthcare professionals and payers through omnichannel delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviews medical content and develops strategic concepts - Provides medical guidance for the development and review of promotional, medical, payer, or sales training materials. Ensures scientific accuracy and relevance of assets through various review pathways, including Copy Approval Committee (CAC), Medical Review Committee (MedRC), and iMedical Review (iMR).
• Collaborates on multidisciplinary teams - Contributes to the functional strategic plan in support of the therapeutic area. Leverages clinical knowledge and expertise to identify emerging trends and scientific intelligence relevant to each audience.
• Manages Medical Communications projects - Leads new product launch support and identifies innovative approaches for delivery of scientific content.
• Conducts in-depth data analysis - Monitors the medical literature for company products and competitor data, analyzes the information for accuracy and relevance, and notifies key partners. Analyzes voice of customer data to identify data gaps and key actionable insights.
• Key contact for Medical Information - Develops and/or reviews medical information tools including global scientific response documents, formulary dossiers, payer content, and slide decks in support of customer needs.
• Develops Teams' Therapeutic Knowledge - Provides initial and ongoing training for new hires and students/fellows. Supports sales training initiatives and therapeutic area/product training.
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required; PharmD or PhD degree highly preferred.
• Drug Information or clinical residency/fellowship preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of drug information/medical information or comparable experience in the healthcare/clinical/hospital environment required.
  
  

Experience And Skills

Required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration
• Proven ability to creatively solve problems and find practical and effective solutions to challenges
• Project management experience
• In-depth understanding of customer needs
• Experience developing responses to scientific inquiries from healthcare professionals, payer, and/or consumers
• Demonstrated ability to conduct literature analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  
  

Preferred

• Deep understanding of oncology products and diseases
  
  

Other

• This position is located in Horsham, PA and may require up to 10% domestic travel for conference attendance 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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