Director, Scientific Communications (Oncology) - Johnson and Johnson

Johnson & Johnson, is recruiting for a Director, Scientific Communications (Oncology) to be located in Horsham, PA.

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The Scientific Communications Director in the US Medical Affairs (USMA)Oncology Department will provide strategic and technical leadership in planning and driving the timely publication of data (ie, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations). They will lead cross-functional teams to discuss the timely and appropriate communication of the published data by external customer facing teams e.g., Medical Information, Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), and Value & Evidence ("V&E"- may be referred to as HEOR in other companies). The Director will be a highly inventive individual with strong emotional intelligence, self-motivation, and leadership skills. They will work collaboratively with Medical Directors, Integrated Evidence Team Leaders (IETLs), Global Medical Affairs (GMA), V&E, and alliance partners to develop robust publication and communication plans.

The Scientific Communications Director will:

• Act as the point person for the development and execution of the integrated (USMA and V&E) strategic publication plans with Global trial readout input
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional publication planning and scientific communications meetings
• Represent USMA at the Global Publication Team meetings to ensure alignment and incorporation of enhancements & amplifications of the publication as per US needs
• Provide strategic leadership and USMA review oversight to V&E publication plans
• Drive internal review of Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS) publications
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal (biostatistics, GMA, R&D, medical directors) partners/authors and external (key opinion leaders, principal investigators) authors
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify high priority business related and competitor congress abstracts and drive USMA congress strategy including pre-reads, presentation to leadership teams and on-site debrief meetings
• Facilitate discussions regarding communication of published data especially proactive communication of data (consistent with label) and review & approval through MedRC
• Drive medical education strategy & plan and post request for proposals (RFPs) for targeted programs that aligns with the needs assessment
• Ensure compliance with internal J&J SOPs, external publication guidelines, and medical education guidelines
• Coach, mentor and guide team members as well as agency partners
• Plan, track, and handle the budget associated with medical education grants, medical communications, scientific congresses, and publications

Requirements:

• MD/DO/PhD/PharmD or Master's degree
• A minimum of 5 years related experience in scientific/medical communications
• A minimum of 2 years managing a team (2-4 reports)
• Demonstrated ability in people and vendor management
• Knowledge of the Lung Oncology therapeutic area highly preferred
• Solid Tumor Oncology therapeutic experience required
• Knowledge of GPP2022, ICMJE and ACCME guidelines required
• Proven presentation skills, business insight, critical thinking, ability to work optimally and lead cross-functional teams
• This position will be in Horsham, PA and will require up to 10-20% domestic and international travel

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, long term incentives, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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