Associate Director, Publications & Evidence Strategy – Neuroscience

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Hopewell Township, NJ

3d•$137,000 - $235,750•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, Publications & Evidence Strategy – Neuroscience leads development, planning, and execution of publication strategy across Johnson & Johnson’s U.S. Neuroscience portfolio. The role translates medical strategy, evidence-generation plans, evidence gaps, anticipated data readouts, and external scientific needs into publication strategies that define scientific objectives, narratives, audiences, channels, sequencing, timelines, and measures of impact across products, indications, evidence types, and lifecycle stages. Serving as a publications and evidence strategy subject-matter expert and portfolio-level coordination point for U.S. Medical Affairs, this position partners with internal medical, evidence-generation, scientific, operational, and compliance teams, as well as external authors and agencies. The role is accountable for strategic quality, scientific rigor, operational excellence, transparency, and compliance with company processes and publication standards. The position is based in Titusville, New Jersey, and follows a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and up to two days remote per week, with travel up to 15%, including occasional overnight travel, based on business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, or related discipline.
5–7 years of relevant experience in Scientific Communications, Medical Affairs, Publications, Clinical Research, Medical Communications, or related pharmaceutical industry functions.
Demonstrated experience developing publications and evidence strategies that integrate medical objectives, evidence plans, scientific narratives, audience needs, and data-disclosure priorities.
Demonstrated experience leading publication planning and execution, including manuscripts, abstracts, posters, congress presentations, and related deliverables.
Ability to critically evaluate, interpret, and communicate clinical and scientific data.
Working knowledge of publication ethics, authorship principles, peer-review processes, and applicable publication standards.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and managing multiple complex projects in a highly matrixed organization.
Experience managing external agencies, medical writers, vendors, timelines, and budgets.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to travel up to 15%, including occasional overnight travel, based on business needs.

Nice To Haves

An advanced scientific or healthcare degree, such as PhD, PharmD, MD, DO, MPH, or MSN.
Neuroscience, psychiatry, neurology, or central nervous system therapeutic-area experience.
U.S. Medical Affairs experience supporting marketed products, pipeline assets, launch readiness, and lifecycle evidence dissemination.
Experience across clinical trials, post hoc analyses, real-world evidence, health outcomes research, and investigator-initiated research.
Experience with publication management platforms, digital workflow tools, performance analytics, and portfolio-level reporting.
Certified Medical Publication Professional credential or comparable publication-science training.
Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and communicate complex scientific and strategic issues to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

Lead development, annual refresh, and execution of integrated U.S. publications and evidence dissemination strategies and plans across CAPLYTA®, SPRAVATO®, INVEGA® long-acting injectables, and Neuroscience pipeline assets.
Translate medical strategy, evidence-generation plans, evidence gaps, anticipated data readouts, and external scientific needs into publication objectives, narratives, audiences, channels, sequencing, and timelines.
Develop differentiated publication and evidence strategies by product, indication, evidence type, and lifecycle stage while maintaining an integrated cross-portfolio perspective.
Identify publication opportunities, evidence dependencies, data gaps, duplication, competitive considerations, resource constraints, and risks; recommend priorities and mitigation actions to Medical Affairs leadership.
Define publication success measures and use performance, audience engagement, literature trends, and stakeholder insights to optimize strategies and plans.
Partner with U.S., regional, and global medical leaders to align publication strategies and represent U.S. evidence needs, scientific narratives, and audience priorities.
Provide publication strategy leadership for launch readiness, lifecycle management, congress planning, major evidence milestones, and integrated evidence dissemination.
Facilitate cross-functional publication strategy workshops and governance forums to support alignment, decisions, accountability, and timely execution.
Drive manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, plain-language summaries where applicable, and other peer-reviewed scientific communications from concept and data-disclosure decision through submission, presentation, publication, and archiving.
Facilitate interpretation and synthesis of clinical, real-world, health outcomes, and other scientific evidence with study teams, statisticians, medical writers, and authors.
Ensure publication content is scientifically rigorous, accurate, balanced, clear, and consistent with the underlying evidence.
Manage timelines and dependencies, identify risks early, and establish recovery plans for congress and journal milestones.
Support appropriate dissemination following publication, including internal scientific awareness and field medical readiness.
Serve as a U.S. publications subject-matter expert on applicable company policies, procedures, systems, and review pathways.
Ensure work follows company policies, publication standards, and industry guidelines, including current GPP, ICMJE, CONSORT, and applicable journal and congress requirements.
Support transparent and appropriate authorship, contributor recognition, conflicts-of-interest disclosure, data transparency, and documentation of publication decisions.
Coordinate medical, legal, regulatory, compliance, and functional reviews while preserving scientific integrity and publication quality.
Maintain accurate publication records, approvals, decision history, version control, and audit-ready documentation in designated systems.
Lead cross-functional publication planning and execution forums across the Neuroscience portfolio and build partnerships with relevant medical, evidence-generation, and communications teams.
Engage external authors, investigators, academic collaborators, journal editors, congress organizers, medical writers, and publication agencies professionally and credibly.
Clarify roles, decision rights, escalation pathways, and handoffs across matrix teams to improve speed, accountability, and quality.
Communicate portfolio status, strategic choices, risks, impact, and resource needs to Medical Affairs leadership.
Provide strategic and operational oversight to publication agencies, medical writers, and other external partners.
Develop annual publication budget requirements, track forecasts and spending, and support resource prioritization.
Establish agency performance expectations and monitor quality, responsiveness, timeline adherence, and value.
Use publication management tools and dashboards to track deliverables, cycle times, milestones, risks, and plan execution.
Drive process improvement and scalable ways of working across the Neuroscience publication portfolio.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus eligibility.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
Business accident insurance and group legal insurance.
Participation eligibility in the company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Eligibility for the long-term incentive program.
Vacation: up to 120 hours per calendar year.
Sick time: up to 40 hours per calendar year; up to 56 hours per calendar year for employees residing in Washington State.
Holiday pay, including floating holidays: up to 13 days per calendar year.
Work, Personal and Family Time: up to 40 hours per calendar year.