Senior Director, Head of Medical Communications & Scientific Exchange, Neuroscience

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Hopewell Township, NJ

5d•$196,000 - $342,700•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Head of Medical Communications & Scientific Exchange (MCSE), Neuroscience provides strategic leadership, direction, and oversight for integrated medical communications and scientific exchange across Johnson & Johnson’s U.S. Neuroscience portfolio. The role translates Medical Affairs strategy into accurate, balanced, current, and compliant scientific content and dissemination plans for marketed medicines, pipeline assets, and launch readiness. It is accountable for the strategy, operating model, talent, and resource stewardship of the Neuroscience MCSE organization, connecting scientific and medical communications, MSL communications, publications, congress content, external scientific engagement, medical education, data amplification, and medical information interfaces. The role leads portfolio scientific communications across mood disorders, schizophrenia, and pipeline programs; oversees scientific content and dissemination; and ensures rigorous medical review and compliance. It also builds scalable content operations and team capabilities in digital and emerging communication methods, evaluates impact using meaningful performance indicators, and develops external scientific engagement and partnerships. The position leads and develops a multidisciplinary organization, manages budgets and vendors, and collaborates across Medical Affairs and other functions. 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. Domestic and, when required, international travel for scientific congresses, internal meetings, and external engagements is required (25%).

Requirements

Doctoral degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline (MD, DO, PharmD, or PhD); a master’s degree with substantial directly relevant experience may be considered.
10 or more years of healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical communications experience, including significant experience in Medical Affairs, scientific communications, medical information, publications, or equivalent agency leadership.
At least 5 years of people leadership experience, including leadership of professional and/or managerial talent.
Demonstrated success leading integrated scientific communications strategy and execution across multiple products, indications, or lifecycle stages.
Deep knowledge of medical communications, medical information, publication practices, scientific content development, medical review, and digital technologies.
Working knowledge of publication and medical-education standards, including Good Publication Practice and applicable ACCME requirements.
Ability to lead in a matrix, influence senior stakeholders, manage ambiguity, solve complex problems, and translate strategy into execution.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with scientific judgment and commitment to accurate, balanced, compliant communication.
Demonstrated budget, vendor, agency, and resource-management experience.
Ability to travel domestically and, when required, internationally for scientific congresses, internal meetings, and external engagements (25%).

Nice To Haves

Neuroscience or psychiatry experience, including mood disorders and/or schizophrenia.
Experience supporting pipeline programs, launch readiness, and major scientific congresses.
Experience with field medical enablement, MSL content strategy, and insight-driven content planning.
Experience advancing omnichannel medical education, content operations, structured content, analytics, and responsible AI-enabled workflows.
Demonstrated excellence in external scientific relationships and collaboration with healthcare professionals, investigators, authors, and professional organizations.

Responsibilities

Lead development and execution of an integrated scientific communications and content strategy aligned with Neuroscience Medical Affairs priorities, customer needs, evidence-generation plans, and product lifecycle.
Provide portfolio-level leadership across mood disorders, schizophrenia, and pipeline programs, including launch readiness and key data events.
Oversee scientific content that communicates approved medicines, disease-state evidence, pipeline data, and relevant technologies.
Identify scientific communication opportunities, risks, and capability gaps using evidence, insights, healthcare-environment changes, and business priorities.
Drive medical communications, scientific communications, publication, medical information, and data-dissemination activities across the Neuroscience portfolio.
Oversee scientific-response content planning and development with Medical Information Scientific Engagement and other partners.
Partner with Field Medical leadership to develop and maintain MSL resources, including CORE assets, infographics, and reactive slide decks.
Provide strategic oversight for publications and scientific dissemination, including publication planning, U.S. scientific communications plan ownership, and evidence pull-through.
Guide medical congress content and execution, including medical booth assets, encores, sponsored scientific events, and other non-promotional medical content.
Advance medical education and data amplification through digital HCP platforms, social channels, publication extenders, headquarters communications, and other approved channels.
Ensure scientifically rigorous and timely medical review of external medical and promotional materials in accordance with legal, regulatory, healthcare compliance, and company requirements.
Oversee quality, balance, traceability, currency, and appropriate use of evidence across MCSE deliverables.
Monitor evolving healthcare, regulatory, publication, and medical-information standards and translate relevant changes into team practices.
Champion compliant innovation, including responsible evaluation and use of approved AI and digital technologies with documented medical review and appropriate licensed evidence.
Build scalable content operations that support asset reuse, structured content, metadata, version control, and retrieval through approved systems.
Establish baselines and performance indicators for development time, review cycles, approved-content reuse, cost, scientific quality, content currency, field usefulness, engaged reach, and learning value.
Develop team capability in AI evaluation, copyright, content structuring, omnichannel scientific communication, analytics, and emerging scientific-exchange methods.
Use insights and analytics to improve content strategy, channel selection, operating processes, and resource allocation.
Develop and execute an external scientific engagement strategy aligned with U.S. Neuroscience Medical Affairs priorities, portfolio strategy, and scientific exchange needs.
Coordinate collaborations and partnerships with academic institutions, professional societies, medical education partners, and advocacy organizations in accordance with company requirements.
Oversee high-quality, non-promotional scientific exchange with external experts, healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, and other scientific stakeholders.
Serve as a key Medical Affairs point of contact for Thought Leader Liaison and Speakers Bureau-related activities, coordinating across relevant governance processes.
Partner with Field Medical, MSLs, Medical Communications, HEOR, Medical Excellence, and Global Medical Affairs on scientific collaborations and partnerships.
Establish methods to evaluate and continually improve the quality, relevance, and execution of external scientific engagement.
Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary organization spanning Medical Communications, Scientific Communications, and MSL Communications, fostering learning, open exchange, accountability, and inclusion.
Attract, select, onboard, and retain talent; create development opportunities; support succession planning; and build future-ready capabilities.
Clarify accountabilities and ways of working across MCSE and its Medical Affairs, Field Medical, Medical Information, Global Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Regulatory, Legal, Healthcare Compliance, and external partners.
Manage budgets, agencies, vendors, and internal capacity to deliver high-impact work with appropriate quality, speed, and stewardship.
Represent Neuroscience MCSE on Medical Affairs and enterprise forums and contribute to cross-therapeutic-area standards, talent development, and best-practice sharing.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus eligibility.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Business accident insurance.
Group legal insurance.
Consolidated retirement plan (pension) and 401(k) savings plan eligibility.
Long-term incentive program eligibility.
Vacation up to 120 hours per calendar year.
Sick time up to 40 hours per calendar year (up to 56 hours 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.