Senior Manager, Communications & Public Affairs, Gastroenterology

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Job Function:

Communications & Corporate/External Affairs

Job Sub Function:

External Communications

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent to join our team as a Senior Manager, Communications and Public Affairs. This role will be based in Horsham, Pennsylvania on a hybrid schedule.

Driven by a relentless dissatisfaction with the status quo, Johnson & Johnson Immunology’s mission is to redefine treatments for immune diseases by delivering transformational and accessible therapies and regimens to patients with immune-mediated disease.

 

As a Senior Manager, Communications & Public Affairs, Gastroenterology, you will play a leading role in helping set the strategy for brand milestones and unbranded selected projects supporting the J&J Immunology business unit, which is one of the largest contributors to Johnson and Johnson companies’ businesses.

 

This role will partner with the Director, Immunology Communications and Public Affairs to help set the communications strategy for the company’s leading immunology portfolio and prepare for new assets in close collaboration with other teams and matrix/business unit communications partners.

 

You will manage agency execution of the overall communications strategy by developing content and managing the processes necessary to deliver game-changing, integrated communications programs

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Help lead and develop the communications strategy for our current portfolio and/or prepare for new indications/product launches – this includes strategy, execution (via the agency and our team) and budget accountability.

• Act as a central point of accountability and oversight for integrated external communications activities related to key assets in the portfolio, including working with business leaders on activities to support business priorities for individual assets (like disease state awareness and approval and launch communications plans for assigned assets/products and brands).

• External Communications Delivery: Provide external communications support across all areas relevant to the BUs including press releases for product milestones, key business updates and issues management. Responsible for generating sustained news flow across traditional and digital/social media on key products milestones.

• Help build trust externally by developing internal and external spokespeople and robust social media presence (e.g., LinkedIn) for select leaders. Work in partnership with the Director to create external speaking events/appearances with content and message development for the BU.

• Cultivate and build strong, positive relationships with commercial teams and key liaison colleagues in the various BU leadership and key stakeholders and with communications partners

• Ensure effective programming and internal and external pull-through of key reputational (above-brand) campaigns, disease education and branded communications campaigns for the BU.

• The role is responsible for issues management related to assigned assets within the BU.

• Oversight of all activities and materials (development, approval, and dissemination) to ensure quality and adherence to Johnson & Johnson policies.

• Establish understanding of current issues in the market affecting businesses and brands; in partnership with Public Affairs colleagues, develop and implement public affairs strategies that inform and shape belief, action, behavior and advocacy to the external environment.

• Coordinate partnerships with advocacy, media and communications partners in support of disease education and unbranded patient outreach.

 

Qualifications:

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