Sr. Manager, ESI & DPDS Communications

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:

Communications & Corporate/External Affairs

Job Sub Function:

External Communications

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

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

We are searching for the best talent to join our team as a Senior Manager, External Scientific Innovation (ESI) & Discovery, Product, Development, & Supply (DPDS) Communications! This role can sit out of our New Brunswick, NJ or Spring House, PA office location on a hybrid basis (3 days in office).

Purpose

The Communications Senior Manager, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Innovative Medicine External Scientific Innovation (ESI) & Discovery, Product, Development, & Supply (DPDS) is responsible for crafting and driving strategic communication plans for ESI & DPDS, advancing the overall reputation of Johnson & Johnson as an Innovation leader and partner of choice for healthcare innovators, to fuel and strengthen our sector pipelines. This role will be both internally and externally focused, leading day-to-day operational communications for ESI & DPDS.

There will also be close collaboration with the J&J IM R&D and External Innovation Communication and Therapeutic Area Communication teams to ensure all activities align and contribute to the J&J IM narrative, advancing the overall reputation of Johnson & Johnson as an Innovation leader and partner of choice for early-stage innovation, to fuel and strengthen our sector pipelines.

JJIM ESI & DPDS External Communications Planning & Execution

• Maintain and implement standardized communications plan and assets for ESI & DPDS.

  • Strategic partnerships and collaborations deal disclosures review and approval

  • Deal/project breakthrough communications

  • Overarching messaging on ESI & DPDS

  • Proof-points and impact/value story-telling

  • Executive messaging/briefings

  • Internal messaging

  • Executive social media posts

• Responsible for ensuring ESI & DPDS communications materials are updated with the latest messaging, e.g. superdeck, message maps, web content, etc.

• Support communications representation on External Innovation Playbook, CREDO in Action and other ESI/communications working groups

• Implement and operate an agile communications model that adapts focus and resources based on business priorities across ESI & DPDS communications and Business Development & Transactions communications

• Ensure alignment of approach with wider R&D and External Innovation Communications team

• Support ESI & DPDS communications with liaison with external partners and in aligning with internal enterprise functions (Global Media Relations, Investor Relations, Government Affairs & Policy and Office of the Corporate Secretary)

• Write and deploy internal communications about ESI & DPDS to key partners

ESI & DPDS Internal Communications Planning & Execution

• Support ESI & DPDS quarterly town halls and other internal meetings

• Provide content support to ESI & DPDS critical business updates and organizational announcements

• Amplify ESI & DPDS news on IM R&D newsletter, HOME and other internal J&J communications and social channels

• Support with drafting of surveys, reports and award submissions.