Medical Communications Manager, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

at  Johnson Johnson

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is currently hiring a Medical Communications Manager, Inflammatory Bowel Disease to be located in Toronto, Canada.
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The Medical Communications Manager, Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an individual contributor who plays a crucial role in the Medical Communications capability of the organization and is an integral part of the Medical Integration Team (MIT) in their respective therapeutic area (TA). They will lead the development and execution of the localized, therapeutic area specific, cross-functional Medical Communications strategy, lead the pull through of reactive and proactive Medical Affairs content by leveraging multiple channels and ensure cross-functional impact metrics are tracked while make recommendations for strategy optimization. In addition, they will be involved in business partner TA training, content excellence and approvals and own the TA strategic oversight for content deliverables from Medical Information.
Reporting to the Director – Medical Information and Medical Communications in the department of Medical Information and Communications, the Medical Communications Manager will support the implementation of the scientific strategy, ensuring all Medical Communications are aligned with internal procedures, industry standards and regulations.

EDUCATION:

• A minimum of a Master’s degree is required; a MSc., PhD, PharmD or MD is preferred.

• Support the implementation of scientific strategy through the development and maintenance of a localized cross-functional Medical Communications strategy.
• Support planning of individual tactics by function to ensure alignment with the cross-functional strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders including TA heads, Medical Directors, MSL field managers, Training, Medical Information, publications, HEOR, Clinical Development and Pharmacovigilance to identify, develop, and review scientific content for external use by Medical Affairs.
• Maintain understanding of product knowledge and labeling, associated disease states, relevant literature, treatment guidelines, competitor information, and marketing strategies and tactics for assigned therapeutic area(s).
• Plan and facilitate cross-functional content strategic planning and Medical Communications meetings
• Lead the execution of content development or localization in alignment with the Medical Communications strategy.
• Collaborate with vendors/agencies involved in content creation.
• Manage the governance of interaction with agencies and other vendors related to content creation and management in Medical Affairs.
• Responsible for upstream governance of content creation and the stewardship of SOPs, policies, and industry standards prior to submitting content for review.
• Responsible for Medical content inventory management.
• Lead the identification of relevant content created outside Canada to assist the local Cross functional medical communications strategy.
• Act as the point of contact (POC) for content developed within the Medical Affairs team, guiding teams to relevant historical content and stakeholders for their content development needs and ensure that content developed by teams ties back to the strategy.
• Lead the identification of relevant content created outside Canada to assist the local cross-functional Medical Communications strategy.
• Collaborate to evaluate impact and measure engagement to assess alignment relative to the Medical Communications strategy.
• Coordinate with Medical Excellence team to ensure cross-functional impact metrics (including content usage) are tracked.
• Contribute to recommended Medical Communications strategy optimizations at therapeutic area level.
• Support the pull through of communication optimization efforts across functions.
• Coordinate L&D training for MSLs on how to best deliver content specified in the Medical Communications plan.
• Own the TA specific strategic oversight for Medical Information deliverables (Go to Market, Medical Information Content Innovation etc.)
• Participate, lead or represent the team on special projects as agreed with Manager.