Associate Director, Publications & Evidence Strategy – Neuroscience

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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 jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Medical Affairs Group Job Sub Function: Medical Affairs Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America Job Description: We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Publications & Evidence Strategy – Neuroscience located in Titusville, NJ. About Neuroscience 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. Our Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time. 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 The Associate Director, Publications & Evidence Strategy – Neuroscience will lead publication strategy development, planning, and execution across the U.S. Neuroscience portfolio. This role will translate medical strategy, integrated evidence generation plans, evidence gaps, anticipated data readouts, and external scientific needs into differentiated publication strategies that define scientific objectives, narratives, priority audiences, channels, sequencing, and measures of impact across products, indications, evidence types, and lifecycle stages. This individual will serve as the publications and evidence strategy subject-matter expert and portfolio-level coordination point for U.S. Medical Affairs. The role will partner closely with Therapeutic Area Leads, Medical Directors, evidence-generation teams, Global Medical Affairs, Real-World Evidence, Biostatistics, Medical Communications, Field Medical, Regulatory, Legal, Health Care Compliance, external authors, and agencies. The role is accountable for strategic quality, scientific rigor, operational excellence, transparency, and adherence to applicable company processes and publication standards. Key Responsibilities Publications & Evidence Strategy Development and Portfolio Planning 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, integrated evidence generation plans, evidence gaps, anticipated data readouts, and external scientific needs into clear publications and evidence strategy objectives, scientific narratives, priority audiences, channels, sequencing, and timelines. Develop differentiated publications and evidence strategies by product, indication, evidence type, and lifecycle stage while maintaining an integrated cross-portfolio view of Neuroscience priorities. Identify strategic publication opportunities, evidence dependencies, data gaps, duplication, competitive considerations, resource constraints, and risks; recommend prioritization and mitigation actions to Medical Affairs leadership. Define publication success measures and use publication performance, audience engagement, literature trends, and stakeholder insights to optimize strategy and future plans. Partner with U.S., regional, and global medical leaders to align publication strategies and ensure U.S. evidence needs, scientific narratives, and audience priorities are represented. Provide publication strategy leadership for launch readiness, lifecycle management, congress planning, major evidence milestones, and integrated evidence dissemination planning. Facilitate cross-functional publication strategy workshops and governance forums to drive alignment, decisions, accountability, and timely execution. Publication Development and Delivery Drive manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, plain-language summaries where applicable, and other peer-reviewed scientific communications from strategic 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. Lead timeline and dependency management, identify risks early, and establish recovery plans to protect critical congress and journal milestones. Support appropriate dissemination planning following publication, including internal scientific awareness and field medical readiness. Governance, Standards, and Quality Serve as a U.S. publications subject-matter expert for applicable J&J policies, procedures, systems, and review pathways. Ensure work is conducted in accordance with 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 required 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. Cross-Functional and External Collaboration Lead cross-functional publication planning and execution forums across the Neuroscience portfolio. Build strong partnerships with Therapeutic Area Leads, Medical Directors, evidence-generation owners, Real-World Evidence, Biostatistics, Medical Communications, Field Medical, and Global Medical Affairs. Engage external authors, investigators, academic collaborators, journal editors, congress organizers, medical writers, and publication agencies with professionalism and scientific credibility. 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 clearly to Medical Affairs leadership. Agency, Budget, and Operational Management 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 across products and deliverables. Establish performance expectations and monitor agency 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. Requirements: Education Bachelor’s degree i