Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs Immunology Scientific Engagement

About the role

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs Immunology Scientific Engagement within our Global Commercial Strategy Organization (GCSO) located in Horsham, PA.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of Global Medical Affairs congress plans across priority Immunology congresses.
• Coordinate congress planning activities across global, regional, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on objectives, timelines, and deliverables.
• Manage congress planning tools, trackers, timelines, and governance processes to support successful execution.
• Support onsite congress activities, including scientific engagement logistics, stakeholder coordination, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with meeting planning and external vendors to support congress-related activities.
• Coordinate healthcare professional (HCP) scientific engagement activities in partnership with Medical Affairs, R&D, and regional teams.
• Aid in the development and maintenance of stakeholder engagement plans for priority disease areas and congresses.
• Identify and track key external medical and scientific stakeholders and organizations.
• Facilitate communication and information sharing across regions to improve visibility and consistency of external engagement activities.
• Develop strong partnerships with Medical Affairs, R&D, Market Access, Commercial, and regional colleagues to ensure seamless execution of scientific engagement activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, working groups, and planning sessions.
• Drive alignment on key milestones, deliverables, and business objectives.
• Support the development and execution of pre-congress communication and training activities.
• Partner with GMALs, SELs, and cross-functional colleagues to coordinate scientific training materials and congress briefings.
• Contribute to the development of congress-related communications, presentations, and engagement resources.
• Manage congress-related internal communication channels, resources, and content repositories.
• Identify opportunities to improve congress planning processes, tools, and communication practices.
• Support implementation of best practices and standardization across Immunology congress activities.
• Contribute to post-congress evaluations and lessons-learned initiatives to enhance future execution.
• Support budget tracking, vendor management, and congress-related operational activities.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and presentations that communicate progress, outcomes, and key insights.
• Maintain performance metrics and support data-driven decision making related to scientific engagement activities.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant experience in medical affairs in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or related industry.
• Experience working in and/or planning of Medical/Congress meetings preferred.
• Experience working with and/or logistics of KOL/Investigator engagements preferred.
• Experience handling medical affairs vendors (e.g., advisory board, meeting planning) is highly preferred.
• Project leadership skills and strong organizational skills are required.
• Experience in the Immunology therapeutic area is preferred.
• Ability to drive projects forward to completion while maintaining focus on the long-term strategy is required.
• Global mindset with proven track record to partner cross-culturally and regionally is preferred.
• Critical thinking, interpersonal skills, strong communication skills, both written and oral, and collaboration and teaming skills are required.
• Approximately 25% of domestic & international travel required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is in line with our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via this link, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.