Director, Global TA Communications & Public Affairs Operations

Responsibilities

• Enabling Connection and Excellence Across Therapeutic Areas
• - Partner with Therapeutic Area Vice Presidents and senior leaders to develop Communities of Practice as engines for shared learning, collaboration and excellence, connecting expertise across teams and translating insights into stronger strategies and execution.
• - Enable one consistent approach to key launches, growth brands, disease areas and business-critical moments, identifying ways to share insights and elevate the quality and impact of CPA work.
• - Partner with Therapeutic Area Vice Presidents to define common standards and quality benchmarks for core CPA deliverables, such as launch plans, message frameworks, issues preparedness and business planning.
• - Create visibility into shared priorities and opportunities for cross-TA collaboration, focusing expertise and resources where they can deliver the greatest business impact.
• - Capture and scale best practices across Therapeutic Areas, turning what works in one team into repeatable models and helping teams access, apply and contribute to shared knowledge assets.
• - Identify barriers to connection and knowledge sharing, and partner with leaders to build solutions that prepare teams for future needs.
• Connecting Shared Expertise and Building Future-Ready Capabilities
• - Partner closely with the global HUB to ensure the global Therapeutic Area teams effectively leverage shared expertise in digital/social, media and issues, measurement, executive/internal communications, portfolio communications, Public Affairs and other centralized capabilities.
• - Work with Knowledge Management partners to deliver centralized tools, playbooks, templates, approved messaging and AI-ready resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred in Communications, Public Affairs, Business, Organizational Effectiveness, Change Management, Healthcare, Public Policy or a related field.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in communications, public affairs, organizational effectiveness, change management, business operations, capability building or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience working in complex, global, matrixed organizations with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of communications and public affairs strategy, including the role of communications in driving business, reputation, access, policy and stakeholder outcomes.
• Proven ability to translate transformation priorities into practical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to align priorities, clarify roles and responsibilities, and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaboration across global, regional and local teams.
• Strong facilitation, executive communication, stakeholder engagement and storytelling skills.
• Proven ability to identify organizational friction, simplify complexity and drive adoption of new ways of working.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn, evaluate, and adopt new AI tools and ways of working to meet evolving business needs.

Preferred

• Healthcare or highly regulated industry experience preferred.
• Experience working across Therapeutic Area, commercial, market access, medical affairs, policy, public affairs or corporate affairs teams preferred.
• Familiarity with knowledge management, AI-enabled workflows, digital collaboration tools, centralized content systems or self-service models preferred.
• Experience strengthening priority-market collaboration or scaling shared capabilities preferred.

Benefits

• Benefits Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits