Communications and Public Affairs Contract

Role Overview

• Develop and deploy robust, innovative strategies to increase awareness of the disease areas in which our IPN business operates and to support helping more people in Japan access our medicines.
• Proactively identify opportunities to deploy various communication and public affairs techniques and strategies to improve patient access.
• Deeply understand the business strategy and where our function can have the greatest impact for patients.
• Lead creative campaigns that communicate compelling stories about our upcoming innovations to the medical professional community and other appropriate stakeholders.
• Build the long-term reputation of our company as a leader in the IPN space.
• Represent and champion the business unit with external stakeholders, including media.
• Develop and build strong relationships with key patient groups, social media influencers and other important third-party advocates.
• Partner closely with the other CPA professionals in Japan to collaboratively draw on their expertise, identify areas of commonality to have greater impact, and share best practices.
• Develop key performance metrics and measurement tools, approaches, and systems to drive insights and performance.
• Manage and lead a network of external partners, such as public relations agencies, to deliver results for our business.
• Closely oversee budgets to ensure optimum resourcing for success.
• Develop systems and process to ensure strong and appropriate compliance across all elements of our work.
• Identify and develop strategies to drive employee engagement and support key change management initiatives across the business unit, working closely with the Senior Manager, Employee Engagement & Executive Communication, Janssen Japan to execute these plans.
• Deeply understand the sentiment and perspectives of team members at all levels across the business unit, to develop insight led approaches to drive enhanced engagement.
• Execute select, focused efforts to address opportunities to build a more engaged team, in close partnership with the Janssen Employee Engagement team.
• Drive outcomes by bringing a measurement focused approach to organizational communication, incorporating relevant metrics that are indicators of employee engagement.
• Partner closely with Janssen Employee Engagement, Enterprise C&PA, regional C&PA, HR, and others to ensure seamless integration of Janssen corporate employee communication and Enterprise Employee communication.
• Lead change management within the business unit to ensure smooth transition to and enthusiastic uptake of a business culture which embraces our Mikibichi culture.
• Provide strategic communication counsel, insights and guidance to the Vice President, IPN Janssen Japan and the business unit leadership team.
• Provide the Vice President, IPN, Janssen Japan with strong strategic counsel and act as an engaged thought partner.
• Showcase a deep understanding of the relevant disease areas, the science and the strategy to provide broad, relevant counsel to our business leaders.
• Represent the Communication & Public Affairs function directly on the IPN Leadership Team and actively guide their conversations and deliberations on topics concerning our reputation and positioning both in the market and internally.
• Counsel our leaders on change management as we prepare our organization to lead our industry in a new era of medicine.
• Lead our approach on key sensitive issues and in times of crisis – provide valued counsel to our leadership.
• Support the Vice President for key employee engagement moments, ensuring the team understand they are a Credo based leader.
• Actively represent Janssen Japan and engage with local cross-sector, regional and global teams across Johnson & Johnson and around the world.
• As part of the Janssen Japan CPA Team, create, nurture and support a collaborative, dynamic culture within the team.
• Engage regularly with cross-sector colleagues in Japan to create a true “one team” culture with peer CPA leaders.
• Work across sector lines in Japan to communicate powerfully with one Johnson & Johnson voice at key external and internal opportunities.
• Support key enterprise CPA engagements when occasionally required.
• Serve as an active and engaged member of the Asia Pacific .Communication & Public Affairs Team – building a strong function across the region.
• Deliver key regional capability building and best practice sharing initiatives.
• Represent Asia Pacific at global forums and on global projects as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and above; advanced degree preferred
• 8-10 years working experience in business aligned, growth driving communication roles
• Healthcare industry and/or policy making environment experience preferred
• Proactive attitude to identify and address opportunities
• Strategic thinker with ability to develop robust strategies to engage patients, clinicians and relevant third party stakeholders
• Flawless Japanese written, verbal and visual communication skills are essential
• High-level English written, verbal and visual communication skills is strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of Japanese media and experience engaging directly with journalists
• Exceptional communication and coordination skills in a complex organization with proven success navigating among multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to independently manage multiple projects simultaneously across geographies and time zones
• Ability to balance short
• and long-term priorities
• Budget and agency management experience

Benefits

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