Associate Director – Medical Writing

Johnson & Johnson

Associate Director in Medical Writing at Johnson & Johnson responsible for leading cross-functional writing teams and preparing clinical documents. Requires extensive experience and strong leadership skills in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRaritan • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,000 - $235,750 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading compound/submission/indication/disease area writing teams independently.
Preparing and finalizing all types of clinical documents, taking a proactive or lead role in terms of content and scientific strategy.
Working with a high level of independence and taking a lead role on with respect to timing, scheduling, and tracking.
Directly leading or setting objectives for others on team projects and tasks.
Guiding or training cross‐functional team members on processes, best practices; coach or mentor more junior writers.
Proactively identifying, contributing to and championing Medical Writing process improvements, internal standards, regulatory, and publishing guidelines, internal systems, tools, and processes.
Responsible for planning and leading the writing group for assigned program.

Requirements

What you’ll need

University/college degree in a scientific discipline is required. Masters or PhD preferred.
At least 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience; at least 8 years of relevant Medical Writing experience is required!
At least 2 years of people management experience.
Multiple therapeutic area experience preferred.
Strong attention to detail.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Fluent written and spoken English.
Expert project management skills, expert project/process improvement leadership.
Expert leadership skills (influencing, negotiating, assertiveness, taking initiative, conflict management, change management).
Strong people management skills.
Ability to delegate responsibility to junior writers.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and develop effective partnerships with key business partners and customers.
Ability to recognize how to best interpret, summarize, and present statistical and medical information to ensure quality and accuracy of content in complex document types independently.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short- and long-term disability
business accident insurance
group legal insurance
consolidated retirement plan (pension)
savings plan (401(k))
Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

medical writingclinical document preparationscientific strategyproject managementprocess improvementregulatory guidelinespublishing guidelinesstatistical interpretationcontent summarizationdocument quality assurance

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationattention to detailcollaborationmentoringdelegationinfluencingnegotiatingassertivenessconflict management

Certifications

PhDMasters