Director, Issues Engagement Strategy

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting a Director, Issues Engagement Strategy.

This position is in New Brunswick, NJ on a hybrid schedule.

Position Summary

As the Director Issues Engagement, you will lead a critical function focused on proactively identifying, analyzing, and managing emerging issues and potential risks that could impact the organization's operations, reputation, or stakeholders.

In addition, you work on reactive engagement tactics that require strategic rapid responses through issues monitoring and management.

Reporting to the Vice President Global Reputation and Engagement, the Director will work closely with other leaders to ensure strategic alignment and seamless execution of our initiatives to promote, enhance and protect the J&J Innovative Medicine brand and reputation.

You will also serve as the lead on management of crisis communications planning and response.

This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, collaboration, and exceptional communication skills to navigate complex challenges and identify opportunities to build reputational resilience.

Key Responsibilities


* Establishes and manages a robust system for continuous monitoring of external environment, industry trends, regulatory changes, and societal issues on a global level that could impact the organization's reputation or operations.


* Leads the identification of potential risks and issues that may arise and impact corporate reputation or business operations.


* Develops proactive strategies to mitigate potential high-risk issues.


* Establishes and oversees strategic plans for engaging with key global stakeholders on strategic issues across J&J Innovative Medicine.


* Develops and implements proactive strategies and response plans for managing identified issues.


* Sets goals and objectives for building reputational resilience aligned with J&J Innovation Medicine's narrative, mission, and public affairs strategy.

Ensures issues management strategies and activities comply with relevant regulatory requirements and industry best practices.


* Helps support relationship building efforts with stakeholders engaged on key issues: government officials, policymakers, industry associations, NGOs, advocacy groups and community leaders.


* Aligns with Global Government Affairs team to track relevant legislation and policy developments at local, national, and international levels to manage relevant risks to the organization.


* Advises on above-brand policy initiatives worldwide (global, region, local) that might impact J&J IM reputation.


* Provides strategic counsel to senior leadership on crisis communications and proactive issue management.

Develops and presents regular updates to senior leadership on emerging issues, risk assessments, and response strategies.


* Collaborates with internal stakeholders, including Legal, Regulatory, Compliance and Medical teams, to assess regulatory and compliance risks ...