Strategy & Execution Co-op

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Job Function:

Career Programs

Job Sub Function:

Non-LDP Intern/Co-Op

Job Category:

Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description:

We are seeking for one (1) motivated Graduate or PhD/PharmD Co-op student to support Medical Affairs Strategy & Execution within the Oncology/Prostate Cancer therapeutic area. This 12-month co-op role will provide hands-on exposure to a large, pharmaceutical medical affairs environment, with a focus on supporting scientific communication, healthcare professional (HCP) engagement, congress activities, medical content development, and cross-functional execution for product specific-related workstreams.

The successful candidate will work closely with Medical Affairs colleagues and cross-functional partners to help translate scientific strategy into practical, high-quality deliverables. This role is well suited for a graduate-level or PhD/PharmD student who is scientifically curious, organized, collaborative, and interested in gaining applied experience in oncology medical affairs, strategic planning, and execution.

This is a learning-focused co-op opportunity designed to build foundational experience in medical affairs while contributing to meaningful scientific and operational projects in prostate cancer.

Key Responsibilities

The co-op student may support the following activities under appropriate supervision:

Medical Affairs Strategy & Execution Support

• Support execution of apalutamide medical affairs priorities, including activities related to prostate cancer scientific strategy, launch readiness, and cross-functional alignment.
• Assist with tracking, organizing, and following up on key deliverables across medical affairs workstreams.
• Help synthesize scientific and strategic information into concise summaries, trackers, and project updates for internal stakeholders.
• Support development of materials that enable consistent scientific communication across internal teams and regional partners.
• Capture key outputs from meeting discussions and related action items in meeting minutes for post meeting distribution (2 times per month).

HCP Engagement Support

• Assist with planning and execution support for HCP engagement activities, advisory boards, scientific exchange meetings, and related follow-up materials.
• Support preparation of discussion guides, pre-read materials, insight-capture templates, and post-meeting summaries.
• Help organize and synthesize HCP insights to inform medical strategy, content refinement, and future engagement planning.

Scientific Content and Slide Development

• Support development, refinement, and formatting of scientific slide decks, internal updates, and presentation materials.
• Assist with ensuring consistency of scientific messaging, references, visual standards, and slide flow across materials.
• Help adapt complex scientific information into clear, concise formats for internal medical affairs audiences.
• Collaborate with medical, agency, and cross-functional partners to incorporate feedback and maintain version control.

Scientific Communication Platform Support

• Support updates to scientific communication platform materials, including disease-state, product, and evidence-based content.
• Assist with organizing references, reviewing content for consistency, and maintaining alignment across related communication resources.
• Help identify opportunities to improve usability, clarity, and consistency of core scientific materials.
• Contribute to internal tools and resources that help teams communicate scientific information consistently.

FAQ and One J&J Voice Deliverables

• Assist with development and maintenance of FAQs, objection handlers, and related medical communication resources.
• Support “One J&J voice” deliverables by helping align content across internal stakeholders and ensuring consistent terminology, structure, and message flow.
• Help consolidate inputs from medical, regional, and cross-functional partners into clear draft materials for review.
• Support preparation of concise response documents and internal summaries that address anticipated scientific questions.

Congress Support and Scientific Intelligence

• Support planning and execution activities for major oncology and urology congresses.
• Assist with congress preparation materials, abstract/session tracking, competitive intelligence summaries, medical insights capture, and post-congress reports.
• Help prepare internal pre- and post-congress communication materials, including one-page summaries, slide updates, and key takeaways.
• Support coordination of congress-related deliverables across medical affairs and cross-functional teams.

Social Media and External Scientific Landscape Analysis

• Support social media and digital landscape analysis related to prostate cancer congresses, apalutamide, and relevant scientific topics.
• Help identify, organize, and summarize emerging themes, discussion trends, and scientific conversation topics from approved sources and tools.
• Contribute to concise summaries that communicate relevance for medical affairs stakeholders.
• Maintain appropriate scientific objectivity and avoid unsupported interpretation when summarizing external discussions.

Project Management and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Maintain project trackers, timelines, action logs, and meeting notes for assigned workstreams.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to gather inputs, track feedback, and support completion of deliverables.
• Demonstrate professionalism, discretion, and accountability when handling scientific and business-sensitive information.

Required Qualifications

• Available to work for the duration of the 12-month co-op term.
• Strong interest in pharmaceutical/biotech medical affairs, oncology, prostate cancer, scientific communications, or healthcare strategy.
• Foundational understanding of clinical research, medical literature, and evidence-based scientific communication.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis without the need of future sponsorship requirements
• Remain actively enrolled in their academic program throughout the entire internship
• Be available to work 37.5 hours during the entire internship
• Have a record of strong academic performance recommended 2.8 and above

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD/PharmD candidate, graduate student, or recent graduate with academic experience in pharmacy, biomedical sciences, pharmacology, epidemiology, public health, medical sciences, or a related field.
• Prior coursework, research, rotation, internship, or work experience in oncology, urology, medical affairs, clinical development, medical information, regulatory affairs, or medical communications.
• Experience creating or refining slide decks, scientific summaries, or educational materials.
• Familiarity with oncology terminology, clinical trial design, and common evidence-generation concepts.
• Interest in prostate cancer, genitourinary oncology, launch readiness, congress strategy, or scientific communications.
• Comfort working with digital tools, dashboards, social listening outputs, or structured trackers.

Skills and Competencies

Scientific curiosity

Seeks to understand the disease area, evidence base, and strategic context behind medical affairs deliverables.

Communication

Produces clear, concise, scientifically accurate written and visual materials.

Analytical thinking

Synthesizes medical insights, congress information, and social media trends into meaningful summaries.

Project management

Tracks timelines, follows up on action items, manages competing priorities, and escalates risks appropriately.

Collaboration

Works effectively with medical affairs colleagues, agencies, regional partners, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Attention to detail

Maintains accuracy in references, terminology, formatting, version control, and deliverable quality.

Learning agility

Quickly builds understanding of new scientific topics, tools, processes, and stakeholder needs.

Professional judgment

Handles confidential or sensitive information responsibly and works within appropriate review and compliance expectations.

Learning Opportunities

This co-op role is designed to provide meaningful exposure to the work of a medical affairs strategy and execution team in oncology. The individual will have opportunities to:

• Gain practical experience in pharmaceutical medical affairs and scientific strategy.
• Build knowledge of prostate cancer and treatment landscapes.
• Learn how medical affairs teams support scientific communication, HCP engagement, and congress planning.
• Develop skills in slide development, scientific writing, and insight synthesis.
• Understand how cross-functional teams align around consistent scientific communication and launch-readiness deliverables.
• Contribute to real-world medical affairs deliverables while receiving mentorship and feedback from experienced professionals.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a scientifically trained graduate or PhD/PharmD student who is eager to learn, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and motivated by the opportunity to support oncology medical affairs work. They bring strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to translate complex scientific information into clear, actionable materials.

This role would be especially well suited for someone interested in a future career in medical affairs, medical communications, medical information, oncology strategy, scientific engagement, or pharmaceutical industry leadership.

Employment Type

• 12-month graduate PhD/PharmD co-op placement
• Medical Affairs Strategy & Execution
• Oncology / Prostate Cancer therapeutic area

Permanently authorized to work in the Canada., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa at the time of application or in the future. 

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 inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation,  external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$23.00/hr to $33.00/hr

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Business Roles: The base pay for this position is Sophomore $23.00/hr, Junior $24.50/hr, Senior $25.50/hr, Master’s degree $27.00/hr. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in Canada. Candidates hired outside Canada (From US) will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. The Company uses AI in its assessment of applicants. This job posting is for an existing position. Technical Roles: The base pay for this position is Sophomore $27.00/hr, Junior $28.50/hr, Senior $29.50/hr, Master’s degree $33.00/hr. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in Canada. Candidates hired outside Canada (From US) will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. The Company uses AI in its assessment of applicants. This job posting is for an existing position.