[Hiring] Surgical Innovation Manager @Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Role Description

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at jnj.com/medtech .

DePuy Synthes, one of the world’s most comprehensive orthopaedics businesses, is recruiting a Surgical Innovation Manager to lead strategic commercial initiatives across the Sports Surgical portfolio.

The Surgical Innovation Manager is a commercial leadership role accountable for owning the strategy, planning, coordination, and execution of priority Sports Surgical innovation initiatives across an assigned geography. This leader will set direction, establish clear priorities, and mobilize Sales, Marketing, Commercial Education, Professional Education, Strategic Accounts, and enabling functions to deliver compliant growth, competitive conversions, successful product launches, and sustained portfolio adoption. Serving as the primary commercial owner for new product introductions and strategic innovation programs, the Manager will define execution plans, clarify decision rights and stakeholder accountabilities, track performance against measurable objectives, identify and resolve barriers, and provide leadership with timely recommendations. The role influences through the organization, leads complex cross-functional work without direct authority, and partners closely with Area Vice Presidents, Regional Managers, distributors, key customers, and internal business leaders to ensure consistent, high-quality execution.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required (BA/BS).
• A Masters degree (MA/MS/MBA) is highly preferred.

Requirements

• A valid driver’s license in one of the fifty United States is required.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in medical device, orthopaedics, Sports Surgical sales, marketing, commercial strategy, or a related field is required; Sports Surgical experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional commercial initiatives from strategy through execution and measurable business results is required.
• Proven ability to own business plans, establish priorities, make sound decisions, manage competing demands, and hold stakeholders accountable without relying on direct authority is required.
• Demonstrated experience leading product launches, customer evaluations, competitive conversions, portfolio expansion, or field enablement programs is strongly preferred.
• Strong strategic and financial acumen, including the ability to synthesize market intelligence, customer insights, pipeline data, and performance metrics into clear recommendations and action plans.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior commercial leaders, field sales teams, Marketing, Strategic Accounts, Finance, R&D, HCC, Legal, Regulatory, external distributors, and key opinion leaders.
• Executive-level written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex strategies clearly, drive alignment, and provide concise updates to leadership.
• Demonstrated leadership presence, sound judgment, change leadership, and the ability to navigate ambiguity, resolve conflict, and maintain execution discipline in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset and a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for revenue growth, competitive differentiation, operational improvement, and customer value creation.
• Ability to operate autonomously while maintaining appropriate governance, stakeholder engagement, and escalation discipline.
• Expertise in Sports Surgical products, relevant clinical and surgical procedures, the competitive landscape, and consultative selling methodologies is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of healthcare compliance, regulatory policies, and procedures, with demonstrated commitment to ethical and compliant decision-making.
• Documented successful commercial performance, including growth, performance versus plan, strategic account targeting, and execution through structured action plans.
• Candidates must be located within 90 minutes of an airport within the assigned geography and be able to travel 50–75% within the United States.

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 period
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year