Manager, Product Stewardship (Orthopedics) - Medical Device Business Services, Inc

Global Orthopedics, part of the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Companies, is currently hiring a Manager, Product Stewardship, to support the Global Orthopedics Portfolio. The required location for this role is within a commutable distance from a Global Orthopedics location (West Chester, PA, Raynham, MA, Warsaw, IN, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Leeds UK, or Oberdorf, CH). This role will work Flex/Hybrid schedule with a minimum 3 days per week in office. There is NO remote option.

The Manager, Product Stewardship (PS) for Global Orthopedics will lead the product stewardship program for J&J MedTech businesses that collectively make up the Global Orthopedics franchise. The Manager is responsible for ensuring that these businesses are compliant with existing environmental product and packaging compliance and other stakeholder requirements. The Manager is responsible for communicating and escalating current and emerging product stewardship risks and opportunities to Global Orthopedics senior leadership to ensure global compliance for commercialized and new product development.

Primary Responsibilities:

• The Manager collaborates closely with leaders in R&D, Supply Chain, Life Cycle Management, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, Procurement, Packaging, Marketing, and other business groups across the Global Orthopedics businesses to help manage business risk and institutionalize product stewardship programs in these businesses.
• The Manager will become a trusted business partner who will collaborate, inform, and guide business decisions to influence business strategy.
• The Manager will liaise with new product development teams to ensure that all environmental product and packaging compliance and environmental sustainability requirements are considered during new product design and launch.
• The Manager will influence materials and suppliers’ selection to ensure that product stewardship and sustainable product and packaging design considerations are included in new product development.
• The Manager supports and helps manage business/EtQ-generated CAPAs, providing guidance and leadership as needed to help the businesses close related CAPAs on-time, as well as provides CAPA status updates to relevant business leaders.
• The Manager supports Enterprise Regulatory Tracking and Governance by ensuring compliance with all global product stewardship requirements for Global Orthopedics – including the Enterprise Product Stewardship standard.
• The role is responsible for conducting product stewardship self-assessments, generating, and ensuring on-time closure of related CAPAs.
• Developing, maintaining, and executing internal PS and Business-facing Procedures.
• The Manager is responsible to partner with Product Stewardship Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and the MedTech Product Stewardship Emerging Regulations (PSER) Specialist/team to ensure completion of impact assessments for relevant emerging issues; ensure that mitigation plans are in place and appropriate escalations have been made to relevant business partners that ensures readiness for emerging regulatory and other risks.
• The Manager will also partner with and support as needed the MedTech PS Regional Execution Leads in EMEA and AP to facilitate the execution of regional PS action plans and communications and help inform advocacy and policy.
• Conduct training of various disciplines/functions to build awareness of product stewardship regulations, emerging issues, and company policies.
• Coordinate responses to customer Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP) questions and responses to Request for Proposals (RFP) queries.
• Develop and Maintain documentation and management systems to ensure global product stewardship regulations are appropriately managed.
• The Manager will also support Enterprise Sustainability (as requested) for these businesses.
• The Manager will supervise contractor(s) and will report to the Associate Director, Product Stewardship, J&J MedTech.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $115,000 to $197,800 based on experience. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Qualifications Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of degree is required; Advanced degree strongly preferred. Preferred fields of study include chemistry, engineering, or related sciences.
• Minimum of 8-10+ years of relevant work experience. Relevant experience in medical devices required; Orthopedics, Robotics, and/or Digital Surgery strongly preferred.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced dynamic environment with minimal supervision required.
• Familiarity and knowledge of global product stewardship regulations (REACH, RoHS, WEEE, Packaging Directive, Battery, CA Proposition 65, TSCA, etc.) strongly preferred.
• Experience in deploying regulatory compliance management systems and programs required.
• Ability to perform product stewardship risk assessments strongly preferred.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to engage senior business leaders is required.
• Ability to make a good business case and drive change is required.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to effectively engage and convene diverse groups required.
• Strong attention to detail required.
• Strong English communication (both written and verbal) is required.
• Familiarity and knowledge of chemistry is preferred.
• Familiarity and knowledge of product stewardship technology tools is highly desired.
• Familiarity and knowledge of Global Orthopedics platforms and J&J MedTech is preferred.
• Experience in leading multiple businesses units, functions and/or projects is preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25% is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.