Senior Director International Enabling Technology and Digital Capabilities - Orthopaedics in Leeds

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech Orthopaedics are looking for a Senior Director International Enabling Technology and Digital Capabilities - Orthopaedics based in either the UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Brazil, or Chile. Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans.

About Orthopaedics: Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. 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.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a cross-functional team that is responsible for launching and establishing new VELYS Technology Platforms and Digital products within the DPS International business’s & Product Platforms.
• Ensures marketing efforts maximize returns on capital while achieving strategic goals.
• Develop different business models, aligned with the global and international strategies, and ensure deployment both regionally and locally to ensure we meet our business commitments.
• Will have a focus on key business priorities, building capabilities, developing talent and establishing our winning culture.

Position Duties And Responsibilities:

• To execute the International strategies for our VELYS Technology Platforms and Digital Products and lead the Marketing team to ensure delivery of tactical activities to support the Business Plan.
• Lead the cross-functional teams and partner with the product platforms to bring new Technology Systems and data Products to market within the designated launch markets.
• Work with the product platforms and markets to establish all new Technology Platform and Data/ Digital Products in the market.
• Partner with HEMA, Regulatory and Clinical to ensure we have an accelerated and defined market access strategy to launch new Technology in each top 16 market.
• Partner with Regional Platform Teams, HEMA, Medical Affairs and Clinical to define the Clinical and Health Economic evidence strategy for new Technology platforms/ procedural solutions.
• Develop recommendations for the organizational design to support new Technology and Data platforms.
• To represent International needs in product pipeline discussions with global marketing, R&D and Supply Chain teams.
• Partner with our Supply Chain teams to ensure our IBP is fully aligned to our defined launch plans.
• To maintain and develop relationships with the defined KOL’s for each Technology platform.
• To partner actively with the Regional Platform teams to plan the launch and roll out of future technologies within the portfolio.
• Support activities within our Lighthouse Centre strategy and plans.
• Partner closely with all the EMEA, APAC & LATAM Commercial Leaders and the markets across the EMEA, APAC & LATAM regions.
• Partner with our Prof Ed and Comm Ed teams to ensure we have the education plans that support our Technology launch plans.
• Ensure Health Care Compliance, Quality & Safety principles are championed and actively practiced at every level of the organization.

Extended duties:

• Quantifies and ensures the quality, timeliness and cost-effective manner in which marketing programs are implemented.
• Allocates marketing resources behind the strategic imperatives to maximize impact.
• Creates and directs communications, research and public relations plans to support the strategic plan.
• Develops and ensures adherence to annual budget.
• Conducts business activities in compliance with ethics and legal requirements.

Education Requirements:

• BA/BS required; MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 12+ years of leadership experience with continuous & proven track record.
• Deep expertise in Orthopedics; ideally across multiple categories.
• Experience within Clinical technology solutions, Digital products and Capital systems.
• Leadership experience of sizeable, diverse organizations with track record of recruiting, developing and retaining talent.
• Global or Regional Experience Preferred.
• Market development or value/demand creation through experience with customer and market insights or through experience in marketing or other critical functions (e.g., sales, operations, R&D, finance, business development, etc.).

Other Desirable Experiences/attributes:

• A digitally savvy leader that is technologically curious.
• Strategic orientation - develop strategic insight in the business.
• Strong organizational leadership with depth change management experience and the ability to inspire and mobilize a large organization through periods of continuous change and transformation.
• Demonstrated high personal resiliency.
• Demonstrates enterprise mindset, with ability to influence and collaborate in a global, matrixed, shared service environment to achieve business objectives.
• Inspirational and Engaging leader - inspire the team to meet customer requirements and fuel business growth.
• Insightful decision - must make a timely judgment call based on information and business knowledge.
• Change agent - drive innovation to improve the business and support organizational transformation.
• Adaptability - effectively copes with change and ambiguity while showing persistence to meet goals.
• Develops People - creates diverse pipeline for future leaders and align leadership to business strategy.
• Team Builder - builds effective teams.
• Innovator - develop innovative and impactful strategies and tactics to deliver sustained shared growth.
• Collaborator - ability to partner across the cluster and region and to influence & network indirect teams across the organization to obtain results.
• Business discipline - bring robust compliance process and team alignment within a rapidly changing business.
• Interpersonal and business savvy build relationships and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Business ethics - ensure compliance with governmental regulations and laws.
• Financial acumen - direct and monitor financial and budget activities to achieve goals.
• Resilience - ability to work in a changing environment.
• Credo values and behaviors - in all business activities.

Overall Travel expectations: 40-50% across EMEA Region.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s).