Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing, Enabling Tech

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.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson provides an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. We respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Locations: Boston, MA; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Raynham, MA; Warsaw, IN; West Chester, PA

About the Role

We are searching for a Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing, Enabling Technology to join our DePuy Synthes Navigation Platform team. This role will shape the strategy for a high-visibility platform that will orchestrate the future of enabling technology in the operating room for VELYS™ Enabling Technology. You will work at the intersection of clinical needs, transformational technologies, and commercial execution during a major technology growth phase.

The Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing — Navigation will serve as the key strategic leader within the Velys Enabling Technologies platform for the Velys Hub, orchestrating the strategic roadmap, capability expansion, and commercialization across technologies. Reporting to the Navigation Platform Leader, this individual will integrate the needs of the business across technologies to ensure the hub meets the needs of the enabling technology roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision, value proposition, and go-to-market strategy, supported by robust market research, customer intelligence, and competitive analysis.
• Develop compelling business cases including market sizing, financial modeling, and business valuations to drive investment decisions.
• Translate clinical workflows, hospital IT/cybersecurity needs, and regulatory constraints into clear messaging, purchasing guides, and training materials.
• Define customer requirements and messaging for connectivity, interoperability, and device provisioning; support hospital network approval processes.
• Create evidence and outcomes positioning: define evidence needs, support clinical and real-world data initiatives, and align messaging with regulatory claims.
• Lead cross-functional launch readiness with Regulatory, R&D, IT/Cybersecurity, Clinical, Manufacturing, and Commercial teams.
• Drive external stakeholder engagement (KOLs, CIOs/CMIOs, procurement, partners) to validate direction and accelerate adoption.
• Own competitive intelligence and ecosystem mapping to inform product and market priorities.
• Measure and optimize post-launch adoption using field feedback, usage metrics, and clinical outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Marketing, or Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years in marketing, product strategy, or commercial roles supporting regulated medical devices or connected hardware platforms. Or 5+ years with an advanced degree such as MBA or PhD.
• Experience in the medical device or medical technology industry.
• Strong commercial skills: market sizing, pricing, financial modeling, and business storytelling.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data-driven decision making and financial analysis.
• Proven ability to develop and execute go-to-market strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Experience in capital equipment, OR Integration equipment, integration services, or other adjacent applicable segments.
• Experience with platform OS decisions, OTA update strategies, and device lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with medical device regulatory frameworks, connectivity standards, hospital IT workflows, and cybersecurity documentation.
• Background spanning R&D, Marketing, and/or Sales within medical devices.
• Demonstrated abilities in: Brand Marketing, Business Alignment, Business Storytelling, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Digital Strategy, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategies, Problem Solving, Product Development Lifecycle, Program Management, Strategic Thinking.

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. We build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes.

Pay

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $122,000.00 - $212,750.00.

Benefits

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year.
• Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours for Colorado residents, 56 hours for Washington residents).
• 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.