Director, Strategic Initiatives & Marketing Operations

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Job Function:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Marketing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director, Strategic Initiatives & Marketing Operations to join our MedTech Surgery business, based in Cincinnati, OH.

#Li-Hybrid

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

About Surgery

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting!

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

Summary:

The Director, Strategic Initiatives & Marketing Operations will report to the Worldwide President and will be based in Cincinnati, OH. The individual will work alongside the Endomech and Energy global Operating Committee (OC), Platform Leadership Team (PLT) and Global Strategic Marketing teams to provide strategic and operational support in leading critical initiatives across our worldwide business. This role is responsible for the development, alignment, and cascade of key strategic priorities and the Platform G&Os across the operating model. The strategic initiatives include increasing competitiveness, profitability, end-to-end operating model effectiveness, and integration of projects and ways of working with OTTAVA. Key stakeholders include Surgery/OC/PLT/OTTAVA leaders, and leadership teams in the regions/key markets.  

This position provides high access to senior leaders and an opportunity to impact the formation of strategy, tactics, and execution on our most critical business priorities. A strong candidate will thrive in a dynamic, complex, and high‑energy setting and excel in coordination and collaboration across the business.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the President and the OC members in setting agendas and planning cadence of key operational and governance forums.

• Build governance and operational capabilities to enable the flow-through of global strategy to execution.

• Drive adoption of high-performing team principles within the OC and PLT.

• Operationalize and drive accountability for a performance management framework, including metrics and scorecards.

• Lead design and creation of business update review content (e.g., WW Chair updates, business unit/region/key markets reviews).

• Implement decision-making and resource prioritization approaches leveraging data and analytics.

• Lead and manage strategic initiatives, including timelines, budget, project management, and interdependencies.

• Partner with Communications to ensure clear and consistent messaging across Town Halls and senior executive forums.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience required.

• Knowledge of the healthcare market required; experience in surgery based medical device businesses strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated project management capability. Project/Program Management Certification preferred.

• Excellent strategic thinking with the ability to flex between big picture and detail. Ability to prioritize and lead multiple, sometimes ambiguous scenarios.

• Advanced analytical and problem‑solving skills. Previous experience developing KPIs and dashboards preferred.

• Up to 25% international travel may be required.

Benefits Summary:

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Employees may be 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.
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
  • Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
  • Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below!

https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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.

If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Brand Marketing, Brand Marketing, Brand Positioning Strategy, Business Alignment, Business Storytelling, Business Valuations, Consulting, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Others, Digital Strategy, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategies, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Market Research, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Portfolio Management {+ 4 more}

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$150,000.00 - $258,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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.