Manager, Digital Transformation - MT R&D
About The Position
Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Manager, Digital Transformation - MT R&D to join our MedTech Surgery business. This role is accountable for owning, evolving, and realizing value from sector and enterprise digital platforms and capabilities that enable MedTech R&D. The position combines product ownership, platform stewardship, ecosystem leadership, and innovation enablement to ensure digital investments remain scalable, sustainable, and valuable over time. Managers are responsible for the full lifecycle of digital platforms—including Product Lifecycle Management, Risk & Requirements, and adjacent R&D capabilities—while adapting to changes in business scale, operating models, and technology. Accountability for outcomes, value realization, and long-term platform health are critical responsibilities. The role typically involves more hands-on execution and delivery, owning capability-level roadmaps and onboarding success, with a scope focused on defined domains or subsets of the ecosystem.
Requirements
- Proven experience in digital transformation, sector platforms, or product ownership
- Bachelors degree required
- 8-12+ years of relevant experience
- Strong understanding of R&D processes and regulated environments
- Ability to define vision, roadmaps, priorities, and governance models
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Nice To Haves
- MS preferred
- Experience leading global digital platforms or portfolios
- Experience with PLM, Risk & Requirements, or digital thread enablement
- Exposure to automation, AI, or emerging digital technologies
- Ability to own and deliver defined platforms or capability areas
- May lead people or operate as a senior individual contributor
- Strong execution focus and delivery accountability
Responsibilities
- Product ownership and lifecycle management of sector R&D digital platforms, including deployments, operations, adoption, and value realization
- Strategic planning, roadmap development, governance, and stakeholder alignment
- Innovation enablement through automation and adaptive, data-driven digital capabilities; evaluation and sponsorship of emerging technologies
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short- and long-term disability
- business accident insurance
- group legal insurance
- consolidated retirement plan (pension)
- savings plan (401(k))
- long-term incentive program
- Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year (up to 56 hours for Washington State employees)
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
