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 located at our Cincinnati, OH site with an alternate location of our Raritan, NJ, Irvine, CA, or Zuchwil, Switzerland sites. About MedTech Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech Position Summary The Manager, Digital Transformation is accountable for owning, evolving, and realizing value from sector and enterprise digital platforms and capabilities that enable MedTech R&D. This role 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. While specific tools and technologies may evolve, accountability for outcomes, value realization, and long term platform health are critical responsibilities of the role. Owns defined platforms, products, or capability areas; may lead people or operate as a senior individual contributor with product accountability; typically more hands on in execution and delivery; owns capability level roadmaps and onboarding success; scope typically focused on defined domains or subsets of the ecosystem.
Requirements
- Proven experience in digital transformation, sector platforms, or product ownership
- Bachelors degree required, MS preferred
- 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
- Ability to travel up to 10% as needed
Nice To Haves
- 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
- 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
