Manager, Education Strategy & Content Development – Spine & Sports

Johnson & Johnson • Raynham, MA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading education strategy and content development for the DePuy Synthes Spine and Sports platforms, with a focus on building scalable, engaging, and clinically relevant learning solutions that support commercial readiness and professional education. The Manager, Education Strategy & Content Development will partner closely with Commercial Education, Professional Education, Marketing, KOLs, and other cross-functional partners to translate business priorities, product strategies, and learner needs into innovative blended learning programs. This individual will play a critical role in strengthening global consistency, elevating field competencies, supporting adoption of current and future technologies, and ensuring educational assets are current, compliant, and aligned to the evolving needs of internal and external learners.

Purpose: The Manager, Education Strategy & Content Development, will support the DePuy Synthes Spine and Sports platforms and be responsible for developing and maintaining the global Commercial learning strategies, education content, and programs for our commercial organization as well as for our external/clinical customers. The Commercial Education efforts will ensure our sales training has a high degree of consistency and elevate competencies of our field-based organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 5 years in progressive orthopedic commercial roles (e.g., Sales, Sales Training, Prof Ed, Marketing and/or Sales Management) or other applicable experience.
• Spine/Sports, Surgical Navigation and Robotic-Assisted Surgery experience.
• Proficiency in instructional design software (Articulate 360, Rise, Adobe Creative Cloud, Video editing tools), as well as Microsoft suite mastery.
• Proven ability to understand business strategy; translate it into EdTech solutions (Professional, Commercial and Marketing Education) that support the company’s business goals.
• Strong end-to-end project management experience.
• Proven track record developing and delivering adult education.
• Proven track record of delivering high quality content on time and in budget.
• High technological and business aptitude.
• Experience developing content for a global audience.
• Knowledge and implementation of LMS frameworks.
• Proven ability to support the development of long-term strategy and successful execution.
• Excellent communication, analytical, conflict management, complex project management, people management and development skills.
• Digital / MS Office proficiency.
• Autonomous, self-driven and proactive working style.
• Creative, practical problem solving.
• Strong educational mindset and acumen.
• Strategy development and execution.
• Ability to lead projects by establishing clear deliverables and timelines.
• Proven leadership ability to effectively motivate and lead a team of professionals, including personnel who may be working in other locations in the US and outside the US.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams, work effectively across a matrixed organization and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to project manage vendor resources.
• Strong influence management and communications skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage internal and external networks.
• English required

Nice To Haves

• MBA or M.Ed preferred

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional and commercial leaders to understand global and regional business strategy and commercial models.
• Develop and maintain educational content and assets across a wide range of mediums (online courses, video assets, hands on training protocols, teaching aids, simulation tools, etc.).
• Support end-to-end clinical and skills-based learning strategies and curricula design for our current and future robotics and enabling technology platforms.
• Collaborate with regional education and commercial partners to ensure global consistency, quality, effectiveness, and compliance.
• Develop strategies to effectively utilize the learning platforms of Johnson & Johnson (and DePuy Synthes).
• Collaborate with KOLs and Education partners teams to continue to develop and elevate education.
• Lead external contractors and vendors to support content build according to project timelines and budgets.
• Actively own and manage asset life cycles by ensuring all learning content is current, copy approved and compliant with all government and legal requirements.
• Facilitate user friendly asset library to ensure global access to content.
• Identify and evaluate trends in learning media and technology-based performance development solutions to maximize effectiveness and innovation of training programs.
• Support content development for Professional Education teams, and CMF as needed.

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager