Product Manager, Digital Orthopedic Trauma Solutions

Johnson & Johnson • West Chester, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Product Manager, Digital Orthopedic Trauma Solutions at Johnson & Johnson, specifically within the DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics business, is a pivotal role focused on advancing digital innovation. This position is based in West Chester, PA, and is part of the VELYS™ Enabling Tech portfolio, which develops software and data-driven capabilities to enhance surgical decision-making, improve workflows, and create new value across the episode of care. The role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of digital innovation, take ownership of a high-impact product area, influence product management practices, and contribute to building a modern product organization within a global orthopaedics leader. The Product Manager will be responsible for the strategy, discovery, development, and continuous improvement of digital capabilities within the VELYS™ Trauma portfolio. This includes defining problems, driving solution development in partnership with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that delivered capabilities achieve meaningful clinical and business outcomes. This role signifies a transition from a traditional launch-focused device model to a digital product operating model centered on continuous discovery, iteration, and outcome ownership. While initially collaborating with Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) teams on upstream strategy and launch readiness, the Product Manager is expected to assume primary ownership of product thinking, including problem definition, prioritization, and post-launch learning. The position entails end-to-end ownership of a defined digital capability within the VELYS™ Trauma portfolio, encompassing its strategic direction, growth, and performance over time. It is noted that Johnson & Johnson plans to separate its Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone company, DePuy Synthes, within 18 to 24 months, and the employee would transition to DePuy Synthes upon completion of this transaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3–5 years of experience in Product Management, Digital, Engineering, Strategy, or related fields
• Demonstrated experience working on digital or software-enabled products strongly preferred
• Strong product thinking, including experience with customer discovery, problem definition, and prioritization
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and take ownership of loosely defined problem spaces
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional, matrixed environments
• Demonstrated ability to learn new domains quickly
• A strong sense of accountability for product outcomes, not just deliverables, and with a willingness to take initiative in ambiguous situations
• A desire to deeply understand users, clinical workflows, and unmet needs through continuous learning and discovery
• Comfort learning from clinicians, peers, and partners; openness to feedback and new perspectives
• A proactive mindset, bias toward action, and willingness to take ownership in ambiguous situations
• Strong interpersonal awareness, empathy, and the ability to build trust across diverse, matrixed teams
• Ability to work effectively across clinical, marketing, engineering, and platform teams to solve complex problems
• Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and/or internationally, including time spent in clinical environments (e.g., hospital and operating room settings)

Nice To Haves

• Prior orthopaedics or clinical experience is a plus
• Experience working in regulated, healthcare, or medtech environments is a plus
• Track record of driving outcomes through influence, data, and structured thinking
• Experience working in environments with limited structure or evolving operating models is a plus
• Brand Marketing
• Brand Positioning Strategy
• Business Storytelling
• Customer Centricity
• Customer Intelligence
• Data Analysis
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Digital Strategy
• Execution Focus
• Financial Analysis
• Industry Analysis
• Operational Excellence
• Process Improvements
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Product Management
• Product Portfolio Management
• Product Strategies
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Credibility

Responsibilities

• Own a defined digital product or capability within the VELYS™ Trauma portfolio, including responsibility for its strategic direction, roadmap, and long-term growth
• Be accountable for identifying and prioritizing opportunities that deliver clinical value, improve surgical workflows, and drive adoption
• Operate as the primary point of accountability for product decisions, balancing input from clinical, marketing, engineering, and platform stakeholders
• Make informed product decisions with a bias toward action, using data, customer insight, and cross-functional input
• Lead continuous customer discovery efforts with surgeons, OR staff, and clinical partners to deeply understand workflows, unmet needs, and sources of friction
• Partner with clinical experts and internal stakeholders to synthesize insights into clear, actionable problem statements and opportunity hypotheses
• Independently drive discovery while leveraging internal clinical expertise to accelerate learning and ensure relevance
• Translate insights into prioritized opportunities that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions
• Define, own, and continuously refine outcome hypotheses tied to clinical value, user adoption, and measurable business impact
• Own product performance by tracking and analyzing usage, adoption, and outcome metrics to inform decisions
• Contribute to OKR definition and progress tracking for assigned digital capabilities
• Own the strategic direction of the assigned product or capability, ensuring roadmap decisions are aligned to the highest-value opportunities
• Own and maintain a prioritized backlog aligned to outcome goals and roadmap direction
• Make trade-offs between value, feasibility, risk, and learning
• Clearly communicate priorities, rationale, and sequencing to stakeholders
• Work closely with engineering, UX, clinical, quality, and regulatory partners to translate problems into validated solutions
• Own the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of capability decisions; partner with engineering and quality on the ‘how,’ avoiding specification-heavy or project-management-driven handoffs
• Contribute to sprint planning, reviews, and release readiness as needed, ensuring alignment between product priorities and delivery
• Partner with Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) to support launch readiness activities while ensuring alignment to product strategy and long-term outcomes
• Actively monitor post-launch adoption, usage, and feedback
• Drive iteration and improvement based on real-world learning
• Serve as a clear point of contact for assigned digital capabilities
• Communicate progress, risks, and learnings transparently to stakeholders
• Build trust through clarity, follow-through, and evidence-based decision making

Benefits

• Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world
• We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual
• At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees