Job Function:
R&D Product Development
Job Sub Function:
R&D Digital
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Zuchwil, Switzerland
Job Description:
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.
#Li-Hybrid
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.
Other Duties
35% Product ownership and lifecycle management of sector R&D digital platforms, including deployments, operations, adoption, and value realization
35% Strategic planning, roadmap development, governance, and stakeholder alignment
30% Innovation enablement through automation and adaptive, data‑driven digital capabilities; evaluation and sponsorship of emerging technologies
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- 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
Other preferred Qualifications:
- 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
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!
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Consulting, Data Savvy, Data Structures, Developing Others, Digital Fluency, Digital Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Engineering, Global Market, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Negotiation, Operations Management, Performance Measurement, Policy Development, Product Development, Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$117,000.00 - $201,250.00
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.
