Job Function: Medical Affairs Group
Job Sub Function: Medical Affairs
Job Category:People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Description:DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Manager, Medical Excellence, located in Toronto, Canada
Job Overview
The Manager, Medical Excellence plays a critical leadership role within Clinical Medical Affairs, ensuring the consistent execution of high-quality, compliant, and patient-focused medical activities across the DePuy Synthes portfolio. This role drives medical excellence through governance, capability building, and process optimization, while partnering closely with Clinical Affairs, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial teams.
This position offers the opportunity to influence clinical strategy, elevate medical standards, and strengthen evidence generation that supports improved patient outcomes and surgeon confidence globally.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and implement Medical Excellence frameworks, standards, and best practices across Clinical Medical Affairs to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance.
- Oversee governance processes supporting clinical and medical activities, including review, approval, and monitoring of medical deliverables.
- Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Affairs, Regulatory, Quality, Safety, and Commercial teams to align medical strategies with business objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to medical processes, documentation, and operational efficiency.
- Support medical evidence generation activities, including clinical studies, post-market surveillance, and scientific communications.
- Ensure adherence to global and local regulations, company policies, and ethical standards governing medical and clinical activities.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development to team members and extended medical stakeholders, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
- Monitor key performance indicators and report on Medical Excellence outcomes, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership.
Qualifications
Education
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred: Advanced degree (Master's, PhD, PharmD, or MD) in a scientific or medical discipline.
Experience and Skills
Required:
- Approximately 6-8 years of relevant experience in Clinical Affairs, Medical Affairs, Medical Excellence, or a related regulated healthcare environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading or managing medical or clinical programs in a matrix organization.
- Strong knowledge of clinical research, medical governance, and regulatory requirements within the medical device or pharmaceutical industry.
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders.
Preferred:
- Experience supporting orthopedic or surgical portfolios.
- Prior people-management or indirect leadership experience.
- Experience with global or regional medical excellence frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Familiarity with post-market clinical follow-up and real-world evidence generation.
Other:
- Language: English (required); French proficiency is an asset.
- Travel: Up to 20%, primarily domestic with occasional international travel.
- Certifications: Relevant clinical research or medical affairs certifications are preferred but not required.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
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Required Skills:Preferred Skills:Analytical Reasoning, Budget Management, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Compliance Management, Developing Others, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Healthcare Trends, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Strategies, Program Management, Strategic Thinking, Team Management, Training People
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :$107,000.00 - $184,000.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off 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 period10 days
• Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
