Job Function:
Medical Affairs Group
Job Sub Function:
Medical Affairs
Job Category:
Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations:
Texas (Any City), West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description:
We are seeking top talent for the Senior Manager, Knowledge Management role on our DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics team. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at
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.
Summary: The Sr. Manager, Knowledge Management, will lead knowledge strategies and operations that enable timely, reproducible, and compliant access to medical, clinical, and scientific evidence across the organization. This role is the primary owner of the Orthopaedics University learning program and supervises the Literature services, aligning knowledge services with Medical and Scientific Affairs priorities, and driving cross‑functional adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy & Leadership
- Define and execute a knowledge management strategy that transforms the culture of learning and scientific proficiency across clinical, medical, and scientific stakeholders.
- Provides leadership and represent knowledge management in cross-functional steering groups, governance forums, and change programs.
- Ensure continuity of knowledge services and maintain institutional memory through planned transition activities related to organizational separations.
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Orthopaedics University (learning program) ownership & development
- Own strategy, governance, and operational delivery of the Orthopaedics University learning program for clinical and scientific audiences. Drive development, curation, and quality assurance of curriculum, learning modules, and resource libraries to build clinical and scientific proficiency. Expand program reach and engagement per organizational targets, define metrics, tracking, and outreach plans to meet those milestones. Lead program-level activities required to support organizational separation or reorganization. Coordinate with regional Orthopaedics medical & scientific teams to align content, training priorities, and faculty participation; drive collaboration and regional rollouts. Establish measures of program impact (enrollment, completion, satisfaction, changes in competency or practice) and deliver regular reports to stakeholders.
Literature Searching, Publisher engagement, copyright & licensing
- Own publisher engagement and coordinate licensing, copyright/re-use requests, and subscription terms. Oversee journal/subscription strategy and coordinate closely with procurement, legal, and licensing contacts to resolve access or entitlement issues. Set standards and oversight for reproducible literature searches and evidence retrieval used by Medical and Scientific Affairs. Ensure availability of high-priority evidence, alerts, and concise summaries to support clinical, safety, and regulatory needs
Leadership & cross-functional engagement
- Manage Library Services Manager and literature search contractors; set SLAs, priorities, and quality expectations. Serve as a senior partner to Medical Affairs, Clinical, Safety, Regulatory and Commercial stakeholders to translate needs into learning and evidence products.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; MD, PA, RN, MSN, MS, PharmD, PhD degree preferred
- 8+ years in Medical Affairs, Medical Excellence, Medical Knowledge or related roles in the medical device or life‑science industry with demonstrated cross‑functional leadership
- Experience designing and delivering training or curriculum for clinicians or scientific audiences
- Experience in a regulated environment (pharmaceuticals or medical device) supporting systematic reviews or evidence dossiers
- Experience implementing or supporting in-house or third-party platforms for systematic literature searching, evidence surveillance, or learning management systems
- Prior experience negotiating with publishers or managing copyright/re-use workflows
- Strategic leadership for knowledge and learning programs
- Strong stakeholder management across Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, and Commercial teams
- Comfortable with evidence and literature concepts; able to set standards for reproducible searches and interpret usage/impact metrics
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce concise, actionable summaries for leaders
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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Content Evaluation, Data Analysis, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Healthcare Trends, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Mentorship, Product Strategies, Relationship Building, Report Writing, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$137,000.00 - $235,750.00
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
