Job Function:
R&D Product Development
Job Sub Function:
Multi-Family R&D Product Development
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description:
VP Trauma, Extremities, CMFT and Animal Health (TECA) R&D
Location: West Chester, PA.
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? 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
We are searching for the best talent to join our Orthopedic team as a VP Trauma, Extremities, CMFT and Animal Health (TECA) R&D in West Chester, PA.
Purpose:
The Vice President, TECA R&D is accountable for setting and executing the R&D vision and strategy for DePuy Synthes’ trauma, extremities and CMFT procedural solutions, including their integration with enabling technology and biologics portfolios. This role drives differentiated innovation in human health by translating deep customer insights into high-impact solutions that deliver meaningful clinical, operational, and economic value. It also ensures these solutions are adapted for animal health applications, maximizing enterprise value for DePuy Synthes.
As a member of the DePuy Synthes R&D Leadership Team (RDLT), this leader is expected to operate with a strong enterprise R&D mindset—making decisions and taking actions that prioritize total R&D performance and overall company outcomes over individual function or franchise optimization. The role requires active stewardship of enterprise capabilities, resources, standards, and ways of working to accelerate speed, quality, and value creation across DePuy Synthes R&D.
The Vice President owns the end-to-end new product development lifecycle—from concept through launch and post-market support—and plays a critical role in evolving processes, operating models, and talent to strengthen execution excellence. The position leads globally distributed R&D teams, serves on the cross‑functional TECA platform leadership team, and reports to the SVP of DePuy Synthes R&D. The position also serves as a key interface point with our AO technical commission committee.
You will be responsible for:
Approximate Percentage of Time
30%
Enterprise-aligned R&D Vision & Strategy
· Define and communicate the TECA R&D vision and strategy, ensuring clear alignment with DePuy Synthes business priorities and enterprise R&D objectives.
· Partner with DS stakeholders to help shape organic and inorganic technology and procedural integration direction, scenario planning, and long‑term innovation strategies.
· Shift from a mechanical product to a procedural innovation approach, and ultimately to a care pathway systems mindset that intentionally integrates technology and data insights at the right steps of the clinical workflow.
· Balance and actively manage past, present, and future R&D horizons, allocating resources with urgency and discipline across the enterprise to optimize total R&D impact.
20%
Strategy Execution & Delivery
· Provide strong oversight and influence to ensure effective execution of the TECA R&D strategy, with accountability for speed, quality, customer satisfaction and profitable growth.
· Drive cross‑portfolio integration and collaboration to maximize reuse of platforms, technologies, and capabilities across DS.
10%
Customer and Outcome-Driven Innovation
- Partner with customers and business leaders to develop and refine an innovation roadmap that delivers compelling, differentiated value propositions across the care continuum.
10%
R&D performance & continuous improvement:
- Own TECA R&D performance against DS value creation metrics.
- Share best practices, insights, and lessons learned across the RDLT and actively contribute to enterprise-wide continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen overall R&D speed, effectiveness and competitiveness.
- Deploy modern tools (e.g. AI/ML based) to automate algorithmic R&D tasks, e.g. design control, change control to avail more time allocation to creative value-generating R&D design & development activities
10%
Leadership & governance:
- Represent TECA R&D on enterprise management forums, operating boards, business planning committees, innovation councils, and the DS R&D Leadership Team.
- Actively advocate for decisions that optimize total DS R&D and enterprise performance.
10%
Customer & Business Orientation
- Maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including surgeon KOLs and emerging customer segments, to inform innovation priorities and adoption strategies.
10%
Talent, Culture & Organizational Effectiveness
- Lead the talent and organizational strategy to ensure culture, capabilities, and structure are aligned with both near‑term execution needs and long‑term enterprise R&D goals.
- Develop leaders who consistently demonstrate enterprise thinking, accountability, trust, curiosity to relentlessly improve.
Qualifications / Requirements:
Required:
- At least a Bachelor’s Degree
- 15 years in MedTech R&D with at least 3 years’ experience relevant to TECA R&D
- PMA / Class III Medical Devices experience, Orthopedic Med Tech experience required. Orthopedic Med Tech industry knowledge required.
- Must have demonstrated track record in a R&D/ Platform leadership position within a large scale, global organization.
- Strong talent management credentials with at least 10 years’ experience in organizational and talent development.
- Expert at achieving strong results in an orthopedic division or company by leading through influence and deep collaboration across the franchise and enterprise.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills and ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels in the organization and with external customers and regulatory agencies.
- Meaningful experience in strong execution of product launches with emphasis on Design to Excellence and Design to Value principles. Measurable track record of creating value through new innovations
- Ability to shape/ lead product portfolio with a strong record of leadership in enriching the innovation pipeline.
- 30% travel including domestic and international
Preferred
- MBA, MS engineering or advanced degree preferred
Required Skills:
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