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VP Hips and Knees R&D

Company: Johnson & Johnson
Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Employment Type: Full Time
Date Posted: 04/15/2026
Job Categories: Healthcare, Other, Executive Management

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VP Hips and Knees R&D
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jnj.com">jnj.com</a>As guided by Our Credo, 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.Job Function: R&D Product DevelopmentJob Sub Function: Multi-Family R&D Product DevelopmentJob Category:People LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaJob Description:VP Hips and Knees R&D Location: Preferred location is Palm Beach Gardens, FL, or Warsaw, IN. Other DPS locations to be considered.Fueled by innovation at the intersection of science, technology, and surgical workflow, Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics is advancing the next generation of solutions to keep patients moving. We are focused on delivering smarter, less invasive, and more personalized orthopedic care, grounded in clinical evidence and enabled by biologics, implants, instruments, enabling technologies, and data‑driven insights.Our Orthopaedics teams help more than 6 million patients move each year, partnering with surgeons and healthcare systems worldwide to deliver meaningful clinical outcomes, operational efficiency & reproducibility combined with sustainable economic value. Across joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery, we bring together deep domain expertise and scalable platforms to redefine standards of care.If you are passionate about expanding what’s possible in orthopedics, your talents can help shape the future of musculoskeletal health and support patients throughout their journey to recovery and renewed mobility. Learn more at <a href="https://www.jnj.com/medtech" target="_blank">https://www.jnj.com/medtech</a>.Position Summary:The Vice President, Hips and Knees R&D is accountable for setting and executing the R&D vision and strategy for DePuy Synthes’ hips and knees procedural solutions, including their integration with digital, robotics, and biologics portfolios. This role drives differentiated innovation by translating deep customer insights into high-impact solutions that deliver meaningful clinical value and maximize 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 Joints platform leadership team, and reports to the Head of DePuy Synthes R&D.You will be responsible for: <div>Enterprise-aligned R&D Vision & Strategy<ul><li>Define and communicate the hips and knees R&D vision and strategy, ensuring clear alignment with DePuy Synthes business priorities and enterprise R&D objectives.</li><li>Partner with DPS stakeholders to help shape technology and procedural integration direction, scenario planning, and long‑term innovation strategies.</li><li>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.</li></ul>Strategy Execution & Delivery<ul><li>Provide strong oversight and influence to ensure effective execution of the hips and knees R&D strategy, with accountability for speed, quality, customer satisfaction and profitable growth.</li><li>Drive cross‑portfolio integration and collaboration to maximize reuse of platforms, technologies, and capabilities across DPS.</li></ul>Customer and Outcome-Driven Innovation<ul><li>Partner with customers and business leaders to develop and refine an innovation roadmap that delivers compelling, differentiated value propositions across the musculoskeletal care continuum.</li></ul>R&D performance & continuous improvement<ul><li>Own hips and knees R&D performance against DPS value creation metrics.</li><li>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.</li></ul>Leadership & governance<ul><li>Represent hips and knees R&D on enterprise management forums, operating boards, business planning committees, innovation councils, and the DPS R&D Leadership Team.</li><li>Actively advocate for decisions that optimize total DPS R&D and enterprise performance.</li></ul>Customer & Business Orientation<ul><li>Maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including surgeon KOLs and emerging customer segments, to inform innovation priorities and adoption strategies.</li></ul>Talent, Culture & Organizational Effectiveness<ul><li>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.</li><li>Develop leaders who consistently demonstrate enterprise thinking, accountability, trust, curiosity to relentlessly improve.</li></ul></div> Qualifications / Requirements:Required<div><div><ul><li>Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree </li><li>Required Years of Related Experience: 15 years in R&D. At least 3 years’ experience specific to Hips and Knees implant systems R&D </li><li>10 or more years’ experience as R&D leader at global level with track record of delivering results in challenging business environments</li><li>Must have demonstrated track record in a R&D/ Platform leadership position within a large scale, global organization. </li><li>Strong talent management credentials with at least 10 years’ experience in organizational and talent development. </li><li>Expert at achieving strong results in an orthopedic division or company by leading through influence and deep collaboration across the franchise and enterprise. </li><li>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. </li><li>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 </li><li>Ability to shape/ lead product portfolio with a strong record of leadership in enriching the innovation pipeline.</li><li>Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally </li></ul></div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div>Preferred<ul><li>MBA, MS engineering or advanced degree preferred</li><li>Preferred Area of Study: Mechanical / Systems / Biomedical Engineering</li><li>PMA / Class III Medical Devices experience</li></ul><div>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. </div><div> </div><div>Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers and internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource. </div>Required Skills: Preferred Skills: The anticipated base pay range for this position is :$218,000.00 - $401,350.00Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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