Director Health Tech– Cardiopulmonary

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Development & Research – MD

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson, is recruiting for a Director Health Tech- Cardiopulmonary with dual strengths in strategic foresight and operational delivery to be located in New Brunswick, NJ; Raritan, NJ or Spring House, PA.

This role is at the heart of cross-sector convergence. You will be responsible for operationalizing key initiatives that bring together the capabilities of J&J’s pharmaceutical and MedTech sectors. You will also contribute strategic insight that helps define future-state models of care in atrial fibrillation, heart failure, acute coronary syndromes, and related cardiopulmonary conditions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Operational Execution of Cross-Sector Initiatives

• Drive the day-to-day execution of a cross- sector working group that integrates MedTech solutions with pharmaceutical innovation.
• Lead the development of implementation plans, milestone tracking, and governance updates across cross- and multi-functional teams.
• Ensure an end-to-end alignment with internal timelines, quality, and regulatory requirements.

2. Strategic Vision and Program Planning

• Shape the long-term strategic roadmap for cardiopulmonary collaboration across sectors, identifying areas for synergy, innovation, and future growth.
• Translate high-level strategies into actionable operational workstreams that are measurable, prioritized, and scalable.
• Provide strategic input into pipeline development, TPPs, and lifecycle strategy in collaboration with clinical, regulatory, and commercial teams.

3. Cross-Sector Integration and Governance

• Serve as a central connector across J&J’s Innovative Medicine and MedTech teams, ensuring harmonized execution of joint initiatives.
• Act as the program operations lead in cross-sector governance councils.
• Facilitate information flow, alignment of objectives, and decision-making at the enterprise level.

4. External Collaboration Execution

• Coordinate with external collaborators—academic groups, digital health partners, technology vendors—to ensure program delivery and performance.
• Oversee the contracting, onboarding, and execution of co-development or co-piloting initiatives.
• Drive value realization from partnerships through robust operational oversight and stakeholder engagement.

5. Evidence Generation & Clinical Integration

• Support the execution of feasibility studies, real-world pilots, and hybrid clinical trials involving digital endpoints or MedTech interfaces.
• Ensure seamless integration of these initiatives into the broader clinical development and commercialization pathways.

This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions. May perform other duties as assigned.

Education: 

• MD or MD/PhD
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in clinical development, health technology, or medical device/pharmaceutical strategy.

Required Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven ability to manage external partnerships and work across functional and organizational boundaries.
• Deep understanding of cardiovascular care pathways, digital health applications, and regulatory trends.
• Proven ability to define and lead projects and/or initiatives to improve efficiency/quality of internal processes
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a high degree of cross-cultural and cross-sector collaboration experience.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically.
• Ability to work well in a dynamic environment and be able to prioritize and respond to changing