Advanced Program Specialist - Ottava

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Job Function:

MedTech Sales

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Sales – Hospital/Hospital Systems (Commission)

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Remote (US)

Job Description:

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting. 
 

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

  
We are searching for the best talent for an Advanced Program Specialist for Ottava. This is a field-based individual contributor role available in all states within the United States and will report to the Advanced Program Specialist Team Manager. We presently have 3 openings.

Purpose: 

This role is designed for a highly experienced, field-based individual contributor who can execute complex program development efforts while partnering closely with the Advanced Program Specialist Team Manager, Clinical Sales, Capital Sales, Field Service Engineering, Professional Education, and hospital stakeholders. The ideal candidate brings strong clinical, commercial, or program-development capability and the ability to lead through influence, structure, accountability, and execution. 
 

The Advanced Program Specialist is responsible for supporting the creation, launch, and scaling of robotic surgery programs across targeted health systems, including new program development, expansion of existing programs, and competitive conversions. This role directly supports program execution in the field and helps translate launch strategy into consistent account-level action. 

This role operates as a hands-on program builder, requiring the Advanced Program Specialist to stay highly engaged in the field—personally contributing to market and program development, reinforcing priorities, tracking execution, and helping drive consistent adoption across accounts. 
 

The Advanced Program Specialist supports the full lifecycle of program development, encompassing the clinical, operational, and commercial elements required to successfully establish and scale programs. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating training and onboarding, supporting operational readiness, enabling clinical and stakeholder adoption, and aligning resources to achieve program success. Given the complexity of program development, this role is expected to anticipate needs, adapt quickly, and execute against the requirements necessary to launch, stabilize, and grow each program. 
 

The Advanced Program Specialist leads day-to-day program development activities in close partnership with the Advanced Program Specialist Team Manager, Clinical Sales, and Capital Sales, with a focus on program readiness, launch, early performance, and account-level execution. As programs mature, this role supports a structured transition of day-to-day clinical execu