Director, Product, Innovation Excellence

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:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family R&D Product Development

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Director, Product (Pump Systems), Innovation Excellence.

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 Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

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

Leadership and Strategy:

• Develop and implement innovative strategies that align with organizational goals and drive business growth.

• Lead the product lifecycle initiatives across existing products (with focus on CP, 5.5 and RP pump systems) providing direction and mentorship to drive high performance.

• Gain alignment on strategies, budget and success criteria with Senior level Management. 

• Foster a culture of driving innovation while building confidence in the scale of high-quality products.

• Cultivate prioritization and focus across Lifecyle initiatives through strong cross-functional, platform and business need awareness.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

This role requires successful collaboration in a matrix environment, with the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders to execute the product vision.

• This role bridges design, development, operational and supply chain to drive execution and ensure scale of high-quality products that meet patients’ needs.

• Contributes to planning and administration of programs and initiatives that deliver product improvements, quality and/or operational scale needs.

• Partner with supply chain teams to optimize sourcing, procurement, inventory management, and logistics for accessories and packaging components.

Product Design, Deployment & Sustainability

• Lead initiatives that provide improvements of existing products or drive operational efficiency.

• Lead initiatives supporting product life cycle and WW commercialization.

• Shape and implement strategies for product design for manufacturing (DFM).

• Provide Design expertise and support for Sourcing and External initiatives for existing products.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and prioritize product features and specifications.

• Leverage Product Development & Design expertise to support escalations and triage sustaining requests across the pump systems.

Team Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team with capabilities in Design, product development, and life cycle engineering.

• Drive team performance through coaching, development, and performance management.

• Responsible for managing operational aspects of their teams (e.g., budget, performance, and compliance), as well as implementing workforce and succession plans to meet business needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; master’s degree preferred.

• 12+ years of experience in engineering, with a strong focus on design, product development, lifecycle management, and sustaining engineering.

• Strong technical background in engineering, with expertise in cardiovascular product platforms

• Proven experience in leadership roles, with a track record of managing h