Director, RE Governance & Strategy

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Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Real Estate Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a(n) Director, Real Estate Governance & Strategy;  this Hybrid position will be in New Brunswick, NJ (USA). Alternate Hybrid locations may be considered at Raynham, MA, (USA), Raritan, NJ (USA), or West Chester, PA (USA).

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

 

Position Summary 

The Director, Real Estate Governance & Strategy is responsible for setting the global real estate strategy, governance framework, and standards for DPS’s global real estate portfolio (~110 Locations). This role ensures that real estate decisions, investments, and delivery activities are strategically aligned, consistently governed, and performance‑driven across regions. 

Operating as the enterprise strategy and control center for Global Real Estate, this role defines how real estate work is prioritized, approved, executed, and measured—while enabling Regional RE Delivery teams (Americas, EMEA/APAC) to execute effectively within a clear governance model. This position is critical to ensuring disciplined capital allocation, portfolio optimization, and enterprise consistency in a standalone DPS environment. This role partners closely with senior enterprise leaders to ensure consistent, disciplined, and transparent real estate decision-making aligned with business priorities. 

 

 

Scope of Role 

• Global portfolio: ~187 DPS properties (office, R&D, manufacturing, residential housing) 

• Functional scope: RE strategy, governance, standards, business case approval, process ownership, performance management 

• Geographic reach: Global (Americas, EMEA, APAC) 

• Authority: Global strategy, policies, standards, approval frameworks, and performance metrics; regional execution via mat