VP, Technology Leader, Robotics & Digital (RAD) and Digital Surgery Platform (DSP)

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:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

 Johnson and Johnson is recruiting for a VP, Technology Leader, Robotics & Digital (RAD) and Digital Surgery Platform (DSP) role located in Santa Clara, CA.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices is transforming to a digital-first Med Tech business. With great innovation, market opportunities, and an audacious strategic intent, we are combining robotic assisted surgery platforms, connected devices, surgical instrumentation, advanced imaging, enhanced surgical visualization, surgical efficiency solutions, and OR workflow integration for the next generation Med Tech platform. As a result, we will also create new surgical insights, drive supply chain innovation, leverage cloud infrastructure, integrate cyber security, interface with hospital EMRs, and elevate our patient pathway franchise digital solutions.

This leader will lead the Robotics and Digital (RAD) Technology team and partner closely with RAD teams to build foundational technologies supporting our Ottava and Monarch robotics platforms and the launch of connected solutions like Polyphonic. In addition, this leader will assume responsibility for product stewardship for the digital surgery capabilities connecting robotic platforms and devices across MedTech.

 

The different areas of focus for RAD are:

 

·        R&D driving innovation and pipeline strategy and execution for the robotics R&D program across Surgery, ensuring that these programs deliver value, long-term growth potential and leading market positions. Current focus is on accelerating the innovation strategy and culture, further enhance the R&D platform execution, and leverage scale to create a competitive advantage in software.

 

·        Monarch and Ottava with improved clarity on a strategic path to globally scale the MONARCH™ Platform as the first and only multispecialty flexible robotics platform, confidence in our differentiated OTTAVA System™ for general surgery robotics, and a sector-wide commitment to delivering a connected digital ecosystem for the industry.

 

·       Polyphonic as the open ecosystem for surgery that enables surgeons to leverage clinical and operational efficiencies through streamlined workflow and actionable data and analysis.

 

It is important to remember that the RAD business is pioneering technologies that eliminate barriers to some of the greatest unmet needs in human health – and that we have a responsibility to ensure we are uniquely positioned to deliver on this promise.

 

This leadership role is also overseeing technology for the Digital Surgery Platform (DSP) cross MedTech

 

·        As part of the MedTech Digital Surgery ecosystem, this role will drive engineering, design, development, and deployment of the global digital surgery platform. This architecture-based solution must be based on compliant and industrial-strength technologies to enable device connectivity, hospital system integration, edge computing and secure cloud data integration for robotic devices, tenants, and applications.

 

Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities

Technology Roadmap Development:

• Strategically own, define, and progress the technology roadmap to enhance the capabilities for RAD R&D, Robotics and Digital, including embedding of automation, artificial intelligence and advanced data ma