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**Job Function: **
Marketing
**Job Sub Function: **
Strategic Marketing
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:
Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a **Senior Director, External Innovation Biosurgery **to join our MedTech located in Raritan, NJ.
The Senior Director, External Innovation BioSurgery will help build the pipeline and innovation strategy, with an emphasis on assessing new growth opportunities, forming external partnerships, and developing innovative go-to-market models. The role partners closely with R&D Front End, Business Development, global franchise and platform leaders, and cross-functional internal and external partners to support platform and portfolio strategy. This leader is accountable for delivering against specified budgets and timelines and ensuring compliance with applicable country and regional requirements, as well as company regulations, policies, and procedures.
This position proactively identifies, evaluates, and advances external innovation opportunities that strengthen and differentiate the BioSurgery pipeline. It serves as the front end of the external pipeline, translating strategy into a disciplined search, evaluation, and handoff engine in close collaboration with R&D Front End and Business Development.
The Senior Director is expected to influence effectively in a matrix environment and indirectly lead cross-functional teams. Success requires the ability to shape early innovation strategy with senior leadership and translate opportunities into development- and transaction-ready programs through strong execution, adaptability, and accountability. Additional responsibilities include:
- Develop, align, communicate, and drive an integrated external innovation strategy that contemplates both base business priorities and the external innovation agenda.
- Proactively identify and source external innovation opportunities (assets, technologies, platforms, partnerships) aligned to BioSurgery strategy across startups, academia, clinician innovators, incubators, and venture ecosystems.
- Maintain a structured, prioritized pipeline of external opportunities, including hypotheses on strategic fit, value creation, development feasibility, and competitive differentiation, in partnership with R&D Front End and Business Development.
- Develop and refresh external landscapes and identify white spaces across BioSurgery adjacencies (e.g., biomaterials, enabling technologies, procedural solutions, manufacturing innovations).
- Collaborate closely with R&D Front End to shape early technical, clinical, and development strategies and ensure appropriate translation of external opportunities into the internal innovation funnel.
- Partner with Business Development to support evaluation, diligence, and transaction readiness of prioritized external assets and partnerships.
- Oversee front-end customer and clinician insight generation to inform early opportunity identification and external search activities.
- Support the internal innovation agenda in collaboration with cross-functional partners involved in new product development and innovation (e.g., R&D, Supply Chain, Medical, Clinical/Pre-Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, HEMA, Global Strategic Insights, Business Development).
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s level degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- A minimum of 10-years of relevant experience is required; external innovation R&D front end, search and evaluation, business development, or related roles within MedTech, biotech, or life sciences is preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of evaluating external assets, technologies, or platforms and advancing them through structured, cross-functional decision-making.
- Strong cross-functional leadership capability; comfort working in matrixed, ambiguous environments.
- Ability to synthesize scientific, clinical, and business inputs into clear executive recommendations.
- Strong financial competence required; transaction or investment evaluation experience preferred.
- Strong communication, collaboration, project management, and organizational influence skills.
About MedTech
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Brand Marketing, Brand Marketing, Brand Positioning Strategy, Business Alignment, Business Storytelling, Business Valuations, Consulting, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Others, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategies, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Market Research, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategies {+ 3 more}
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$178,000.00 - $307,050.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits