Senior Project Manager – Professional Relations Liaison , Orthopedics
J&J Family of Companies
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**Job Function:**
Project/Program Management Group
**Job Sub** **Function:**
Project/Program Management
**Job Category:**
Professional
**All Job Posting Locations:**
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
**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 Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Senior Project Manager – Professional Relations Liaison located in Warsaw, IN, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. This position will require 20-40% travel.
On October 14, 2025, Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. 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.
It is anticipated following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by Orthopaedics employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. Details of any planned changes would be provided to you by Orthopaedics at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
The DePuy Synthes Senior Project Manager, Professional Relations Liaison will be responsible for providing strategic insights gained from key customers, identifying thought leaders in the therapeutic space, leading thought leader engagements, while coordinating all company contact with thought leaders including development, marketing, professional education, Health Economic & Market Access, Clinical, and other functions.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Coordinates commercial advisory board meetings, calendar of engagements and content for the DePuy Synthes organization as well as other engagement opportunities.
+ Lead the development and execution of thought leader engagement strategy; this includes developing and coordinating an integrated plan that includes contacts and activities across multiple functions and industry conferences
+ Collaborates closely with several functional areas within the organization including marketing, clinical affairs, medical affairs, regulatory, R&D and other corporate functions in support of DePuy Synthes. strategic plans and business objectives.
+ Partners with GSM, US Marketing, Professional and Commercial Education and New Technology Managers to facilitate the external evaluation and launch of new technologies, product development, clinical and education strategy and marketing messaging.
+ Identifies, cultivates, and maintains professional relationships with physicians, and medical associations and defines appropriate engagement activities
+ Develops and executes commercial engagement plan and maintains relevant customer relationship management (CRM) tool.
+ Works cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple stakeholder groups
+ Provides leadership and insights to DePuy Synthes leadership team for relevant activities and thought leader engagements.
+ This role may require 20-40% travel.
+ Partners with GSM, US Marketing, Professional and Commercial Education and New Technology Managers to facilitate the external evaluation and launch of new technologies, product development, clinical and education strategy and marketing messaging.
**Qualifications:**
+ A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required
+ A minimum of 6 years of relevant business experience is required
+ Experience and success in working with and interacting with HCPs and KOLs is required
+ Ability to influence without authority and work with cross-functional teams in the development and delivery of brand strategic imperatives is required
+ Demonstrated success of collaboration with critical internal and external stakeholders and substantial customer interface is required
+ Track record of driving necessary strategic change to meet changing business needs is required
+ Understands business processes, high negotiation skills and has passion to achieve sustained, superior results are required
+ Strong background of regional execution, developing marketing capabilities including market insights, understanding KOL development and regulatory environment is highly preferred
+ Experience successfully managing in a matrix environment is required
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 & 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 contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
**Required Skills:**
**Preferred Skills:**
Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Business Alignment, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Statement of Work (SOW), Technical Credibility
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