Senior Director, Hips R&D

Johnson & Johnson; Leeds; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Sr Director, Hips R&D, to lead the end-to-end R&D vision for hip procedures. Location preferences include Leeds, UK, with flexibility for other sites.

You will drive strategy, portfolio leadership, digital and robotics integration, and external collaboration with surgeons and regulators. The role requires a standout track record in orthopedic R&D leadership, talent development, and complex product launches, delivering clinical and enterprise value across a

Qualifications

• 10 years in R&D with at least 3 years in hips systems R&D.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or MS engineering preferred.
• Proven track record in an R&D/Platform leadership role in a large global organization.
• Strong talent management and organizational development experience (5–10 years).
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across levels, with external/regulatory stakeholders.
• Measurable success in product launches with Design to Excellence and Design to Value.
• Ability to shape and lead product portfolio and innovation pipelines.
• Travel approximately 30% regionally/globally.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the hips R&D vision and strategy.
• Drive enterprise-aligned R&D execution with speed, quality, and value.
• Lead cross-portfolio integration and collaboration to reuse platforms and capabilities.
• Develop an innovation roadmap with surgeons and leaders for differentiated value.
• Oversight of performance against value creation metrics and governance.

Skills

R&D leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Influencing and communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA or MS in engineering (preferred)

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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 jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family R&D Product Development

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description:

Sr Director Hips R&D

Location: Preferred Location is Warsaw, IN. Raynham, MA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and Leeds UK will also be considered.

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 Orthopedics? Our Orthopedics 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

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

USA - Requisition Number: R-095357

UK - Requisition Number: R-096237

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

We are searching for the best talent to join our Orthopedic team as a Sr Director Hips R&D located preferably in Warsaw, IN or in Raynham, MA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, or Leeds, UK.

Purpose:

Reporting directly to the VP Hips n Knees RnD, the Sr Director, Hips R&D is accountable for setting and executing the R&D vision and strategy for DePuy Synthes’ hips procedural solutions, including their integration with digital, robotics, and biologics portfolios. This role drives differentiated innovation by translating deep customer insights into high-impact solutions that deliver meaningful clinical value and maximize enterprise value for DePuy Synthes.

As a member of the DePuy Synthes joints R&D Leadership Team (RDLT), the role requires active stewardship of enterprise capabilities, resources, standards, and ways of working to accelerate speed, quality, and value creation across DePuy Synthes R&D.

The Sr Director owns the upfront and New Product Development lifecycle—from concept through launch and plays a critical role in evolving processes, operating models, and talent to strengthen execution excellence. The position leads globally distributed R&D teams, serves on the cross functional hips platform leadership team, and reports to the VP of R&D Joints.

Responsibilities:

Enterprise-aligned R&D Vision & Strategy

• Define and communicate the hips R&D vision and strategy, ensuring clear alignment with DePuy Synthes business priorities and R&D objectives.
• Partner with DPS stakeholders to help shape hip technology and procedural integration direction, scenario planning, and long term innovation strategies.
• Balance and actively manage hip past, present, and future R&D horizons, allocating resources with urgency and discipline across the enterprise to optimize total R&D impact.

Strategy Execution & Delivery

• Provide strong oversight and influence to ensure effective execution of the hips R&D strategy, with accountability for speed, quality, customer satisfaction and profitable growth.
• Drive cross portfolio integration and collaboration to maximize reuse of platforms, technologies, and capabilities across DPS hips R&D.

Customer and Outcome-Driven Innovation

• Partner with customers and business leaders to develop and refine an innovation roadmap that delivers compelling, differentiated value propositions across the hip care continuum.

R&D performance & continuous improvement

• Own hips R&D performance against DPS value creation metrics.
• Share best practices, insights, and lessons learned across the joints R&D team.

Leadership & governance

• Represent hips R&D on enterprise management forums, operating boards, business planning committees, innovation councils, and the DPS R&D Leadership Team.

Customer & Business Orientation

• Maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including surgeon KOLs and emerging customer segments, to inform innovation priorities and adoption strategies.

Talent, Culture & Organizational Effectiveness

• Lead the talent and organizational strategy to ensure culture, capabilities, and structure are aligned with both near term execution needs and long term hip R&D goals.
• Develop leaders who consistently demonstrate enterprise thinking, accountability, trust, curiosity to relentlessly improve.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Required

• 10 years in R&D. At least 3 years’ experience specific to Hips systems R&D
• At least a Bachelor’s Degree
• Must have demonstrated track record in a R&D/ Platform leadership position within a large scale, global organization.
• Strong talent management credentials with at least 5-10 years’ experience in organizational and talent development.
• Expert at achieving strong results in an orthopedic division or company by leading through influence and deep collaboration across the franchise and enterprise.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills and ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels in the organization and with external customers and regulatory agencies.
• Meaningful experience in strong execution of product launches with emphasis on Design to Excellence and Design to Value principles. Measurable track record of creating value through new innovations
• Ability to shape/ lead product portfolio with a strong record of leadership in enriching the innovation pipeline.
• Travel included domestic and international of around 30%

Preferred

• MBA, MS engineering or advanced degree preferred
• Preferred Area of Study: Mechanical / Systems / Biomedical Engineering
• PMA / Class III Medical Devices experience

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.

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