Global Head of People Experience & Change - Orthopedics

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Job Function:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

Talent Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

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

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics 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.

About DePuy Synthes

DePuy Synthes is a global leader in Orthopaedics, advancing patient care through innovative solutions across joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, and related surgical technologies. As DePuy Synthes separates from Johnson & Johnson to become the world’s largest, most comprehensive Orthopaedics-focused company, the organization is entering a defining chapter—establishing its own corporate identity, voice, culture, and reputation while continuing to serve patients, customers, and healthcare systems around the world.

Position Summary

We are seeking a visionary and execution-oriented leader to serve as the Global Head of People Experience & Change - Orthopedics. This executive will be responsible for designing and leading an employee experience strategy by driving enterprise-wide change initiatives that enable superior business performance, organizational agility and employee engagement.

This role will shape how employees experience the company across every stage of the employee lifecycle—from onboarding to career growth, leadership transitions, organizational change, wellbeing, recognition, and culture moments that matter.

The leader will also oversee change management for major enterprise initiatives, ensuring successful adoption, engagement, readiness, and measurable impact across global markets.

The ideal candidate blends employee empathy, transformation expertise, data-driven decision-making, communications excellence, and strong enterprise execution capability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Global People Experience Strategy

• Define and lead the global People Experience vision aligned to business strategy and company culture.
• Design employee experiences across key lifecycle moments, targeted to specific employee groups
  • Attraction & onboarding (including IT)
  • Growth & development
  • Performance & feedback
  • Career mobility
  • Rewards & recognition
  • Leadership transitions
  • Wellbeing & inclusion
  • Offboarding / alumni
• Apply journey mapping, employee listening, and behavioral insights to redesign experiences.

2. Enterprise Change Management

• Lead change strategy and execution for enterprise-wide transformations including:
  • Organizational redesign
  • Digital / HR technology transformation
  • M&A / integrations / carve-outs
  • New operating models
  • Workforce strategy shifts
  • Culture transformation
• Build enterprise readiness, adoption, and stakeholder engagement plans.

3. Employee Listening & Insights

• Own employee listening strategy including engagement surveys, pulse surveys, focus groups, sentiment analysis, and targeted diagnostics.
• Translate insights into actions that improve experience and performance.
• Measure outcomes by business unit, region, level, and employee segment.

4. Communications & Engagement

• Partner with Internal Communications and executives to create compelling narratives during change.
• Ensure consistent, transparent, and inspiring employee communications globally.
• Equip leaders with messaging and toolkits.

5. Governance, Metrics & ROI

• Establish KPIs for employee experience and change effectiveness.
• Build dashboards measuring:
  • Adoption
  • Engagement
  • Readiness
  • Productivity impact
  • Retention
  • Program ROI
• Report progress to executive leadership and Board committees as needed.

6. Leadership & Team Building

• Build and lead a high-performing global center of excellence team.
• Develop capabilities in change management, experience design, communications, analytics, and program execution.

Required Experience

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Human Resources, Transformation, Employee Experience, Organizational Effectiveness, Consulting, or related fields.
• Proven success leading enterprise-wide global change initiatives in complex matrixed organizations.
• Deep expertise in employee experience design and change management methodologies.
• Experience operating in multinational environments across regions.
• Strong analytics orientation with ability to convert data into action.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in Fortune 500 / public companies.
• Background in consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte, Accenture) or enterprise transformation office.
• Experience in healthcare, medtech, manufacturing, consumer, or other complex regulated industries.
• M&A integration, spin-off, or carve-out experience.
• Familiarity with HR technology platforms (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, ServiceNow, etc.).

Leadership Competencies

• Enterprise mindset
• Strategic and operational balance
• High emotional intelligence
• Change catalyst
• Strong executive presence
• Data-driven decision maker
• Influences without authority
• Global cultural agility
• Bias for action and accountability

What Success Looks Like in First 12 Months

• Defined enterprise People Experience strategy globally
• Improved key employee journey scores
• Successfully led major transformation initiatives with strong adoption
• Established robust employee listening and action framework
• Increased leadership confidence in organizational change capability
• Built scalable global COE team and governance model 

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 ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Consulting, Cultural Communications, Developing Others, Employee Development Planning, Employee Retention, HR Strategic Management, Human Resources Consulting, Human Resources Policies, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, People Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Relationship Building, Succession Planning, Tactical Planning, Talent Management

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