Tech & Innovation Commercial Lead

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 jnj.com.

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Job Function:

Digital Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Digital Platform Operations

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we are using our breadth, scale and experience to re-imagine the way healthcare is delivered and to help people live longer, healthier lives. In a radically changing environment, we are making connections across science and technology to combine our own expertise in surgery, orthopaedics and interventional solutions with the big ideas of others to design and deliver doctor and patient-centric products and solutions. As pioneers in medical devices, we continually focus on elevating the standard of care – working to expand patient access, improve outcomes, reduce health system costs and drive value. We create smart, people-centered healthcare to help the patients we serve recover faster and live longer and more vibrantly.

Position Overview

Lead commercialization and launch excellence for surgical robotic technologies, digital solutions, and emerging healthcare innovations across the UKI market. This Senior Manager will drive cross-functional launch execution, identify opportunities to accelerate adoption, and translate technology and innovation into scalable, customer-focused commercial solutions. Working closely with regional and global partners, the role will help shape commercialization strategies, support innovation adoption, and enable sustainable growth through effective market deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead launch excellence activities for surgical robotic technologies, digital solutions, and associated healthcare platforms, developing readiness criteria, launch plans, risk mitigation strategies, playbooks, and post-launch optimization initiatives.

• Evaluate and implement innovative commercial approaches that support customer needs, market adoption, and sustainable business growth.

• Provide local market insights to inform innovation priorities and commercialization strategies by partnering with key stakeholders across the business.

• Coordinate cross-functional internal functions on key milestones and decision points.

• Develop repeatable commercialization tools, and best practices to accelerate future launches and capability deployment.

• Create and implement commercial playbooks and supporting materials to enable successful adoption and expansion of surgical robotic and digital platforms.

• Build and maintain relationships with healthcare providers, industry partners, innovation networks, and strategic collaborators to support adoption and growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead commercialization and launch readiness activities for surgical robotic technologies and related digital platforms, ensuring successful market deployment.

• Represent the UKI business in regional and global forums relating to technology, innovation, and commercialization.

• Partner with regional and global teams to develop effective UKI commercialization strategies.

• Identify and develop opportunities to enhance customer adoption, market growth, and long-term value creation.

• Provide analysis, insights, and progress updates to senior leadership on critical projects and strategic initiatives.

• Support achievement of commercial and financial objectives for assigned platforms and initiatives.

Other Duties

• Create a culture of inclusivity where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued and every employee feels they belong and can reach their full potential.

• Continuously build and develop diverse talent and future leadership capability.

• Provide analysis, insights, and progress reports to senior leadership on strategically important projects.

• Demonstrate strong business acumen, independent judgement, and the ability to influence complex decisions across multiple stakeholders.

Experience and Education

• BA/BS required; MA, MSc, MBA preferred

• Experienced leader with demonstrated track record in multiple business situations: new business, turnaround and change management, realignment and sustain the success model

• MedTech experience essential, experience in surgical and capital business preferred

• Strong business and financial competence and strategic mentality

• Experience in leading complex commercial activities incl. multi stakeholder negotiations

• Awareness of local economic environment and dynamics of UK healthcare market

• Track record in building mutually beneficial networks and partnership models with key external leaders and agencies to develop value-generating solutions

• Drive for results—set the pace for the team to deliver stretch initiatives and to take required decisions

• Unquestioned ethics, integrity, and Credo-based leadership

• Strong organizational leadership, with ability to inspire and mobilize a large organization through periods of continuous change and transformation

• Demonstrated enterprise attitude, with ability to influence and collaborate in a global, matrixed environment to achieve business objectives

• The role includes attendance at local congresses which may include weekends

What type of mark will YOU make? 

By joining Johnson & Johnson you will find boundless opportunities to craft your path & amplify your impact inside & outside our walls. And with our commitment to be the world’s healthiest workforce you can strengthen your body as well and your mind.  When you work at Johnson & Johnson you can touch over a Billion lives worldwide every day.  And when you apply your talent to our collective purpose there’s no end to the lasting impact we can make together. And that changes everything.

What’s in it for YOU?  

It’s important to us that you feel you can bring your whole self to work; at Johnson & Johnson we provide an environment for you to fulfil your career aspirations as well as promoting your physical and mental wellbeing. As part of our offering, you will receive a competitive compensation and benefits package as well as benefits that can be tailored to what is valuable to you throughout different stages of your life. Examples of this include; online Digital GP, private healthcare, Retail Vouchers, Discounted & Subsidised Gym memberships and you can get to support community projects as part of our global Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

Johnson & Johnson is a supporter of equal opportunities and is a proud member of Disability Confident.

 

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Content Evaluation, Content Management, Content Marketing, Cultural Communications, Customer Analytics, Digital Channels, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Platforms, Digital Trends, Leadership, Market Research, Organizing, Report Writing, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy