Product Manager, Digital Orthopedic Trauma Solutions

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Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were 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 thats 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 is recruiting for a Product ManagerDigital Orthopedic Trauma Solutions located inWest Chester PA.

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.

As we continue to evolve we are expanding our focus on digital innovation through the VELYS Enabling Tech portfolio. We are developing software and data-driven capabilities that enhance surgical decision-making improve workflows and unlock new value across the episode of care.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of digital innovation within DePuy Synthes. As the organization continues to expand its investment in software-enabled solutions this role offers the chance to take ownership of a high-impact product area influence how product management is practiced and contribute to building a modern product organization within a global orthopaedics leader.

The Product Manager Digital Solutions will own the strategy discovery development and continuous improvement of digital capabilities within the VELYS Trauma portfolio. This role is accountable for defining the right problems to solve driving solution development in partnership with cross-functional teams and ensuring that delivered capabilities create meaningful clinical and business outcomes.

As part of an evolving product organization this role represents a critical step in transitioning from a traditional launch-focused device model to a digital product operating model centered on continuous discovery iteration and outcome ownership. While initially partnering closely with Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) teams on upstream strategy collateral development and launch readiness this role is expected to take primary ownership of product thinking including problem definition prioritization and post-launch learning.

The Product Manager Digital Solutions will have end-to-end ownership of a defined digital capability within the VELYS Trauma portfolio including its strategic direction growth and performance over time.

This position reports to the Senior Manager Digital Solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Scope & Ownership

  • Own a defined digital product or capability within the VELYS Trauma portfolio including responsibility for its strategic direction roadmap and long-term growth

  • Be accountable for identifying and prioritizing opportunities that deliver clinical value improve surgical workflows and drive adoption

  • Operate as the primary point of accountability for product decisions balancing input from clinical marketing engineering and platform stakeholders

  • Make informed product decisions with a bias toward action using data customer insight and cross-functional input

• Problem Definition & Discovery

  • Lead continuous customer discovery efforts with surgeons OR staff and clinical partners to deeply understand workflows unmet needs and sources of friction

  • Partner with clinical experts and internal stakeholders to synthesize insights into clear actionable problem statements and opportunity hypotheses

  • Independently drive discovery while leveraging internal clinical expertise to accelerate learning and ensure relevance

  • Translate insights into prioritized opportunities that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions

• Outcome Ownership & Measurement

  • Define own and continuously refine outcome hypotheses tied to clinical value user adoption and measurable business impact

  • Own product performance by tracking and analyzing usage adoption and outcome metrics to inform decisions

  • Contribute to OKR definition and progress tracking for assigned digital capabilities

• Roadmap & Prioritization

  • Own the strategic direction of the assigned product or capability ensuring roadmap decisions are aligned to the highest-value opportunities

  • Own and maintain a prioritized backlog aligned to outcome goals and roadmap direction

  • Make trade-offs between value feasibility risk and learning

  • Clearly communicate priorities rationale and sequencing to stakeholders

• Delivery Partnership

  • Work closely with engineering UX clinical quality and regulatory partners to translate problems into validated solutions

  • Own the what and why of capability decisions; partner with engineering and quality on the how avoiding specification-heavy or project-management-driven handoffs

  • Contribute to sprint planning reviews and release readiness as needed ensuring alignment between product priorities and delivery.

• Launch & Post-Launch Learning

  • Partner with Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) to support launch readiness activities while ensuring alignment to product strategy and long-term outcomes

  • Actively monitor post-launch adoption usage and feedback

  • Drive iteration and improvement based on real-world learning

• Cross-Functional Communication

  • Serve as a clear point of contact for assigned digital capabilities

  • Communicate progress risks and learnings transparently to stakeholders

  • Build trust through clarity follow-through and evidence-based decision making

Example Success Metrics

Success in this role will be measured through a combination of learning velocity product impact and customer outcomes including:

• Quality and frequency of customer discovery and insight generation

• Ability to translate insights into validated product decisions and measurable learning

• Adoption usage and satisfaction of delivered digital capabilities

• Progress against defined outcome metrics (e.g. clinical value workflow efficiency or user engagement)

• Contribution to long-term product growth and strategic direction

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required

• 35 years of experience in Product Management Digital Engineering Strategy or related fields

• Demonstrated experience working on digital or software-enabled products strongly preferred

• Strong product thinking including experience with customer discovery problem definition and prioritization

• Ability to operate in ambiguity and take ownership of loosely defined problem spaces

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional matrixed environments

• Demonstrated ability to learn new domains quickly; prior orthopaedics or clinical experience is not required but exposure is a plus

• Experience working in regulated healthcare or medtech environments is a plus

• Track record of driving outcomes through influence data and structured thinking

• Experience working in environments with limited structure or evolving operating models is a plus

How We Work

We are building a highly collaborative outcome-oriented organization grounded in both strong product principles and a shared commitment to team effectiveness.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Ownership: A strong sense of accountability for product outcomes not just deliverables and with a willingness to take initiative in ambiguous situations

• Curiosity: A desire to deeply understand users clinical workflows and unmet needs through continuous learning and discovery

• Humility: Comfort learning from clinicians peers and partners; openness to feedback and new perspectives

• Hunger: A proactive mindset bias toward action and willingness to take ownership in ambiguous situations

• People Smarts: Strong interpersonal awareness empathy and the ability to build trust across diverse matrixed teams

• Collaboration: Ability to work effectively across clinical marketing engineering and platform teams to solve complex problems

This position will be based in West Chester PA and require up to 30% domestic and/or international travel including time spent in clinical environments (e.g. hospital and operating room settings) to support customer discovery and product development.

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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