Sr. Director, R&D Technology, PLM, Othopedics

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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 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 worlds largest most comprehensive Orthopaedics-focused company the organization is entering a defining chapterestablishing its own corporate identity voice culture and reputation while continuing to serve patients customers and healthcare systems around the world.

Job Overview

The Senior Director R&D Technology Product Lifecycle provides enterprise leadership for the strategy roadmap and delivery of R&D medical device product lifecycle capabilities that enable endtoend product development and lifecycle execution across DePuy Synthes. This role partners closely with R&D Quality Regulatory Supply Chain and Digital teams to ensure product lifecycle platforms data and processes support innovation compliance and speed to market. The role has a significant impact on how products are designed developed governed and sustained across the organization and plays a critical role in R&D innovation enabling scalable compliant and datadriven R&D operations and reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and own the enterprise Product Lifecycle strategy and roadmap aligned to DePuy Synthes R&D business priorities and digital transformation goals.

• Lead the design implementation and optimization of product lifecycle platforms integrations and data models supporting the full medical device product lifecycle.

• Partner with R&D Quality Regulatory and Supply Chain leaders to ensure Product Lifecycle solutions enable compliant efficient and best in class product development processes.

• Oversee governance data integrity and change management for Product Lifecycle systems to ensure consistency traceability and regulatory readiness.

• Lead and develop a highperforming global team of technology and product professionals fostering collaboration accountability and continuous improvement.

• Manage relationships with key technology vendors and implementation partners including budgeting contracts and performance oversight.

• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline workflows reduce complexity and enhance user experience across R&D technology platforms.

• Ensure alignment with enterprise IT standards cybersecurity requirements and data privacy policies.

• Lead the application of AI advanced analytics and automation to modernize R&D platforms accelerating product development improving scientific and engineering insights and strengthening endtoend decisionmaking while enabling scalable compliant and efficient R&D operations from discovery through lifecycle management.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors degree required in Information Technology Engineering Computer Science or related field.

• Masters degree (e.g. MS MBA) preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 12-15 years of progressive experience in IT or digital technology roles with significant experience supporting R&D or product development organizations.

• Proven leadership experience at director or senior director level managing complex crossfunctional teams and programs.

• Demonstrated leadership of enterprisescale PLM platforms and complex system implementations including product data governance.

• Demonstrate expertise in Materials Management Risk and Requirements management and medical device Product Portfolio Management.

• Strong understanding of endtoend product lifecycle processes including requirements and risk management portfolio planning and engineering analysis/simulation workflows.

• Clear understanding of medical device product digital thread concepts and connection to upstream and downstream applications (e.g. SAP MES Regulatory)

• Demonstrate expertise in leveraging AI in product lifecycle to increase efficiency in product development.

• Strong understanding of regulated product development environments (e.g. medical devices life sciences or similarly regulated industries).

• Ability to translate business strategy into technology roadmaps and executable delivery plans.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior leadership levels.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting orthopedics medical device or life sciences R&D organizations.

• Proven experience leading and developing global crossfunctional teams.

• Experience with leading enterprise platforms: Windchill MatVault and Codebeamer

• Familiarity with advanced analytics within Product Lifecycle environments.

• Experience leading technology transformation initiatives across global organizations.

• Knowledge of Quality and Regulatory processes as they relate to product development systems.

Other:

• Language: English required.

• Travel: Up to 20% domestic and international.

• Certifications: PLM Agile or IT leadership certifications preferred but not required.

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