Director, PLM Product & Platform

DePuy Synthes is recruiting fora(n)Director PLM Products& Platforms; this Hybrid positionwill be in Raynham MA (USA). Alternate Hybrid locations may be considered at Raritan NJ (USA) West Chester PA (USA) Warsaw IN (USA) Palm Beach Gardens FL (USA).

Johnson & Johnsonhasannounced plans to separatetheOrthopedics business toestablisha standalone orthopedics companyoperatingas DePuy Synthes. The process of the plannedseparationisanticipatedto be completed within 18 to24 months subject to legal requirementsincluding consultation with federal regulatoryagenciesand employee representative organizations with customary conditions.If you are hired it isanticipatedthatyou 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 atan appropriate timeand subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Job Overview:

The Director PLM Products& Platformsis a senior IT leader responsible for defining and delivering the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) product and platform strategy that enables DePuy Synthes R&D and product developmentobjectives. This role drives enterprisescale PLM capabilities ensuring seamless integration across R&D Quality Regulatory Manufacturing and Supply Chain. The position has broad impact on how products are designed developed governed and sustained across their full lifecycle directly supporting innovation compliance and speed to market and reports into theDePuySynthes Technology organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and own the enterprise PLM productsand platformsstrategy aligned to R&D Technology and DePuy Synthes business priorities.

• Lead the design implementation and ongoing optimization of PLM platforms supporting product development design controls change management and lifecycle governance.

• Partner with R&D Quality Regulatory Manufacturing and Supply Chain leaders to ensure PLM capabilities meet endtoend business and compliance needs.

• Providepeopleleadership to managers and senior technical professionals including performance management coaching and succession planning.

• Establish and manage PLM roadmaps investment plans and delivery timelines to ensure scalable secure and reliable platforms.

• Govern platform standards data integrityintegrations and system interoperability across the R&D technology ecosystem.

• Ensure PLM solutionscomply withapplicable regulatory quality privacy and cybersecurity requirements.

• Drive continuous improvement through analytics user feedback and adoption of emerging technologies relevant to product development.

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

Qualifications:

Education:

• Required:Bachelors degree in Information Technology Engineering Computer Science ora relatedfield.

• Preferred: Masters degree (MS MBA or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 10-12 years of experience in product lifecycle management R&D or relatedtechnologyenabledfunctions within medical devices.

• Proven leadership experience at a senior manager or director level managing complexcrossfunctionalteams and programs.

• Proven experience leading enterpriseWindchillPLM/ThingWorxplatforms andlarge-scaletechnology programs.

• Demonstrated ability to lead managers and senior professionals in a matrixed global environment.

• Strong understanding ofend-to-endproduct lifecycle processes

• Experience integrating PLM platforms with Quality Regulatory ERP Manufacturing and analytics systems to enable traceability and lifecycle visibility.

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

• Experience managing budgets vendors and complex technology roadmaps.

• Ability to translate business and R&Dneeds intoscalable technology solutions.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting medical devicesor highly regulated product development environments.

• Technicalknowledge and skills to support a technology ecosystem that spansPLM Materials managementRisk& Requirements Management Engineering and Simulation Systems

• Expertisewith PLM integrations across Quality Regulatory ERP and Manufacturing systems.

• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

• Experience driving modernization or transformation of PLM ecosystems in regulated product development environments.

Other

• Language: English (business fluent).

• Travel: Up to 20% domestic and occasional international.

• Certifications: PMP Agile or relevant IT certifications preferred but not.

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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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