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Job Function:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Marketing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is hiring a Global Strategic Marketing Lead Front End Innovation and Inorganic Innovation  for its Aesthetic and Reconstruction Business, located onsite in Irvine, CA. 

Position Summary

The Global Strategic Marketing Lead Front End Innovation and Inorganic Innovation will play a critical role in shaping the future organic and inorganic growth pipeline for the Aesthetics & Reconstruction (A&R) business. This leader will be responsible for identifying, framing, and advancing unmet needs and early‑stage organic and inorganic innovation opportunities across technologies, indications, and customer segments.

Sitting at the intersection of strategy, design thinking, marketing, R&D, and commercial execution, the role translates insights into winning concepts and helps guide opportunities from early exploration through concept validation and handoff into development. The Senior Manager acts as both a hands‑on innovator and enterprise connector, driving clarity, alignment, and momentum in ambiguous front‑end spaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead front end innovation initiatives that identify unmet customer, patient, and surgeon needs across the A&R portfolio.
• Support innovation portfolio shaping by assessing opportunities against strategic fit, differentiation, and growth potential.
• Contribute to longer‑term innovation roadmaps and strategic dialogues for A&R.
• Proactively monitor internal and external trends (scientific, technology, competitive, consumer, and professional) to inform future pipeline direction
• Exceptional ability to identify and secure high-impact opportunities through strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Actively assess ongoing marketplace trends and develop proactive strategies to maintain a competitive advantage and differentiate from the competition; identifying trends and market forces that will unlock unmet needs and drive long-term growth
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, R&D, Medical Affairs, Engineering, Design, and regional partners to advance innovation initiatives.
• Influence without authority by aligning diverse stakeholders around shared objectives, decisions, and next steps.
• Serve as a change agent who promotes new ways of thinking and working in early‑stage innovation
• Partner with R&D, Clinical, and Regulatory teams to ensure concepts are feasible, relevant, and strategically aligned.
• Develop compelling narratives, concept stories, and executive‑ready materials that clearly articulate customer need, value, and strategic relevance.
• Present innovation concepts, findings, and recommendations to senior leadership audiences.
• Partner with agency and external collaborators as needed to support ideation, research, and concept development
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required.
• An MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred.
• 7–10+ years of experience across innovation, marketing, strategy, or adjacent commercial roles.
• Demonstrated experience working in front end innovation, early product development, or design‑led problem solving.
• Strong ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and drive clarity from complexity.
• Experience partnering with cross‑functional and global teams.
• Track record of translating insights into actionable concepts and recommendations.
• Healthcare, medical device, or aesthetics experience strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and storytelling skills.
• Limited domestic and international travel may be required (up to ~25%)

Benefits Summary:

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Employees may be 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.
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
  • Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
  • Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below!

https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers. Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Brand Marketing, Brand Positioning Strategy, Business Alignment, Business Storytelling, Business Valuations, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Digital Strategy, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategies, Industry Analysis, Market Research, Negotiation, Organizing, Problem Solving, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategies, Program Management, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$122,000.00 - $212,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.