HR Leader, Spine Global Business Unit - Orthopedics

Human Resources Leader, Spine Global Business Unit

We are searching for the best talent for Human Resources Leader, Spine Global Business Unit to be located in Raynham, MA, Raritan, NJ, West Chester, PA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL or Warsaw, IN.

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 plans. In 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 world's largest, most comprehensive Orthopaedics-focused company, the organization is entering a defining chapter—establishing its own corporate identity, voice, culture, and reputation while continuing to serve patients, customers, and healthcare systems around the world.

Purpose:

The HR Leader, Spine Global Business Unit, is responsible for setting and leading the people strategy, design, governance, and delivery of HR programs supporting the Spine organization globally. Reporting to the Head of HR, Spine Sports, and CMF Global Business Unit, this role serves as a strategic partner to the Spine Global Leadership teams to drive talent outcomes aligned to business priorities.

The role provides leadership across talent strategy, organization effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership development, and organizational engagement ensuring alignment to business strategy, financial performance, and enterprise priorities. The HR Leader ensures execution of HR programs with rigor, consistency, and impact, while continuously monitoring external market trends and internal business needs.

Core Responsibilities Business Strategy:

• Fluent in key business strategies (even outside of people topics), as well as external market competitive landscape

• Understand what the business needs (through diagnosis, analysis, data), including organizational health, and what the function must bring to meet those needs, leveraging the breadth of the OneHR model. Represent OneHR and provide strategic input on business strategy.

• Partner with the business on how to ensure organization is optimally set up to deliver on business strategy inclusive of annual business planning and long-range financial planning (e.g., workforce planning)

• Partner with business leadership to provide strategic context to overall communications plan (led by comms, business leader, or business admin)

• Support A&D activity (e.g., due diligence, integration)

• Lead organizational design efforts to position business for the future.

Talent Strategy and Management:

• Identify and diagnose talent needs of the business through strong business and analytical acumen and effective analysis

• Create and deploy talent strategy to attract, develop, reward, and retain talent, including robust succession-planned pipeline and critical capability building (e.g., digital)

- Own and drive talent management for the business/function/geography; set and action priorities, develop talent talk rhythm aligned to global calendar; inclusive of alignment on talent pools and measurement of progress via talent metrics (e.g., retention, movement)

‒ Partner with Talent Acquisition to define strategy to source and acquire talent in critical capability areas

‒ Lead succession planning for EC/GOC critical business/function roles,…