Manager, R&D PMO | Raynham MA – DePuy Synthes

Manager, R&D PMO

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're 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 that's 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.

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, R&D PMO to join our J&J Orthopaedics team (DePuy Synthes). This position is based in Raynham MA. Other J&J locations may be considered for the ideal candidate.

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.

The Manager, R&D PMO will lead the project management function supporting the Sports Surgical and Shoulder Reconstruction teams. The primary purpose of this role is to manage and develop project managers, coordinate R&D and cross-functional resourcing, help establish and manage the portfolio budget, and support disciplined execution of multiyear pipeline planning activities across both growth platforms.

This leader will partner closely with R&D leadership, project managers, functional managers, and business partners to ensure the right people, funding, priorities, and execution plans are in place to deliver the Sports Surgical and Shoulder Reconstruction portfolios. The role is accountable for building PMO discipline, improving visibility to resource needs and constraints, supporting budget planning and management, and enabling long-range portfolio planning that connects near-term project execution with future pipeline growth.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of project managers supporting the Sports Surgical and Shoulder Reconstruction portfolios, including performance management, capability building, and prioritization of PMO work.
• Coordinate R&D and cross-functional resourcing across active projects, lifecycle initiatives, and future pipeline opportunities; identify constraints, escalate gaps, and partner with functional leaders to support informed trade-off decisions.
• Help establish, manage, and communicate portfolio budgets, including resource assumptions, prototype and supplier needs, project expenses, and budget risks across both growth platforms.
• Lead multiyear pipeline planning activities for Sports Surgical and Shoulder Reconstruction by integrating project roadmaps, resource plans, budget requirements, strategic priorities, and leadership decision points.
• Drive PMO operating discipline, including portfolio reviews, stage-gate readiness, schedule performance, risk management, decision tracking, and timely communication of business-related issues and opportunities.
• Partner with R&D, marketing, clinical, regulatory, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and other stakeholders to align execution plans with portfolio priorities and commercialization needs.
• Provide project management subject matter expertise, mentorship, and best-practice guidance to project managers and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure personal, team, and Company compliance with applicable Federal, State, local, Company, Health, Safety, Environmental, and quality system requirements; perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree is required.
• Minimum of 6 years work experience is required.
• Minimum of 3 years project management experience in medical device or other similarly regulated industry.
• Proficiency utilizing the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project, Teams, etc.) is required.
• Ability to create and manage project and program budgets within guidelines.
• A successful track record of leading and working within a cross-functional teams is required.
• Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving ability is required.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity…