Sr. Marketing Manager, Robotics - Innovation Lead

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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

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 6million 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. Learn more at

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Sr. Marketing Manager, Robotics – Innovation Lead located in Warsaw, IN, Raynham, MA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL or Leeds, UK. This position will require approximately 30–40% travel.

The Robotics Innovation Lead will serve as a senior strategic leader and subject matter expert in Knee Arthroplasty, Robotics and Digital Surgery, responsible for shaping the long‑term innovation strategy, technology roadmap, and multigenerational product portfolio for the VELYS Robotic‑Assisted Solution and adjacent robotic platforms. Through market intelligence gathering, adjacent technology analysis, surgeon voice of customer initiatives, and deep collaboration with the Advanced Technologies teams, this leader will identify unmet clinical and customer needs, define future platform requirements, and translate emerging technologies and market trends into actionable innovation strategies.

This individual will also be the commercial lead for active next generation robotics programmes, responsible for bringing product to market and supporting full commercialisation before future integration of the Robotic solution into the respective pathology areas in which they support. While primarily focused on Knee Arthroplasty applications, this role will also help shape the future of cross‑platform robotic, digital and enabling technologies across the DePuy Synthes portfolio.

The Sr. Marketing Manager, Robotics – Innovation Lead will report to the Global Head of Robotics, Digital Surgery.

• Serve as a strategic leader shaping the future innovation strategy, roadmap and portfolio for robotic‑assisted surgery.
• Identify disruptive technologies, unmet customer needs and market opportunities, translating insights into actionable growth strategies.
• Lead technology scouting, surgeon Voice of Customer initiatives and market assessments to inform future platform investments.
• Define and maintain multigenerational product and technology roadmaps aligned with customer, market and business needs.
• Develop Target Product Profiles, business cases and strategic investment recommendations to support portfolio decisions.
• Drive cross‑functional innovation programs from concept and prototyping through product development and global commercialization.
• Partner with Engineering, R&D, Clinical, Finance, Business Development and Strategy…