Sr. Director, Technical Product Management, Robotics

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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Function:
Project/Program Management Group Job Sub Function: R&D Project Management Job Category:
Professional All Job Posting Locations:
Santa Clara, California, United States of America

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world.

Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Director, Technical Product Management, Robotics. This role will be based out of Santa Clara, CA.

The Senior Director of Technical Product Management is a strategic leader responsible for defining and delivering the technical vision for products in the surgical robotics space. Collaborating closely with R&D leaders, engineers, and cross-functional teams, this role ensures the development of innovative technical product roadmaps aligned with business goals and technological feasibility. This leader closely partners with the Program Management Office and Global Strategic Marketing to drive seamless integration of R&D and technical product development efforts throughout the product and program lifecycle.

They will spearhead initiatives to establish operational and functional excellence within the technical product management organization, providing regular updates on strategy and execution. Additionally, the Senior Director will represent the R&D function in program, product, and technology roadmap processes, proactively identifying risks, technical challenges, and opportunities for innovation. Leading a team of technical product and program and managers, this role is pivotal in delivering advanced surgical robotics and digital solutions that improve clinical outcomes and drive market leadership.

• Work with Robotics R&D leaders and engineers to build and execute R&D technical product and program roadmaps, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment, as well as efficient execution to business objectives.
• In close partnership with the Program Management Office and Global Strategic Marketing, ensure successful end-to-end integration of R&D roadmaps into the end-to-end, cross-functional product lifecycle.
• Drive the development and implementation of a functional and operational excellence roadmap for the R&D organization.
• Provide regular strategic and execution updates within R&D and lead all aspects of their implementation.
• Represent the R&D organization in Program, Product and Technology Roadmap processes.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate R&D project risks and technical challenges.
• Lead team of technical product and program managers.

• A minimum of 12+ years of relevant industry experience within product and program management.
• Bachelor’s/undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• Demonstrated success in partnering and influencing across a cross-functional environment.
• Strong ability to drive functional excellence in technical disciplines.
• Strong ability to navigate ambiguity and build clarity through frameworks, roadmaps, and documentation.
• Strong ability to actively develop talent in alignment with Credo-based culture.