Sr. Manager, US Contracting

Job Overview 

This role serves as the US Contracting Technology Product Owner within Commercial Technology, accountable for the strategy, delivery, and lifecycle management of technology products that enable contracting, pricing, and commercial execution for DePuy Synthes. The Senior Manager partners closely with Commercial, Legal, Finance, and IT stakeholders to ensure contracting solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned to business priorities. This position plays a critical role in driving digital enablement, operational efficiency, and datadriven decisionmaking across the US commercial organization and reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Own and drive the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for US contracting technology solutions, ensuring alignment with commercial strategy and enterprise priorities. 

• Partner with Commercial, Contracting, Pricing, Legal, Finance, and Compliance teams to translate business needs into clear, actionable technology requirements and user stories. 

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of contracting technology initiatives, including enhancements, integrations, and modernization efforts, ensuring quality, scalability, and regulatory compliance. 

• Serve as the primary point of accountability for product performance, value realization, and continuous improvement across the contracting technology portfolio. 

• Lead the application of AI, advanced analytics, and automation to modernize commercial platforms, enhancing customer engagement, pricing and revenue optimization, and data‑driven decision‑making while driving scalable and compliant commercial execution across sales, marketing, and customer operations. 

• Manage prioritization trade‑offs across multiple stakeholders while balancing speed, risk, cost, and business impact. 

• Collaborate with architecture, data, and platform teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise technology standards and long‑term roadmap. 

• Provide leadership and mentoring to product owners, analysts, and delivery partners within a matrixed environment. 

• Proactively identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve user experience, and enable data‑driven commercial decision‑making. 

Qualifications 

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field. 

• Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred. 

Experience and Skills 

Required: 

• 8–10 years of experience in technology product management, product ownership, or commercial IT, with demonstrated ownership of complex enterprise solutions. 

• Strong technical skills, including experience with enterprise commercial platforms (e.g., contracting, pricing, CRM, ERP integrations), Agile/Scrum methodologies, and product lifecycle management tools. 

• Proven business acumen with the ability to translate contracting, pricing, and commercial processes into scalable technology solutions that deliver measurable value. 

• Demonstrated leadership skills in influencing cross‑functional stakeholders, leading matrixed teams, and driving alignment without direct authority. 

• Experience working in regulated environments with strong understanding of compliance, data privacy, and internal control requirements. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product strategy, trade‑offs, and outcomes to senior business and IT leaders. 

Preferred: 

• Experience supporting US commercial contracting, pricing, or deal management within healthcare, medical devices, or life sciences. 

• Familiarity with data and analytics capabilities that support contract performance, profitability, and commercial insights. 

• Experience leading large‑scale technology transformations or platform modernizations. 

• Advanced leadership experience coaching product owners or delivery leads in a product‑centric operating model. 

Other: 

• Language: English proficiency required. 

• Travel: Up to 10–20% domestic travel as business needs require. 

• Certifications: Agile, SAFe, or product management certifications (preferred). 

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. 

 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. 

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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. 

 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. 

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