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 MedTech, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Marketing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

JOB SUMMARY

Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Electrophysiology is recruiting for a Manager, GSM - Competitive Insights to join its Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) team in Irvine, California.

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 MedTech, 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

The Manager, GSM - Competitive Insights leads Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s electrophysiology activities surrounding coverage of competitive activities as well as scientific insights from the podium at relevant conferences including collecting, synthesizing, and distribution of insights and recommended actions. Working closely with product managers, this marketing leader will also support the development and sharing of new product and portfolio competitive positioning. This role will source insights form industry conferences, competitor activities such as earnings calls and webinars, and from regional and field teams. This role balances relationship-building, strategic, creative, and analytical thinking to develop insights that raises internal awareness of key competitor insights to position the business as a leader in the electrophysiology space today and into the future.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will:

• At industry congresses in electrophysiology, attend scientific sessions on competitive technology and deliver key findings to senior leaders and the broader organization. After each congress, own the creation and delivery of competitive intelligence updates.
• Lead, prioritize, and execute strategic and tactical marketplace and competitive insight projects and activities, including leading external people resources.
• Maintain a repository of anticipated new product launch timing and clinical trial status.
• Provide foundational understanding of competitive positioning to ensure that new products and programs are grounded in context of competitive marketplace dynamics
• Partner with GSM colleagues to develop response to competitor products. Collaborate with regional commercial teams to tailor global rebuttal messaging to meet local needs, while ensuring key global messaging is consistent.
• Lead and actively support annual cadence of Strategic Planning events, in close collaboration with cross-functional partners. Identify key strategic topics to investigate and partner to develop and present findings to the JJMT EP Leadership Team.
• Deepen our organization's understanding of cardiac ablation market trends, uncover areas of opportunity and risk, and translate insights into actionable strategies and tactics.
• Build expertise in cardiac ablation procedures to frame competitors and new technologies in the context of clinical jobs and unmet needs.
• Apply clinical knowledge of competitor products, data presentations to date, and industry trends to support and shape podium strategies for JJMT EP.
• Support GSM, Finance, and global commercial teams on all enterprise processes, including Business Planning, IRR/SQI reporting, and Portfolio Reviews.

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required. MBA and/or advanced professional certifications are preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 4+ years of relevant business experience required, 6+ years preferred, with experience in marketing, finance, strategy, business development, selling or a related field preferred
• Experience in the healthcare, medical device, or cardiovascular disease area.
• High level of intellectual curiosity that drives proactive analyses of new market trends to develop actionable insights and strategy.
• Role requires a passion for problem solving, customer understanding, and simplifying the complex.
• Ability to link competitive insights to portfolio positioning and pipeline development strategy.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with MS office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• The ability to prioritize tasks, leading several projects at a time, and eliminating/overcoming unproductive, low priority, or low probability tasks and projects
• 25% travel required, including internationally.

Preferred:

• Experience in electrophysiology, including knowledge of the competitive landscape.
• Proven record of influencing across a matrixed organization as a result of strong collaboration skills.
• Experience in financial analysis.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$100,000 - $172,500

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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