Sales Associate, Trauma (Orthopaedics)

Location: Portland, Oregon, United States; residence in or willingness to relocate to the posted territory required

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops orthopaedic and surgical solutions through its DePuy Synthes business, including trauma, joint reconstruction, spine, sports medicine, and robotic and digital surgery products.

What you will do

• Support sales objectives, customer retention, product conversions, and market-share growth across the assigned territory.
• Guide surgeons in the operating room by presenting, demonstrating, and supporting proper use of trauma products.
• Attend surgeries, confirm equipment availability and performance, optimize instrument trays, and advise operating-room and sterile-processing teams.
• Troubleshoot technical issues, respond to customer requests, manage hospital billing, and create or close purchase orders.
• Maintain and deploy equipment and assets, track product availability, and keep promotional materials and service offerings at required quality standards.
• Share customer and market insights with sales, clinical, marketing, and strategic-account teams while managing surgeon and account relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; or an associate degree or medical certification such as CST or PT plus at least two years of related experience; or at least four years of related experience; recently transitioned from active military duty is also accepted.
• Ability to work in a laboratory and operating-room environment.
• Valid driver’s license issued in the United States.
• Residence in or willingness to relocate to the Portland, Oregon territory.
• Ability to travel, including possible weekend and overnight travel.
• Strong communication, negotiation, influencing, strategic-thinking, problem-solving, organization, self-motivation, and business-acumen skills.

Nice to have

• Technical product knowledge of surgical instruments, procedures, protocols, and solutions.
• Experience with account management, relationship building, solutions selling, market research, sales presentations, and healthcare trends.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment that values individual contributions, diversity, and dignity.
• Opportunity to support orthopaedic solutions used in trauma care and other surgical specialties.
• Employment is expected to transition to DePuy Synthes following the planned separation of the Orthopaedics business, subject to required approvals and processes.
• Commission-based clinical sales function with employment programs and benefit plans governed by the applicable employing organization.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review.
• Short recorded video interview followed by a recruiter phone conversation.
• One or two interviews with the hiring manager and team, followed by country-specific checks for successful candidates.