Surgical Innovation Manager (Sports Medicine)

Location: Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, or San Francisco, United States; candidates must be within 90 minutes of an airport in the assigned geography and able to travel 50–75% within the United States.

Base pay: $114,000–$182,850 annually; Bay Area range: $131,000–$210,450 annually.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare and orthopaedic solutions, including less invasive treatments, surgical technologies, and personalized care products.

What you will do

• Lead regional commercial strategy and operating plans for Sports Surgical innovation priorities.
• Coordinate Sales, Marketing, Commercial Education, Professional Education, Strategic Accounts, Finance, Supply Chain, distributors, and other partners.
• Own launch readiness and execution for new products and strategic programs, including market prioritization, customer targeting, inventory coordination, governance, and performance tracking.
• Lead high-value customer evaluations, competitive conversions, portfolio growth plans, and adoption of sports surgical products and procedural solutions.
• Develop sales education covering product use, procedures, clinical value, competitive differentiation, and strategic selling.
• Engage surgeons, key opinion leaders, academic medical centers, professional societies, and other partners to support education, advocacy, and innovation priorities.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is highly preferred.
• A valid driver’s license from one of the fifty United States is required.
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in medical devices, orthopaedics, Sports Surgical sales, marketing, commercial strategy, or a related field.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives, product launches, customer evaluations, competitive conversions, or field enablement programs.
• Strong strategic, financial, communication, presentation, stakeholder management, decision-making, and commercial execution skills.
• Knowledge of Sports Surgical products, clinical and surgical procedures, healthcare compliance, regulatory policies, and consultative selling is preferred.

Nice to have

• Sports Surgical experience.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience with portfolio expansion, strategic account targeting, and competitive differentiation.
• Experience partnering with academic medical centers, fellowship programs, and professional societies.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on individual dignity, diversity, accountability, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Participation in pension and 401(k) savings plans, subject to plan terms.
• Eligibility for the long-term incentive program.
• Vacation, sick time, holidays, personal and family time, parental leave, caregiver leave, bereavement leave, volunteer leave, and military spouse time-off are provided subject to applicable policies and eligibility.