Senior Manager, Commercial Innovation

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 jnj.com . As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: Marketing Job Sub Function: Strategic Marketing Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America Job Description: We are currently searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager, Commercial Innovation to join our Orthopaedics team located in Warsaw, IN. Purpose: The Senior Manager, Commercial Innovation will support the DePuy Synthes Commercial Excellence organization as we build and scale a Commercial Intelligence Platform. This role will serve as a force multiplier for the Sr. Director, Strategic Customer Programs, helping translate strategic vision into actionable business outcomes.  The ideal candidate combines commercial acumen, consulting experience, process redesign expertise, and strong facilitation skills. The contractor will lead workstreams that identify, prioritize, and define high-value commercial AI use cases while helping design future-state workflows, operating models, launch strategies, and value realization frameworks.  This role will partner closely with Commercial Excellence, Pricing & Contracting, Commercial Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Data & Technology teams. Key Responsibilities & Deliverables  Commercial Use Case Discovery & Prioritization  Facilitate workshops across commercial functions to identify AI-enabled business opportunities.  Develop and maintain a commercial AI use case inventory.  Assess use cases based on strategic value, financial impact, scalability, data readiness, and adoption potential.  Develop business cases and recommendation materials for leadership review.  Future-State Workflow & Operating Model Design  Document current-state commercial processes and decision workflows.  Design future-state workflows incorporating AI-driven recommendations and agentic capabilities.  Facilitate commemorating decision rights, escalation paths, and governance considerations.  Identify opportunities to eliminate manual effort and improve commercial decision-making.  Commercial Intelligence Launch & Rollout Planning  Support development of phased rollout strategies across commercial domains.  Assist in launch planning activities for new workflows and platform capabilities.  Create leadership-ready content to support launch activities and stakeholder engagement.  Help establish repeatable frameworks for future deployments.  Workshop Facilitation & Stakeholder Engagement  Lead discovery sessions and design workshops with commercial leaders.  Facilitate cross-functional working teams.  Drive action tracking and follow-through across transformation initiatives.  Support commercial domain councils and governance forums.  Qualifications / Requirements:

10+ years of experience in orthopedics, preferably in business transformation, commercial strategy, or operational improvement.  Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.  Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.  Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Experience leading cross-functional transformation initiatives.  AI,