Associate Marketing Director

Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 125 years. We embrace research and science -- bringing creative ideas, products, and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Every day, our more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science, and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity. At Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, we are using our breadth, scale and experience to reimagine the way healthcare can be delivered and help people live longer, healthier lives. In a radically changing environment, we are making connections across science and technology to combine our own expertise in surgery, orthopaedics, vision and interventional solutions with the big ideas of others to design and deliver physician and patient-centric products and solutions. As pioneers in medical devices, we continually focus on elevating the standard of care-working to expand patient access, improve outcomes, reduce health system costs and drive value. We create people-cantered healthcare to help the patients we serve recover faster and live longer and more vibrantly. Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices is recruiting for the Associate Marketing Director role, Wound Closure and Biosurgery located in Mumbai. Position Title : Associate Marketing Director, Ethicon Wound Closure & Healing and Biosurgery Role Type : People Manager Department Name / Franchise : Ethicon Wound Closure & Healing and Biosurgery Sector: MedTech Position Location : Mumbai Reports to (Title): Business Unit Head - Ethicon Wound Closure & Healing and Biosurgery Business Overview : In collaboration with clinicians and healthcare experts around the world, Ethicon Wound Closure & Healing and Bios develops innovative surgical technologies and solutions to help address some of the most pressing health challenges of our time, such as surgical needs in cardiovascular, neuro-spine, cancer, general surgery and others. Patient care is never one-size-fits-all. Every person has different needs, so we innovate accordingly. We develop surgical and interventional solutions that center on the unique journey of every patient, and help to discover more efficient, groundbreaking pathways to healing. Our healthcare partners need a wide range of solutions to treat their patients. We look beyond traditional surgery to ensure clinicians have every option available. We explore and develop solutions across surgical approaches, from open surgery to laparoscopic, endoluminal and percutaneous, our goal is to equip teams with the tools they need to make a difference. Role Overview: Responsible for executing on a strong marketing model for the Ethicon Wound Closure & Biosurgery franchise with a focus on sustainable compliant growth that is consistent with the CREDO, company policy, and business goals. The expectation is to deliver topline and GP growth by driving marketing excellence and external focus, developing the capability of the marketing organization, and building for scale by focusing on customer needs in specific surgical specialties utilizing internal synergy and external partnerships via new GTMs and digital pathways in line with J&J's MedTech ambition. If you are someone who loves inspiring and installing marketing conviction large teams, wants to solve business problems, really cares about customer relationships, and is constantly looking for insights that can improve the customer experience, and believes in structured implementation of strategies, you should consider this role. No one works with infinite resources, so you are expected to drive the marketing operations efficiently. You are expected to work closely with the various enabling functions to drive the business forward. As you focus on delivering results, you need to focus on the long-term vision for the organization. Illustrative Responsibilities: Business Financial Results • Deliver the assigned Business revenue and GP plan for the business - Monthly / Qtrl'y / Annual • Understand customers' needs and market potential, and set direction, strategies, and plans to expand the market and realize market potential. • Analyze business KPIs including movement to advanced product mix to proactively identify marketing opportunities and risks, re-prioritize resources with one's marketing team, supply chain, sales leadership, and finance to maximize opportunities. Critical job capabilities • Key surgical specialty-based marketing for enhanced reach • Drive collective strength of Ethicon's power brands and market equity for Wound closure Biosurgery. • Build synergies to maximize reach and increase contribution from new GTMs, Channel Expertise, internal and external partnerships. • Develop marketing models with KPI's for evaluating performance of marketing initiatives by benchmarking competitive activities. • Shape market for focused surgical needs with market access tools • Drive data-based marketing interventions with financial acumen & market intel • Digital strategy for surgical specialty needs via a digital strategic roadmap. Customer Satisfaction • Develop and maintain strong relationships with all levels of customers to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction. Research and identify key customer critical success factors as a basis for identifying innovative opportunities that will deliver improved customer business performance and healthcare outcomes. Internal Business Processes • Manage internal relationships and processes enabling flexibility and responsiveness in drawing on internal specialists, accessing information and support as needed • Closely work with sales team and other functional partners through alignment and manage appropriate allocation and utilization of marketing resources/ budget. • Provide relevant information to sales and other support departments, to contribute to effective internal business processes, and to support effective decision-making and actions across the organization. • Implementation, tracking, effectiveness, and analysis of key marketing interventions / campaigns People Management • Develop a strong marketing team and ensure a competitive succession plan is in place for all the critical roles in marketing / sales organization. • Build synergy in the team, and with the other stakeholders through effective leadership • Build a strong team and talent pipeline through meticulous recruitment, implementing training and development plans to address development needs. • CREDO- conduct feedback and identify issues and action plans, and ensure completion of agreed-upon plans • Champion the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives Corporate Ethics • Drive CREDO culture in the team through participation in the company's Credo programs, communicate to the team about their individual responsibility towards the CREDO • Manage business within ethics and values expressed in Credo while actively pursuing business outcome Qualifications: • Post-graduation degree or diploma in Business Management. • Minimum of 10 Years of experience in marketing management with some people management experience • Some sales experience is preferred Other Requirements: • Experience in MedTech industry. • Advanced business acumen and strategic thinking mindset • Big Picture orientation and results driven • Inclusive leadership style • Superior communication, Leadership & people management skills • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships • A person with flexibility to adapt to challenging situations and ability to work under pressure

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