Surgical Manager

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.

Job Function:
Marketing
Job Sub Function:
Product Management
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Job Title: Marketing Manager – Market Development
Reports to: Group Marketing Manager

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Marketing Manager to lead strategic growth initiatives across our Wound Closure & Biosurgery portfolios. This role combines market development, strategic execution, and team leadership to deliver highly impactful outcomes. Key focus responsibilities include:

• Specialty expansion for Wound Closure into C-Section and Plastic Surgery
• Strategy expansion for Biosurgery to expand product adoption vs primary methods
• Leadership of our Wound Closure & Biosurgery Omnichannel marketing strategy
• Ownership of Biopatch strategy and leadership of hybrid sales team
• Leadership of Inside Sales strategy, including management of direct reports

The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker and a hands-on leader, capable of driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and developing high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Specialty Expansion – Wound Closure

• Develop and execute marketing strategies to penetrate C-Section and Plastic Surgery markets.
• Conduct market analysis, segmentation, and competitive benchmarking to identify target opportunities.
• Collaborate with clinical teams to build evidence-based value propositions and educational content.

2. Biosurgery Strategy Development

• Develop and execute the Expand Product Adoption (EPA) of the Biosurgery portfolio vs Primary methods in our focus specialties.
• Develop a UK specific approach to Patient Blood Management (PBM) that feeds into the broader EPA strategy in the UK.
• Align local execution with global EPA & PBM strategy to maximize impact and consistency.

3. Omnichannel Marketing Leadership

• Design and implement an omnichannel approach integrating digital, field, and educational channels across the Wound Closure & Biosurgery portfolio focusing on targeted NPI’s campaigns.
• Act as the direct link between the regional Omnichannel team and the UK to drive regional and global campaign strategy.
• Optimize customer engagement through data-driven insights and tailored content.

4. Inside Sales Leadership & Team Management

• Develop and execute an inside sales strategy to complement field efforts and drive incremental growth.
• Manage and coach direct reports, setting clear objectives, providing regular feedback, and fostering professional development.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.

5. Biopatch Strategy & Sales Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end Biopatch portfolio strategy, focusing on securing current customer base and expanding footprint into new clinical areas.
• Responsible for developing assets and supporting materials for sales team execution.
• Develop and implement a commercial proposal focused on taking competitive share in WIN accounts.
• Lead the UK hybrid sales team through direct leadership.

6. Performance Measurement & Insights

• Define KPIs for specialty expansion, omnichannel engagement, and sales enablement.
• Monitor performance, analyze data, and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical standards in all marketing activities.

Leadership Expectations

• Act as a role model for cross-functional collaboration and customer-centricity.
• Inspire and motivate team members to achieve ambitious goals.
• Drive innovation and best practices in marketing and sales enablement.
• Represent the marketing function in leadership forums and strategic planning sessions.

Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of marketing experience in MedTech or healthcare, with proven success in strategy development and execution.
• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills.
• Expertise in omnichannel marketing, sales enablement, and market development.
• An effective communicator who can present in a clear, engaging and inspiring manner both your aims and objectives, and the expectations of others.
• Effective delegation and prioritization skills to enable you to work with efficiency and focus while empowering others around you to broaden their leadership experience.
• Experience in team leadership, including managing direct reports preferred.

What to expect:
You will be joining a highly motivated, diverse, passionate team that is fully focused on achieving earlier access to optimal surgical interventions, delivered in an environmentally and commercially sustainable way. You will be reporting to the Group Marketing Manager and working closely with the extended leadership team to engage all relevant internal (local, regional and global) colleagues to align behind your plan to ensure profitable, above market growth.

What type of mark will YOU make?
By joining Johnson & Johnson you will find boundless opportunities to craft your path & amplify your impact inside & outside our walls. And with our commitment to be the world’s healthiest workforce you can strengthen your body as well as your mind. When you work at Johnson & Johnson you can touch over a billion lives worldwide every day. And when you apply your talent to our collective purpose there’s no end to the lasting impact we can make together. And that changes everything.

What’s in it for YOU?
It’s important to us that you feel you can bring your whole self to work; at Johnson & Johnson we provide an environment for you to fulfill your career aspirations as well as promoting your physical and mental wellbeing. As part of our offering, you will receive a competitive compensation and benefits package as well as benefits that can be tailored to what is valuable to you throughout different stages of your life. Examples of this include; online Digital GP, private healthcare, Retail Vouchers, Discounted & Subsidised Gym memberships and you can get to support community projects as part of our global Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

Johnson & Johnson is a supporter of equal opportunities and is a proud member of Disability Confident.

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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Brand Marketing, Brand Positioning Strategy, Business Storytelling, Customer Centricity, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Others, Digital Strategy, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategies, Resource Allocation, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking.