Associate Director, HEMA, Surgical Robotics

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


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Job Function:

Market Access

Job Sub Function:

Health Economics Market Access

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

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

About MedTech

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

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

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting an Associate Director, Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) for the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Robotic and Digital business, with a focus on surgical robotics.

Reporting to the Director, HEMA (Robotics and Digital Solutions), the Associate Director, Health Economics & Market Access for Surgical Robotics partners cross-functionally to build and execute integrated health economic and market access strategies for the OTTAVA Platform.

This role will: (i) identify evidence gaps and collaborate with hospitals to execute economic studies and real-world evidence generation (e.g., retrospective EMR studies, time-and-motion studies, analysis analyses); (ii) partner with hospital administrators and surgeons to understand and execute evidence generation opportunities to demonstrate the clinical, operational and economic value of J&J's robotic products; (iii) partner with Clinical on protocol design so endpoints and health economics data address access needs; (iv) lead evidence dissemination, including customer-facing materials that support the value proposition and adoption of J&J's robotic products; and (v) partner with regional HEMA teams to ensure key regional requirements inform the overall US market access strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the economic evidence strategy for surgical robotics by identifying evidence gaps and prioritizing endpoints and studies that support the value proposition and stakeholder needs.
• Co-design pragmatic, feasible study protocols with hospital partners and the Clinical team.
• Oversee study execution, including site selection, data collection, and analysis.
• Translate evidence into customer-facing materials (e.g., value story brief, cost-of-care analysis, hospital case studies) for hospital C-suite and administrative leaders.
• Partner with US Sales and global teams to deliver consistent value messages supported by appropriate education, tools, and evidence.
• Assess market access needs and trends and help develop strategies to support adoption and commercial success.
• Represent the voice of external, non-clinical stakeholders (e.g., hospital administrators) and ensure market access requirements are reflected in the product pipeline and value proposition.

What you will bring

Required

• Advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD, MHA, MBA) in a healthcare-related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the healthcare industry.
• Experience in hospital operations, healthcare consulting or the MedTech industry
• Strategic thinking to translate clinical and operational questions into a rigorous, pragmatic evidence program.
• Communication and storytelling skills to translate complex evidence into succinct value narratives and customer materials.
• Influencing and collaboration skills; credibility with clinical, commercial, and hospital audiences.
• Healthcare acumen and understanding of the external marketplace and market access requirements that drive adoption.

Preferred

• Prior experience working in a hospital setting with management responsibility for robotic service lines is highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of OR operations and robotic surgery programs (e.g., scheduling, staffing models, clinical pathways, key performance indicators).
• Clinical operations literacy and fluency with OR workflows and the language of surgical teams and hospital administrators.
• Analytical rigor and attention to detail (sound study designs, transparent assumptions, reproducible analyses).
• Ability to interpret and communicate health economic deliverables (e.g., cost analyses, budget impact analyses).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including contracting and partnering with hospitals, clinicians, and administrators.
• Project management experience leading health outcomes research from concept through publication, including hospital and vendor coordination.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center ( ) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Commercial Awareness, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Global Market, Go-to-Market Strategies, Health Economics, Health Intelligence, Market Knowledge, Market Opportunity Assessment, Mentorship, Organizing, Pricing Strategies, Regulatory Compliance, Strategic Change, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$137,000.00 - $235,750.00

For Bay Area:

$157,000.00 - $271,400.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000-235,750.00

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis. ·

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market."

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). xywuqvp


This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation -120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado -48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington -56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays -13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
• Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year

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