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 https://www.jnj.com **Job Function:** Marketing **Job Sub** **Function:** Marketing Insights & Analytics **Job Category:** Professional **All Job Posting Locations:** Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America **Job Description:** Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a **Manager US Strategic Business Insights - Market Research JJMT Surgery** to join our MedTech Surgery business located at our Raritan, NJ site, with alternate site locations of Cincinnati, OH. **About Surgery** 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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech **Position Summary** This position is responsible for generating, integrating and translating insights from market research into growth opportunities and tactics that shape decisions and drive organizational action. This position plays a key role in advising and counseling business partners in the development of new and existing business strategies. This position resides within the Commercial Excellence/Digital & Commercial Innovation team and will play a critical part in supporting the Senior Manager of Market Research while also leading independent research initiatives that inform both Portfolio and Platform strategies. The manager will lead collaboration across teams, inspire without authority, and encourage sensible risk-taking. They will pursue novel research solutions that uncover meaningful insights about patient and professional’s needs. The individual will be accountable for making Johnson & Johnson Credo-based decisions and encouraging a Credo-based culture. **Major Duties & Responsibilities** + Influence multiple stakeholders to ensure a data driven, insight approach to key business decisions and maximum impact + Participate in/lead market research initiatives to build a comprehensive and end-to-end understanding of market and customer dynamics, unmet needs to shape and refine patient and customer focused solutions + Focus on key business questions/issues and frame business problems into research plans + Support and Lead Market Research projects: + Work closely with 3rd party vendors (identify appropriate supplier partners) + Work closely with marketing and other key stakeholders to ensure input/output is optimized + Develop robust research designs that include stakeholder engagement at every step + Proactive execution and delivery of market research driven insights that address knowledge gaps and find opportunities. + Flawless execution of all activity + Apply basic consulting skills, including consultative listening, problem definition, hypothesis generation, data analysis, translation to value, and oral and written presentation for impact + Cultivate meaningful internal and external partnerships, adding new value by uncovering unmet needs and creating actionable insights + Present findings in a clear manner, effectively communicating recommendations to cross-functional teams and brand teams. + Collaborate with business partners to develop long-term plans grounded in customer (research driven) insights to accelerate profitable business growth and competitiveness + Serve as SME to deliver compelling results to teammates, stakeholders and leadership + Contribute to a highly engaged and productive team culture with a focus on personal/professional development **Qualifications** + BS/BA in business, marketing, or market research related degree required + MBA, MS or other advanced degrees are preferred, including post-graduate healthcare education + 5 years of market research or directly related experience required + Experience in medical devices, hospital specialty, consumer, or healthcare field + Knowledge across a broad spectrum of market research and analytical approaches and ability to identify the appropriate approaches to address key business questions + Ability to travel up to 15% domestically. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:** + Comfort in storytelling and developing effective presentations through compelling visualizations of data with comprehensive and impactful recommendations and solutions that drive key decisions + Proven success partnering cross-functionally to integrate analytics and insights and then translate into actionable recommendations. + Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and integrity to define key business questions with a focused approach to solving through research and analytical solutions + High degree of business sense and strategic thinking + Ability to be a leader in a complex, rapidly evolving environment + Proven track record of working in a matrixed environment where a high degree of collaboration is critical + Strong interdependent partnering skills; influence and consensus-building skills + Strong project management skills, creative thinking and problem-solving skills + High Technical Skills that include Tableau, MS Office, Qlik, SAS, Power BI and other data tool sets is desirable + Knowledge and experience designing and completing primary market research + Knowledge of and experience with secondary market research tools (e.g. DRG, Provider databases) and techniques + Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite are required **Benefits Summary:** + Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. + Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). + This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. + Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: + Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year + Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year + Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year + Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below! https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits 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 & 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, external applicants please contact us via_ _https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers_ _. Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource._ **Required Skills:** **Preferred Skills:** Analytical Reasoning, Big Data Management, Brand Positioning Strategy, Business Data Analysis, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Customer Analytics, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategies, Industry Analysis, Innovation, Marketing Insights, Market Knowledge, Process Improvements, Quality Validation, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility **The anticipated base pay range for this position is :** $102,000 - $177,100 Additional Description for Pay Transparency: 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.