Senior Manager, Industry Meetings Strategy- Orthopedics

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Job Function:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Events

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

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 Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Senior Manager Industry Meetings/Trade Show Strategy  for Joint Reconstruction located in Warsaw, IN, West Chester, PA, Raynham, MA, or Palm Beach Gardens, FL.  This role will report into the Joint Reconstruction Marketing Services Team.

Position Summary

The Industry Meetings/Trade Show Strategy Senior Manager is a strategic marketing role within the Marketing Services organization responsible for the planning, governance, execution, and optimization of industry meetings, conferences, congresses, trade shows, and customer engagement events with Joint Reconstruction in the US.

This role serves as a liaison between Marketing, Strategic Meetings Management (SMM), Communications, and external agency partners to ensure industry meetings deliver measurable business outcomes and exceptional customer experiences.

The individual will lead meeting strategy, content integration, branding, budget oversight, and operational excellence while partnering closely with Strategic Meetings Management on logistics, compliance, contracting, and event execution for Joint Reconstruction. The role functions as the "Meeting Captain" for priority events and provides strategic oversight other strategic, smaller-scale meetings.

Responsibilities

Industry Meeting Strategy & Planning

• Develop and execute the annual industry meetings and congress strategy aligned with business, commercial, and marketing objectives.
• Establish event objectives, customer engagement strategies, success metrics, and post-event measurement plans.
• Prioritize and optimize participation across key meetings.
• Partner with Product Marketing and commercial leaders to identify high-impact opportunities for customer engagement
• Serve as strategic lead for flagship meetings.

Partnership with Strategic Meetings Management (SMM)

• Act as the primary Marketing partner to Strategic Meetings Management.
• Collaborate on event planning timelines, resource requirements, staffing models, compliance requirements, agency engagement, and operational execution.
• Ensure meeting strategies are effectively translated into executable event plans.
• Participate in event planning meetings and governance reviews to align business objectives with operational requirements.
• Support continuous improvement of meeting management processes and best practices.

Customer Experience & Engagement Strategy

• Design differentiated customer experiences that increase engagement and strengthen brand perception.
• Lead attendee journey planning across pre-event, onsite, and post-event touchpoints.

Brand, Content & Communications Integration

• Ensure consistent and compelling brand presence across all meeting assets and customer-facing experiences.
• Partner with Marketing Communications and Digital teams to develop integrated event communication plans.
• Ensure meeting content aligns with broader campaign and marketing priorities.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead planning efforts across Marketing, Professional Education, Professional Relations, Sales, Medical Affairs, Commercial Excellence, and external partners.
• Facilitate alignment on event priorities, investments, deliverables, and business goals.
• Influence stakeholders across functions without direct authority.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams, agencies, and vendors supporting meeting activities.

Budget & Performance Management

• Manage event-related budgets and investment recommendations for assigned meetings and congresses.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, Event Management, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• 10-12+  years of progressive experience in marketing, strategic meetings, congress planning, customer engagement, event marketing, or related commercial functions.
• Experience leading large-scale national or international conferences and customer-facing events.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Strategic Meetings Management or event operations organizations.
• Healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industry experience required.
• Experience working with agency partners and managing complex event budgets.

Competencies

Strategic Leadership

• Ability to connect industry meeting investments to business and commercial objectives.
• Strong strategic thinking and customer-centric mindset.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Project & Operational Excellence

• Proven ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent follow-through and execution discipline.

Marketing Expertise

• Understanding of brand strategy, customer experience design, campaign integration, and content development.
• Familiarity with digital marketing, social media activation, and omnichannel engagement strategies.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. 

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
 

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:

Agility Jumps, Brand Positioning Strategy, Brand Recognition, Customer Analytics, Customer Experience Management, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Developing Others, Event Management, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Marketing Campaign Management, Market Knowledge, Organizational Project Management, Service Excellence, Strategic Thinking, Succession Planning, Vendor Management

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$122,000.00 - $212,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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)).



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