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Job Function:

Customer Management

Job Sub Function:

External Customer/Product Training

Job Category:

People Leader

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 Director of Clinical Simulation – Johnson & Johnson Institutes to join our MedTech Surgery business located at our Cincinnati, OH site with an alternate location of our Raritan, NJ site.

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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

Envision crafting the future of clinical education at a global scale—where innovation, science, and purpose converge to transform how healthcare professionals learn and how patients ultimately experience care. As Director of Clinical Simulation for the Johnson & Johnson Institutes, you will play a defining role in accelerating the learning and training of healthcare professionals worldwide through innovative clinical simulation. This is a rare opportunity to lead with vision, setting the gold standard for how simulation enables the safe, effective, and confident use of Johnson & Johnson technologies—impacting the lives of millions of patients around the world.

In this leadership role, you will lead all aspects of operations for seven Johnson & Johnson Institutes laboratories in the United States while driving outstanding clinical simulation practices across a global network of 24 Institutes. You will develop strategy, elevate standards, and encourage teams across regions, ensuring that our simulation environments reflect the future of medical education—immersive, high‑fidelity, ethical, and relentlessly focused on improving patient outcomes.

Job Summary

The Director of Clinical Simulation is responsible for the direct oversight of the Johnson & Johnson Institutes laboratories in the United States. This includes the establishment and governance of all associated laboratory operations, safety procedures, tissue procurement, coordination of lab resources, and alignment with Business Unit instrumentation and equipment needs for lab‑based programs.

This role also drives global guidelines across the Johnson & Johnson Institute Network, comprising 24 Institutes worldwide, including the development of high‑fidelity clinical simulation models, guidance on innovative lab infrastructure, and the creation and deployment of biosafety protocols and procedures.

In addition, the Director leads the Clinical Education Specialists field-based team, ensuring the planning, execution, and compliance of all field‑based labs conducted in external venues such as third‑party labs, hospitals, and universities.
 

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Under general direction of the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Education Technology organization, and in accordance with all applicable federal, state, local, and corporate regulations, the Director of Clinical Simulation will:

• Lead the Clinical Simulation team, with accountability for organization design, talent development, performance management, and training
• Establish standardized clinical simulation processes and expectations to be followed by all Business Units, regardless of program location
• Develop, deploy, and govern lab safety and biosafety protocols across all training locations
• Lead the clinical simulation budget (greater than $5M USD), including financial planning, reconciliation, and cost optimization
• Establish and handle strategic vendor relationships, lab costs, and pricing agreements
• Optimize utilization of Johnson & Johnson Institutes facilities by resolving cross‑functional priorities
• Represent Clinical Simulation in key enterprise and cross‑functional forums, including the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Bio Risk Community of Practice and the Enterprise Animal Welfare Council
• Provide strategic direction for dashboards, metrics, and supporting systems to measure performance, compliance, and impact
• Lead third‑party facility contracting and approval processes for professional education and R&D training venues
• Communicate business‑critical issues, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership
• Ensure adherence to all Health, Safety, Environmental, and regulatory requirements, and that all vital resources are available and maintained
• Ensure personal and team compliance with all company policies, procedures, and applicable regulations

Experience & Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 8–10 years of experience leading a laboratory or clinical simulation environment
• Minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience
• Proven track record to coordinate and prioritize multiple sophisticated projects simultaneously
• Experience establishing and operating multiple clinical or training lab facilities strongly preferred
• Proven organisational change experience
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization
• Outstanding attention to detail and dedication to operational excellence

Required Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

• MedTech product and/or procedural clinical experience
• Deep subject‑matter expertise in clinical simulation methodologies
• Strong project management capabilities
• Experience building and leading strategic partnerships
• Business and financial competence, including budget ownership
• Technology‑savvy, with the ability to integrate diverse fields into innovative simulation models and learning experiences
• Strong stakeholder management and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Validated ability to lead, develop, and encourage high‑performing teams

Travel

• Travel requirement: approximately 35–40%

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:

Business Development, Continuous Improvement, Customer-Support, Customer Support Operations, Customer Support Platforms, Customer Support Trends, Customer Training, Developing Others, Escalation Management, Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Learning Culture, Performance Measurement, Problem Management, Process Improvements, Relationship Building

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$150,000.00 - $258,750.00

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.