Senior Manager, Knowledge Management

Johnson & Johnson

Senior Manager leading knowledge management strategies and operations within DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics team. Overseeing learning programs and ensuring compliance in medical affairs.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,000 - $235,750 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in knowledge management strategy, curriculum development, and stakeholder engagement within the medical and scientific domains. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects in regulated environments.

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Knowledge Management StrategyCurriculum DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementRegulated Environment ExperienceCross-Functional Leadership

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Hard Skills

Training DesignEvidence RetrievalSystematic Literature SearchingMetrics DefinitionQuality AssuranceProgram Impact MeasurementNegotiation with PublishersLicensing ManagementContent CurationOperational Delivery

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationLeadershipCollaborationStrategic ThinkingProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

Learning Management SystemsEvidence Surveillance PlatformsLiterature Search ToolsContent Management SystemsData Tracking Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeMDPARNMSNMSPharmDPhD

Industry Keywords

Medical AffairsMedical DeviceLife SciencesClinical ProficiencyRegulatory ComplianceEvidence DossiersCross-Functional TeamsOrganizational SeparationCurriculum QualityStakeholder Engagement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute a knowledge management strategy that transforms the culture of learning and scientific proficiency across clinical, medical, and scientific stakeholders.
Provides leadership and represent knowledge management in cross-functional steering groups, governance forums, and change programs.
Ensure continuity of knowledge services and maintain institutional memory through planned transition activities related to organizational separations.
Own strategy, governance, and operational delivery of the Orthopaedics University learning program for clinical and scientific audiences.
Drive development, curation, and quality assurance of curriculum, learning modules, and resource libraries to build clinical and scientific proficiency.
Expand program reach and engagement per organizational targets, define metrics, tracking, and outreach plans to meet those milestones.
Lead program-level activities required to support organizational separation or reorganization.
Coordinate with regional Orthopaedics medical & scientific teams to align content, training priorities, and faculty participation; drive collaboration and regional rollouts.
Establish measures of program impact (enrollment, completion, satisfaction, changes in competency or practice) and deliver regular reports to stakeholders.
Own publisher engagement and coordinate licensing, copyright/re-use requests, and subscription terms.
Oversee journal/subscription strategy and coordinate closely with procurement, legal, and licensing contacts to resolve access or entitlement issues.
Set standards and oversight for reproducible literature searches and evidence retrieval used by Medical and Scientific Affairs.
Ensure availability of high-priority evidence, alerts, and concise summaries to support clinical, safety, and regulatory needs.
Manage Library Services Manager and literature search contractors; set SLAs, priorities, and quality expectations.
Serve as a senior partner to Medical Affairs, Clinical, Safety, Regulatory and Commercial stakeholders to translate needs into learning and evidence products.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; MD, PA, RN, MSN, MS, PharmD, PhD degree preferred
8+ years in Medical Affairs, Medical Excellence, Medical Knowledge or related roles in the medical device or life‑science industry with demonstrated cross‑functional leadership
Experience designing and delivering training or curriculum for clinicians or scientific audiences
Experience in a regulated environment (pharmaceuticals or medical device) supporting systematic reviews or evidence dossiers
Experience implementing or supporting in-house or third-party platforms for systematic literature searching, evidence surveillance, or learning management systems
Prior experience negotiating with publishers or managing copyright/re-use workflows
Strategic leadership for knowledge and learning programs
Strong stakeholder management across Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, and Commercial teams
Comfortable with evidence and literature concepts; able to set standards for reproducible searches and interpret usage/impact metrics
Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce concise, actionable summaries for leaders

Benefits

Comp & perks

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)).
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