Marketing Manager, Portfolio Strategy & Lifecycle Management

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

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About Vision

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 on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

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

We are searching for the best talent for a Marketing Manager, Portfolio Strategy & Lifecycle Management to join our J&J Vision team.  This position is based in Irvine, CA.   

Purpose:

The Marketing Manager will play a critical role in shaping the future of the surgical vision portfolio. This individual will support the development and execution of the long-term global portfolio strategy, lead day-to-day lifecycle management (LCM) activities, and collaborate across regions and cross-functional teams to ensure business continuity, compliance, and competitiveness amid evolving regulatory and market dynamics.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, strong project manager, and collaborative partner who can simplify complexity, work independently, and influence without authority. This role offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to JJSV’s largest product platform and to support innovation that impacts millions of patients globally.

You will be responsible for:

Portfolio Strategy & Market Insights

• Support global portfolio strategy development for the TECNIS cataract suite, informed by insights, competitive assessments, clinical trends, and market needs.
• Conduct portfolio analyses to evaluate performance, pricing, mix, evidence needs, and long-term strategic opportunities.
• Support business cases, scenario planning, and strategic recommendations for future portfolio evolution.

Lifecycle Management (LCM) Execution

• Lead project management of the global IOL LCM strategy, ensuring milestones, deliverables, risk mitigation, and cross-functional alignment.
• Partner with Supply Chain, R&D, RA/QA, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Finance, P2P, and Regional Marketing and Regional LCM teams to ensure successful execution.
• Track financial and operational impact across LCM programs, including margin, COGS, SKU optimization, and capacity considerations.
• Develop clear, visual dashboards to track program progress, identify risks, and communicate updates to senior leadership and governance bodies.
• Maintain program documentation, timelines, stakeholder updates, and governance submissions (ICLT, IPT, PMR).
• Spearhead process and system changes to support automation of process
• Provide process improvements based on learnings and recommendations

Core Portfolio Support

• Support the global strategy, positioning, and evidence/messaging needs for the TECNIS Monofocal and OVD product line.
• Partner with regional teams to gather insights, align on market needs, and support commercial execution.

Cross-Functional & Regional Collaboration

• Act as day-to-day contact for regional marketing partners to support alignment, communication, and execution readiness.
• Build strong relationships across key functional partners to support portfolio, LCM, and brand strategy.
• Support creation of strategic narratives, value propositions, marketing materials, and internal/external communications.

Team & Organizational Leadership

• Contribute to a high-performing, collaborative team culture.
• Support knowledge-sharing and mentorship of junior team members.
• Uphold and integrate Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years business experience is required.
• Experience in strategic marketing, upstream marketing, product management, or related commercial function.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end life cycle management for highly regulated industry and driving SKU rationalization.
• Understanding demand planning and the ability to interpret demand inputs, supply considerations and inventory needs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional projects with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to translate technical information into clear, customer-relevant insights.
• Experience managing timelines, stakeholders, and multiple priorities in a matrixed environment.
• Up to 10% domestic or international travel may be required.

Preferred:

• Experience in medical devices, ophthalmology, or other regulated healthcare categories.
• Prior experience to lifecycle management, portfolio optimization, SKU rationalization, or capacity strategy.
• Experience supporting global or regional marketing in diverse markets.
• Proficiency with Excel dashboards, analytics, and data visualization tools.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $102,000 to $175,950.

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.

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)).

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.
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year.
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year.

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to:  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits.

This job posting is anticipated to close on 12/31/25.  The Company may, however, extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

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, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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