Senior Manager, Incentive Compensation – Trauma Business Unit

Role Overview

• Serve as a trusted advisor and subject-matter expert to business and functional leaders on incentive strategy, performance measurement, and compensation design.
• Ensure all elements of field rewards are clearly linked to business priorities, growth objectives, and go-to-market strategy, within established C&E governance frameworks.
• Maintain external perspective through benchmarking and market trend analysis to ensure programs remain competitive and forward-looking.
• Lead the full incentive compensation lifecycle for the Trauma Business Unit, including:
• Annual and long-range business planning and goal setting
• Field alignment to the Business Plan through disciplined quota and goal-setting processes
• Incentive plan design, scenario modeling, and financial impact analysis
• Budgeting, forecasting, and ongoing financial management
• Go-to-market (GTM) model support for both direct and indirect selling teams
• Own ongoing performance tracking, reporting, and advanced analytics to evaluate effectiveness and inform continuous improvement.
• Independently lead complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning commercial, finance, HR, and technology partners.
• Partner with field leadership to optimize program ROI, simplify execution, and improve field experience.
• Lead compensation-related change management efforts, ensuring clarity, adoption, and sustained impact.
• Directly manage and develop a team of analysts, fostering a high-performance, growth-oriented culture.
• Collaborate across the broader C&E organization and Johnson & Johnson MedTech network to share best practices and drive consistency where appropriate.
• Own compensation communications and field training, translating complex concepts into clear, actionable insights.
• Guide the development and enhancement of advanced tools, systems, and analytics to improve incentive program execution, transparency, and scalability.
• May take on enterprise-level C&E initiatives beyond the Trauma Business Unit, contributing to broader organizational impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Proven experience leading teams and developing talent
• Strong ability to influence across functions and senior leadership levels
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into business insights
• Experience in financial, statistical, and/or predictive modeling using latest data management and AI toolsets
• Experience in one or more of the following: Healthcare or medical device field sales support
• Incentive compensation or total rewards
• Commercial finance, analytics, or strategy
• Experience operating in complex, matrixed organizations

Tech Stack

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Benefits

• 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 period
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year