Commercial Quality Southern Cluster Manager - Surgery
About this opportunity
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 jnj.com .
As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.
Job Function:
Quality
Job Sub Function:
Customer/Commercial Quality
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Job Description:
About the Role:
Lead Commercial Quality operations for Johnson & Johnson’s Surgery business across the Southern Cluster, bringing together Market Quality, Quality Management Systems, and Handling, Storage and Distribution (HSD). You will connect country teams and cross-functional partners to strengthen compliance, harmonize processes and resolve quality challenges. Reporting to the Surgery Commercial Quality Senior Manager, will lead the assigned team, turn regional priorities into coordinated action and provide an integrated view of quality performance, risks and improvement opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead integrated Commercial Quality execution across countries, aligning priorities, responsibilities and action plans while respecting local regulatory requirements.
• Consolidate quality indicators, country risks and commitments into actionable insights for management review; resolve operational issues and escalate significant matters with clear recommendations.
• Lead and develop assigned direct reports, coordinate the country quality network and partner with Commercial, Deliver Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Safety and other stakeholders to address cross-functional challenges.
• Coordinate product complaint and technovigilance activities, including timely intake, escalation, sample returns, investigation support and follow-up, working with accountable functions to meet reporting timelines.
• Coordinate local execution of field actions and recalls with designated process owners, including traceability, customer communication and product reconciliation.
• Use complaint trends and customer quality concerns to guide risk reviews and improvement priorities, and coordinate quality support for distributors and commercial partners.
• Oversee quality across assigned handling, storage, transportation and distribution activities, partnering with Deliver and country teams on warehouse and logistics-provider qualification, quality agreements and periodic reviews.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Biosciences, Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy, a health-related discipline or an equivalent field.
Relevant quality leadership experience, typically gained over 6–8 years, including at least three years in the medical device, pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
Knowledge of Commercial Quality and supply chain processes, including product complaints, technovigilance, field actions and HSD quality oversight.
Practical experience with audits, inspection readiness, CAPA, change control and quality risk management.
Demonstrated ability to lead or coach teams and deliver quality and process improvements.
Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.
Ability to translate complex operational matters into clear recommendations, risk-based decisions and timely escalations.
Professional proficiency in English and Spanish.
Proficiency with digital tools for data analysis, reporting and collaboration.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience coordinating multi-country operations and working across matrix organizations.
Project management experience.
Experience implementing or maintaining ISO-based or equivalent quality management systems
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Compliance Management, Continuous Improvement, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Developing Others, Fact-Based Decision Making, Give Feedback, Inclusive Leadership, ISO 9001, Leadership, Performance Measurement, Quality Control (QC), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Quality Processes, Quality Standards, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Team Management
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