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LATAM and Canada HEMA Lead

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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:

Market Access

Job Sub Function:

Health Economics Market Access

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, Mexico City, Mexico, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, São Paulo, Brazil

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.​

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a LATAM and Canada HEMA Lead located in Sao Paolo Brazil OR Bogota Colombia OR Las Condes Chile OR Mexico City Mexico.

Position Summary

We are seeking a LATAM and Canada HEMA Leader to define and lead Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) across LATAM and Canada for DePuy Synthes. This role is accountable for shaping and executing regional market access, reimbursement, and value strategies to enable timely and sustainable patient access to DePuy Synthes’ technologies across diverse public and private healthcare systems. .

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the HEMA Leader for LATAM and Canada, providing strategic direction and regional leadership across DePuy Synthes specialties and platforms.

  • Be directly responsible for a priority and strategic business unit, defined according to LATAM and Canada needs, ensuring HEMA strategy and execution align with business priorities and performance objectives.

  • Lead market access and reimbursement strategies for LATAM and Canad, aligned with International and Global HEMA priorities.

  • Work with Global and Regional Clinical & Medical Affairs teams to support evidence planning, localization, and translation into regionally relevant value messages.

  • Drive strong collaboration across country, cluster, regional, and global HEMA teams, ensuring aligned ways of working and effective deployment of tools and assets.

  • Identify and execute cross-regional initiatives that can be efficiently delivered at regional level to maximize impact, scalability, and consistency.

  • Provide ongoing HEMA leadership and support to priority markets to address access barriers and accelerate technology adoption.

  • Lead, develop, and retain HEMA talent across LATAM and Canada, supporting capability building, engagement, and succession planning.

  • Ensure effective dissemination and utilization of health economic tools, value propositions, and evidence assets across the region.

  • Monitor progress against regional HEMA objectives, aligning activities with business priorities, milestones, and commitments.

  • Enable commercial teams to maximize the impact of value propositions and support differentiated, sustainable growth.

Key Milestones & Progress Toward Goals

  • Define and deliver regional economic value propositions and market access and reimbursement strategies across the product lifecycle.

  • Deliver HEMA milestones across development, launch, and post-launch phases, supporting pricing, funding, and access optimization.

  • Secure optimal and sustainable market access for priority technologies across LATAM and Canada.

Key Activities

  • Act as the regional HEMA reference point for LATAM and Canada on priority access and reimbursement topics.

  • Oversee funding, reimbursement, and access initiatives addressing unmet medical needs through evidence-based value differentiation.

  • Provide leadership input for HTA, pricing, and access opportunities, supporting navigation of regional and local processes.

  • Collaborate with commercial and functional partners to identify priority initiatives and accounts where HEMA can drive measurable business outcomes.

  • Provide LATAM and Canada insights into International and Global market access and evidence strategies.

  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing LATAM and Canada HEMA organization, aligned with business priorities.

  • Deliver and support Health Economics and value training activities in collaboration with commercial education teams.

  • Ensure compliance with HEMA standards, local regulations, and DePuy Synthes quality and governance requirements.

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.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Commercial Awareness, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Developing Others, Global Market, Health Economics, Health Intelligence, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Market Knowledge, Market Opportunity Assessment, Operations Management, Performance Measurement, Pricing Strategies, Regulatory Compliance, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Strategic Change, Team Management

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