DPS Education Director LATAM

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

Job Function:

Business Support

Job Sub Function:

Administration & Secretarial

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, Las Condes, Santiago,, Region Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, São Paulo, Brazil

Job Description:

About Orthopaedics

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 the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

We are searching for the best talent for the DePuy Synthes Education Director LATAM.

Purpose: The DPS Education Director is responsible for defining the vision, mission, and goals for Professional Education and for developing and deploying the Latin America ProfEd/CommEd strategy in alignment with Global Education Solutions, Worldwide, and Regional Marketing strategies.

Will head the ProfEd/Commed organization (DPS) across all LATAM clusters — Brazil, Mexico, Northern Cluster, and Southern Cluster — ensuring flawless execution of external HCP educational programs.

You will be responsible for:

1. Continuing Professional Education (ProfEd)

• Redesign the end-to-end orthopaedics educational strategy across strategic platforms to support the DPS LATAM strategy.
• Lead the LATAM relationship with AO and actively participate in strategic forums to strengthen the partnership.
• Lead the Latin America Professional Education curriculum for the safe and effective use of J&J products, including creation and implementation of educational programs.
• Incorporate global benchmarks into the educational strategy and portfolio.
• Ensure full adherence to relevant HCC/HCP compliance guidelines in the design and execution of educational activities.
• Build and develop the orthopaedics professional education structure.
• Redesign organizational processes (PR&O) to support the new operational model in orthopaedics.
• Develop a long‑term faculty strategy for orthopaedics.

Internal Education (Commed)

• Design an internal training strategy segmented by audience (New Hires, Fundamental, Intermediate, and Advanced sales segments) based on business priorities and Go‑to‑Market plans.
• Design new capability-building initiatives to expand training effectiveness across LATAM for internal and indirect channel organizations.
• Create a content strategy to support effective training delivery.

Other Responsibilities

• Represent LATAM education in strategic forums, including:
• Global internal education forums.
• AO Global meetings where LATAM participation is required.
• Regional meetings with local senior education leaders.
• LATAM DPS leadership meetings.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Education, or related field; MBA preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in healthcare sales & marketing roles (e.g., Sales, Sales Training, Professional Education, Brand Marketing, and/or Sales Management) with a proven track record of success.
• Orthopaedics knowledge or experience.
• Experience engaging with senior corporate management.
• Minimum 3 years' experience leading teams at the Director level.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into educational solutions that support company goals.
• Proven leadership skills to motivate and manage distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams within a matrix organization.

Competencies / Leadership & Influence

• Strategy development and execution
• High technological and business acumen
• Consulting approach with strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Strong influence, stakeholder management, and communication skills
• Proven ability to build alliances and relationships with external healthcare institutions.

Required Skills:

Global View, Staff Leadership

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Budgeting, Business Writing, Coaching, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Capturing, Data Reporting, Developing Others, Document Management, Inclusive Leadership, Innovation, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Office Administration, Organizational Knowledge, Process Optimization, Situational Awareness, Web Research

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