Sr. Manager, Succession

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Job Function:
Human Resources

Job Sub Function:
HR Business Partners

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a(n) Sr.

Manager, Succession, located in Raynham, MA, or West Chester, PA or Warsaw, IN or Palm Beach Gardens, FL or Raritan, NJ.

Job Overview

The Sr.

Manager, Succession provides strategic leadership for enterprise succession planning and leadership continuity initiatives at DePuy Synthes.

This role ensures the organization has strong pipelines of ready and future leaders for critical roles by designing, executing, and continuously improving succession planning frameworks.

Partnering closely with senior leaders, HR, and Talent Management teams, this position plays a key role in strengthening leadership capability, mitigating risk, and supporting long‑term business sustainability within a global MedTech organization.

Key Responsibilities


* Lead and evolve enterprise executive assessment and succession planning strategy and processes, ensuring alignment with business priorities and talent strategy.



* Partner with senior leaders and HR to identify critical roles and assess leadership readiness and risk.



* Facilitate succession planning discussions, reviews, and governance forums with executive stakeholders.



* Integrate succession planning with performance, development, and talent review processes.



* Analyze succession data, trends, and insights to inform workforce and leadership decisions.



* Support development planning and targeted interventions to build bench strength for key roles.



* Ensure succession processes are consistent, objective, and aligned with internal policies and governance standards.



* Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance succession effectiveness and leadership outcomes.

Where required to be managed locally:


* Document handling: Print, stamp/seal, mail/ship, distribute, and route documents for wet signatures.



* Records management: Store/archive/retrieve HR documents; fulfill requests; coordinate offsite storage; scan and name f...