Enabling small-company environments

The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies is comprised of over 250 autonomous operating companies located around the world. These operating companies are the engines of our business, each responsible in their own way for growing the larger business, as well as making a positive difference in the health and well-being of the customers they serve.

Each operating company has considerable leverage and independence within their particular business, and is responsible for creating and implementing business plans, budgets, and product launches, as well as forecasting, performance tracking, properly allocating resources, and much more.

Operating companies in all global locations employ local workers, address local needs, and work with local business and cultural leaders in order to make the most beneficial and long-lasting impact.

For each employee, these operating companies provide outstanding opportunities to build a career within a small-company environment with the breadth of opportunity and impact that only a big company can offer.

Product franchises are grouped within one of our principal global businesses, and each of them encompasses multiple operating companies. They work alongside individual operating companies in order to fulfill each operating company’s missions and goals. These product franchises are responsible for research, development, production, and marketing of the products and brands that consumers and medical professionals know and trust. Other product franchises support our operating companies by providing specialized services such as Internet-based resources, sales and logistics services, etc.

At the top of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies organization are three Group Operating Committees, one for each of our three business segments (Consumer, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, and Pharmaceuticals).

Each Group Operating Committee is responsible for providing global strategic leadership for all product franchises within its business segment, including ensuring alignment between product portfolios, directing investment decisions among and within segment product franchises, selection and positioning of product categories, and overseeing the overall health and vitality of the individual franchises.