Learn About Our Unique Organization Structure

An entrepreneurial environment supported by diverse and far-reaching opportunities

Our heritage of decentralized management sets us apart from many other companies of our size and enables us to serve as the world’s most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products.

By combining the advantages of being big with the agility and attention more typical of a small company, our environments provide

Effective focus on customers’ and patients’ needs
A more inviting and engaging business setting
World-class opportunities and career development, advancement, and impact for employees

Achieving marketplace focus around the world

Johnson & Johnson companies operates in three business segments—Consumer, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, and Pharmaceutical—reflecting the way products and services are delivered to our customers.

Within each business segment is a collection of global businesses, each with its own area of focus. Over 250 autonomous operating companies extend our geographic reach and provide still greater marketplace and product focus. They serve as the foundation of each business segment and ebable employees to have a direct impact on the success of the business for which they work.

Our customers also benefit from our structure because employees are empowered to meet the changing needs of customers within their regions.

Uniting our “Family” of Companies

Our operating companies, global businesses, and business segments are brought together in an organization structure that ensures that their activities align with overall strategic objectives.

The leaders who comprise this management system

Facilitate collaboration across our companies
Enable employees to find opportunities to develop and advance within and across our operating companies, affiliates, and business segments
Encourage high ethical standards by fostering a deep respect for the values set forth in Our Credo

Ongoing assessment of our organization structure as a leadership imperative

To ensure that our management approach continues to work successfully, our leaders continually challenge the optimum deployment of our decentralized structure. As we grows, our structure evolves, ensuring that we effectively manage our business portfolio, the evolution of worldwide markets, and the global management of our talent.

The shared service groups within each of our business segments enhance and support the capabilities of our individual companies. These groups help our companies focus on the needs of their customers and markets.

The role of Corporate Headquarters

Our Corporate Headquarters organization works hand-in-hand with our Family of Companies to create outstanding synergy and efficiency through

Collaboration, dissemination of best practices, and organization of shared business information
Guidance and services in areas, such as human resources, information management, finance, advertising, and law

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Learn more about our Company Structure through the Points of Interest links provided on this page.