Manoj Raghunandanan serves as the Global Head, Self Care and Consumer Experience Organization (CxO) for Kenvue. An inspirational, people-first leader, Manoj leads the global Self Care organization, with iconic brands including Tylenol®, Zyrtec® and Nicorette®. He is responsible for setting a clear strategy and building the business pipeline, so the Self Care franchise continues to grow. With a servant leadership mindset, Manoj is adept at identifying the right marketing, commercialization and innovation solutions to grow in lead markets.
In addition, Manoj oversees the business’s Consumer Experience Organization (CxO), an organization of subject matter experts across data sciences, insights and marketing. With Manoj’s leadership, this team harnesses the power of our consumer health expertise and data-driven insights to unlock meaningful consumer experiences and advance capabilities that will accelerate growth and improve effectiveness around the world. The team’s focus is insights and analytics, marketing capabilities, technology platforms, partnerships and connected commerce.
Manoj is highly respected for his ability to create team dynamics where individuals feel heard and valued. He was an architect of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health’s transformation, where his business acumen and emotional intelligence were essential in creating new ways of working with new operating plans that employees understood and embraced, and that have led to continuous growth. Building on that success, he is now championing the sector’s transformation into a digital-first company.
Manoj joined Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health in 2007, through the Pfizer Consumer Healthcare acquisition. He has since held various marketing roles in the Consumer Health and Medical Device sectors with increasing responsibility for driving iconic brands, including Listerine® and Acuvue®.
Manoj is a vocal advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion at work, across the industry and in his personal life. With this passion, he co-founded Johnson & Johnson’s Diversity Marketing Team and sits on a number of boards including: ANA’s Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing, Google’s Health Marketing and Advertising Board, and the Global Self Care Federation executive board. He is also a proud member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and Jack and Jill Father’s Auxiliary.
Manoj earned his MBA at the Fox School of Business at Temple University and speaks regularly on DEI, leadership and marketing at industry forums and at academic institutions.