We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Aug 2025 At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** A Day in the Life • Drive Program Execution o Use broad cross-functional knowledge and comprehensive management skills to provide direction and leadership to a cross-functional program development team o Establish a competitive advantage for new product introduction programs and projects that are part of an overall PMO portfolio o Make commitments to meet specific business goals and objectives, and meet business deliverables defined by the Product Development Process o Provide critical leadership to ensure overall quality of multiple related projects, while minimizing and mitigating project risks o Develop and maintain detailed project schedule aligned to PDP Phase expectations o Monitor and track progress toward established objectives, assess risk, manage project schedules and budgets, and implement strategies to ensure successful delivery of the program on time and on budget o Ensure alignment between all stakeholders including Operations, Development, Technology, Supply Management, Quality, and Reliability o Ensure timely and thorough communication at various levels of the organization (Program Team, Customers, Stakeholders, Sr. Management, etc.) o Plan, monitor, and control project budget(s) that include human resources, component builds, supplier materials, supplier NRE, internal capital, external capital, and general expenses to meet established return on investments Continuous Improvement Product Development Process o Establish best practices for developing, implementing, and maintaining program management processes. o Develop and manage tools to measure achievements of the product development processes including on time, on budget, exceeding reliability targets, and meeting contracted project objectives measures. o Direct initiatives to identify, prioritize, define, and implement improvements to the product development processes and functional work packet standards to achieve best-in-class status. o Collaborate with project teams and finance to improve project spend, forecast, and ROI financial cost modeling and reporting. o Drive acceptance of project management process and common language on program teams that define disciplined capacity planning, project complexity and transparency, and risk exposure across a matrixed organization. o Initiate and drive continuous improvements to functional operating policies and day-to-day processes. Enable CRM MECC Strategy o Identify projects in support of the 5-year site strategy. o Work with management team and stakeholders on initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, closing and re-prioritizing projects. o Establish project execution strategies that impact customer satisfaction levels, allocation of time, resources, expenditures, and funds across multiple corporate entities. o Initiate and pitch project opportunities to business leaders internal and external to MECC. o Provide feedback to functional department heads during AOP/strategic planning process. o Coach team members to ensure effective team dynamics and mutual accountability in support of the MECC Mission. o Coach team members on best practice project management skills to ensure process adherence and effective project management. OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: • Exceptional project management skills; knowledge of process and project planning best practices. • Successful Manufacturing Process Development experience. • Strong track record of leading complex projects requiring strong influence management skills and willingness and ability to institute change. • Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking, project planning and management. • Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness -- ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees. • Exceptional analytical, planning, organization and time management skills to effectively execute project plans and budgets. • Clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of cross- functional project teams and functional management. • Business acumen; ability to think from an overall “best for the business” perspective. • Exceptional cross functional leadership with interdisciplinary and problem-solving skills • Demonstrate initiative; results oriented • Excellent decision-making skills -- ability to negotiate and balance decisions and priorities across needs of several functional departments. Make timely decisions in the face of risks and uncertainty. • Customer-first mentality and ability to understand customer requirements and incorporate into business decisions. • Ability to negotiate and manage competing priorities across multiple functional areas. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. + Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies. + Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. + Manages the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products and processes. + Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. + Monitors the project from initiation through delivery. + Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. + Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients. + Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders. + Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems. **PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CAREER STREAM:** Program Managers and Directors focus on tactical, operational activities for a major program with broad or ongoing impact. Levels within the program management career stream typically accomplish program objectives through matrixed employee teams and / or vendors who are not direct reports but for which the incumbent has direct accountability to lead. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing program/team performance, communicating project and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of program team members. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of program team members. **DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS** **Autonomy:** Manages one or more small-scale, developed or mature programs with well-defined program plans and delivery methodologies. Is accountable for overall program process, performance, and customer satisfaction. **Organizational Impact:** Provides input to establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets . Recommends new policies and procedures that affect program management. May have budget accountability for one or more programs. Program decisions are generally made only after consultation with higher level management. **Innovation and Complexity:** Problems faced are difficult, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. Problems typically impact multiple workstreams, departments or specialties . Modifies programs management processes to improve program. **Communication and Influence:** Communicates and leads meetings with internal and external customers and vendors, conducts briefings to higher level management team. Solves issues through information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties on program execution plans. **Leadership and Talent Management:** Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team of professionals and/or vendors who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments. Direct involvement in daily tasks necessary for successful program execution. Not directly responsible for hire or fire decisions and people management. **Required Knowledge and Experience:** Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one job area. Typically has advanced knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the organization. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$136,000.00 - $204,000.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums). Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. Further details are available at the link below: Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page\_name=signon&co\_num=30601&co\_affid=medtronic) **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) . It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. 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Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. 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