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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

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.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to do our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
This role is based on-site in North Haven, CT.

Join Medtronic as a Senior Produce Development Program Manager in our Core Surgical Innovations (CSI) group - New Product Development Project Management Office (PMO). In this pivotal role, you'll act as a Development Core Team Member to lead a dynamic team, collaborating across departments like R&D, Quality, Operations and Marketing to spearhead successful new product development efforts and commercial release of Medtronic's next generation surgical innovations,

This person will ensure that his/her/their program teams are:

• Efficient, effective, and well-coordinated
• Focused on clear priorities, milestones, and goals.
• Committed to developing and adhering to schedules
• Vigilant in managing budgets, including labor resources
• Dedicated to delivering quality commercial releases in compliance with established processes

You will:

• Lead or leverage cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for Core Surgical Innovations programs, new product development of products, processes, and therapies.
• Manage one or more projects with well-defined project plans and delivery methodologies.
• Act as the Development Core Team Member to drive project management planning into the core team in order to establish program objectives, timelines, milestones, resources, and budget to meet business needs, and interacts closely with core team leader and other core team members.
• Provide expertise and input to the project team on PDP and design control procedures, as well as business communication deliverables (i.e. dashboards) by working closely with Core Team Leader and Core Team members, while mentoring colleagues more junior on the project team
• Own and manage status of projects and budgets; develops project budget including resource, discretionary and capital forecasts. Accountable for accuracy and management of project budget(s) and oversight of both discretionary and capital expenditures; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Identify and monitor project performance metrics. Analyze and presents trends and recommendations to peers, core team and senior management. Maintain an up-to-date risk register with robust risk burndown plans, mitigation and execution; contribute to and lead teams through project risk analysis, planning, and schedule recovery, etc.
• Monitor and control the project from initiation through delivery.
• Resolve issues and ensure task completion by establishing priorities and reaching compromise with team members and functional managers.
• Lead core and extended project team members including vendors as necessary to complete an assigned major program or project.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and the ability to ask critical questions without being the subject matter expert.
• Champions DRM practices and help team attain high maturity metrics for program management metrics such as timeline and cost predictability.
• Prepare and coordinate for DSRs and reviews with the leadership team.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement and alignment to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems.
• Monitor progress toward pre-established objectives, assesses risk and implements strategies to ensure successful delivery of the efforts that align with the Operating Unit goals.

This role will report to a member of the CSI R&D Leadership Team and support initiatives and / or programs across the operating unit.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of managing large, complex programs or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years managing large, complex programs.

Nice to Have:

• 10+ years of experience in Project Management or commercial new product delivery
• MBA and PMP / CSM Certification
• High degree of competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word
• Proven track record of successfully managing within a matrixed organization
• Experience managing Program/Project Managers with a history of increasing engagement
• Knowledge in product development, project management, and commercialization in the medical device industr
• Strong communication and teamwork skills; must possess excellent relationship building skills with direct reports, peers, and senior leaders
• Must be able to lead cross-functional discussions; driving towards alignment, decisions, resolutions when necessary
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once while understanding cultural differences between various regions of the world
• Experience with developing and/or commercializing large capital medical devices (e.g. Robotic systems, Imaging equipment, etc.)
• Experience with advanced scheduling and resource management tools like Prochain and Resource First
• Experience working under regulations of the FDA, notified bodies, and other regulatory agencies for successful commercial launches
• Product launch experience working with Global teams

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):$170,400.00 - $255,600.00This 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

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.

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.