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A Day in the Life

The Project management Specialist will be responsible for leading cross-functional projects aimed at enhancing key business processes, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. This role involves planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Project management Specialist will serve as the primary liaison between business teams, leadership, and external partners to ensure seamless delivery of strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead or collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria.

• Develop detailed project plans including timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.

• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.

• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Excel, Smartsheet, etc.).

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Strategic thinking and sound decision-making.

• Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills.

• Adaptability and resilience under pressure.

• Assign responsibilities and manage day-to-day project execution to ensure milestones are achieved.

• Monitor project progress against plans, identify deviations, and adjust strategies as needed.

• Conduct regular project reviews, status meetings, and stakeholder updates.

• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks; resolve conflicts and remove obstacles as needed.

• Ensure project deliverables meet quality and compliance standards.

• Prepare and present reports to senior management on project progress, risks, and outcomes.

• Drive continuous improvement through post-project analysis and stakeholder feedback.

• Develop mechanisms for effective project tracking, reporting, and governance.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related communications.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor.
Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.

Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties .
Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.

Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product .

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
May have practical knowledge of project management.
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 6-14 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.

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.

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.

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