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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

Department: Global Technology and Innovation – Core Technologies
Reports to: Sr. Director, Core Technologies

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 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.

Position Summary:

The Materials Sr. Manager leads a team of highly skilled scientists within the Global Technology and Innovation – Core Technologies group. This role combines basic metal materials expertise with strong people leadership and development. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the scientists who define and advance the enterprise-wide strategy for metals, electrochemistry, and corrosion science in support of both current and future technology platforms.

The role interfaces broadly across Operating Unit (OU) Research, Technology, and Development teams to collect and communicate emerging challenges. The ideal candidate will possess basic scientific credentials in metallurgy, electrochemistry, and/or corrosion science and experience leading high-performing technical teams and influencing across organizational boundaries.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic and Technical Leadership

• Manage the Core Technologies Metals & Electrochemistry team, helping to align efforts with enterprise-wide technology and business priorities.
• Help advise those who shape the group’s capabilities in advanced materials characterization, corrosion mechanisms, coatings, and failure analysis.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a key liaison between the Core Technologies group and Operating Unit R&D organizations to help identify needs, share best practices, and embed core materials knowledge into development programs.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration with adjacent functions such as Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and external research institutions.

Team and Talent Development

• Provide people leadership, mentorship, and career development for a team of highly technical individual contributors and potential future leaders.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, scientific rigor, and inclusion.

Portfolio Execution and Governance

• Monitor project execution and ensure high technical standards, proper resource allocation, and clear accountability.
• Maintain internal department metrics and Biomaterials and Textiles TDC KPI’s to monitor progress and communicate and impact.

Basic Qualifications (Must-Have):

• M.S. or B.S. in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in relevant technical domains with 4+ years in people and/or technical team leadership roles.
• Demonstrated basic knowledge of failure analysis, materials degradation, corrosion mechanisms, and use of advanced characterization tools.
• Proven experience developing and executing a technology strategy across complex organizations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in the medical device or other regulated industries.
• Hands-on experience in adjacent disciplines including corrosion testing, surface science, and mechanical materials evaluation.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA) and relevant industry standards (e.g., ASTM, ISO).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Other Desired Attributes:

• Strong systems thinking and ability to balance near-term product needs with long-term capability development.
• Experience leading change and fostering innovation in scientific environments.
• High level of emotional intelligence and organizational savvy in navigating large, matrixed organizations.

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):$182,400.00 - $273,600.00This 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.