We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 19 Sep 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

As part of the Corporate Global Technology and Innovation team, the Senior Program Manager Enterprise Technology position will provide project and program management in the design, development, and execution of Enterprise Technology Platforms for use across the enterprise. The role reports directly to the Vice President, Corporate Technology and will drive accountability, timely execution, governance, and escalation of critical issues related to key programs.

This position will work across operating units, regions and functions and is accountable for overall program process and performance, assisting in developing the framework of the platform program’s and maintaining the technology portfolio. Given the deep technical nature of these programs, it is highly desirable for the candidate to have a background in engineering or science.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts.

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.

A Day in the Life:

Project Management

• Provide overall project management direction and integration in concert with the Enterprise Technology team and sub-teams.
• Act as primary customer contact for program activities, leading program review sessions to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance of the technology portfolio
• This position provides input to establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budget.
• Maintain effective systems to track project status and report progress against key program deliverables including the creation and maintenance of program dashboards and monitoring tools.
• Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plan and schedule, identifies program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications
• Works with Platform technology teams to analyze Medtronic data and external benchmarking to discover best practices and gaps to goal, and suggested next steps.
• This position solves issues through information exchange, influence, and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties on program execution plans
• Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement of planning processes on basis of feedback from R&D and functional partners

• Facilitates cross-business team input to develop playbook and resources that work globally, technically, and across business units
• Work with Enterprise Technology leadership and related teams to target communications across the R&D organization
• Develops and updates ongoing communication plan to various stakeholders

• Prepares communications and determines best use of medium for communication

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering

• 5+ years of research and development experience in the Medical Device field
• Demonstrated success at dealing with ambiguity and delivering successful outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead people, teams, and projects and to get results through others
• Experience in establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets
• Mastery of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)

• Master’s degree in science or engineering field and/or PhD in Science, Engineering
• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)
• Medtronic Lean Sigma Green or Black Belt certified or equivalent
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
• CAP or other change management training experience
• Experience in technology and/or product pipeline strategy development
• Demonstrated proficiency in innovation management and resource planning.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of financial planning and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical information and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Demonstrated success facilitating a team
• Ability to analyze individual projects in the context of the entire portfolio
• Ability to scope & manage local and remote projects
• Demonstrated success in driving large, complex programs to successful completion.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix business environment - excellent leadership, change management and influencing skills.
• Excellent decision-making skills, considering all relevant factors and stakeholders.

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.