We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 15 Jan 2026

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

The Operations Integrator - Program Director is a strategic operations leader who serves as the primary Operations interface across multiple New Product Development (NPD) Core teams or leads exceptionally large and complex product development program. This is a highly visible, strategic role with significant organizational impact across the organization and direct influence on business outcomes.

The Operations Integrator - Program Director provides strategic direction, makes critical business decisions, and leads cross-functional / international teams responsible for value stream design, planning, execution, and post-launch hyper care of new products’ production systems. Success in this role requires exceptional collaborative leadership, strategic communication abilities and the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all organizational levels and across diverse functional areas.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

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

Strategic Autonomy & Cross-Functional Decision Authority: A successful candidate will independently make strategic decisions that impact multiple programs and operational functions while building consensus and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. They will define strategic direction through collaborative engagement with executive leadership, establish new operational frameworks through cross-functional partnership, and drive organizational transformation by influencing and aligning teams through complex, ambiguous, and high-stakes situations.

Organizational Impact Through Collaborative Leadership: The candidate will own strategic Operations execution through strong collaborative relationships and influence networks spanning all organizational levels. Results are accomplished by building and leading high-performing Extended Operations teams, fostering cross-functional partnerships across operational functions, and creating alignment between corporate strategy and operational execution through collaborative influence rather than hierarchical authority.

Strategic Influence and Cross-Organizational Collaboration: A successful candidate will be able to:

• Build strategic partnerships and collaborative frameworks across the organization, leading executive-level meetings and fostering alignment between competing priorities and perspectives

• Influence executive leadership and board-level stakeholders through compelling strategic communication while building consensus across diverse viewpoints

• Resolve complex, multi-functional conflicts through collaborative problem-solving, stakeholder alignment, and organizational change management

• Drive cooperation and shared accountability across multiple functional areas and geographic regions through influence, relationship-building, and collaborative leadership

Global Collaborative Leadership: A successful candidate will build and maintain strong collaborative relationships across international teams, multiple time zones, and diverse cultural contexts. Travel requirements up to 35% domestic/international to strengthen relationships, drive collaborative decision-making, and build organizational alignment.

KEY INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead strategic operations across multiple NPD programs through collaborative influence and consensus building

• Build and align extended operations teams globally across diverse functions and cultural contexts

• Navigate organizational complexity and resolve conflicts through stakeholder management and collaborative problem-solving

• Ensure program delivery excellence through cross-functional partnerships and shared accountability

• Negotiate high-stakes decisions on operations risks, tradeoffs, and resource allocation

• Secure organizational resources through compelling business cases and executive influence

• Drive commercialization readiness via partnerships with marketing, regulatory, and quality functions

• Lead organizational change through systematic methodologies and cross-functional collaboration

• Maintain strategic alignment between executive leadership, operations, and project teams

KEY SHARED ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design collaborative organizational structures and governance frameworks with executive leadership

• Establish strategic program portfolios with aligned scope, cost, and schedule commitments

• Develop enterprise-level success metrics and shared accountability frameworks

• Build proactive risk management systems and facilitate collaborative solution development

• Lead cross-functional change initiatives across design, reliability, regulatory, and operations

• Drive strategic launch planning through executive partnerships and cross-functional alignment

• Facilitate multi-directional communication across all organizational levels and stakeholder groups

OBJECTIVES & KEY RESULTS

• On-Time Program Delivery - Achieve >95% schedule adherence across multi-program portfolio

• Budget Performance Excellence - Deliver programs within approved budgets with <5% variance

• Production Capacity Achievement - Meet or exceed committed manufacturing capacity targets

• Cost Per Unit (LBMS) Targets - Achieve established cost per unit benchmarks for all product launches

• Phase Gate Execution - Complete critical milestones on schedule with full deliverable compliance

• Resource Utilization Optimization - Maximize operational efficiency while meeting delivery commitments

• Launch Readiness - Achieve commercial launch targets with full operational capability

• Operational Excellence - Deliver sustained performance improvement in cost, quality, and delivery metrics

• Strategic Alignment - Maintain operations strategy alignment with business objectives and financial targets

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job function.

• Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience and 7+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience and 7+ years of managerial experience.

Nice To Have

• Broad management knowledge and experience to lead project teams in multiple job areas.

• Prior NPI experience or MFG engineering Management experience.

• Experience working with suppliers/CMO's.

• Experience working in a regulated industry.

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):$196,800.00 - $295,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.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

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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.

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