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

In this role, you will lead and manage in‑country corporate and business communications strategies across the Benelux region to promote, enhance, and protect Medtronic’s reputation with key internal and external audiences. You translate business goals and objectives into impactful, measurable communications strategies and execute end‑to‑end plans. In close alignment with local leadership teams, you focus on agreed strategic priorities and clearly communicate roles, deliverables, and the expected impact of communications initiatives to all relevant stakeholders.

You will work under the leadership of the Western Europe Lead and cover the Western Europe region. At least 20% of travel is expected.

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

• Bachelor’s degree required, with advanced expertise in communications typically gained through significant relevant experience and/or advanced education; excellent written, verbal, editing, and presentation skills in Dutch and English
• Strong business acumen with a solid understanding of the Benelux healthcare marketplace and industry practices
• Proven ability to influence internal and external decision-makers and build strategic relationships with key stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience developing, executing, and measuring strategic communications initiatives, including project, timeline, and budget management
• Strong knowledge of traditional, digital, social, and emerging AI-enabled communications tools and channels, with deep understanding of Medtronic branding, policies, and processes
• Highly detail-oriented and resilient professional who performs well under pressure, meets tight deadlines, exercises tact and professionalism, and works effectively both independently and as part of a team

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in Business or Life Sciences and 5+ years of successful professional experience in biomedical or related industry
• Proven successful experience in leading and coaching people with diverse backgrounds, within a Pharmaceutical or Medical Device Company
• Teamwork-oriented and interested in working in a multicultural and cross-functional environment
• Proven ability to lead commercial negotiations and manage tenders
• Strong business acumen and networking skills
• Self-motivated, organized, solution-oriented with a positive attitude
• Fluency in both Dutch and English

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Netherlands: 82,800.00 EUR - 124,200.00 EUR |

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

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