Sr. Engineering Program Manager

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

A key member of the team to lead the Diabetes PLM system implementation & product development optimization programs. In this exciting role as a Sr Program Manager, you will have responsibility for providing cross-functional program leadership and work with the Corporate team representing the Diabetes Operating Unit.

DIABETES

The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions are designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

Careers that Change Lives

Help our Product Innovation organization be as effective and productive as can be to bring innovative new technologies to patients. The Diabetes Group is working with the global community to change the way people manage diabetes. Together, we will transform diabetes care by expanding access, integrating care, and improving outcomes; so people with diabetes can enjoy greater freedom and better health.

Responsibilities

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

• Program Planning: program plans, key risks and mitigation strategy, program schedule, interdependencies
• Program Execution:
• Leading the program team against plan and track program schedule
• Coaching and mentoring team members
• Effective risk management and conflict resolution
• Engages team members to ensure effective team dynamics and mutual accountability.
• Provide leadership for the Requirements and Risk Management and PLM system implementation and product development optimization process.
• Work cross-functionally to understand and document the current product development process and assist in developing a strategy to optimize in a new quality system.
• Develop and monitor appropriate quality metrics for review by management including inputs into the management review process.
• Work closely with program management and the development team to simplify processes while maintaining high-quality standards and meet regulatory requirements.
• May develop, evaluate, implement, and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products.
• Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies and guides the conceptualization of new methodologies and processes.
• Works directly with operating entities to provide process analyses oversight on a continuing basis to enforce requirements and meet regulations.
• Bring and implement program management best practices within team. Influence positive change outside of Program Management team.
• Provides regular updates and strategies for executive management review and decision making around program priorities, budget, timing, resources and assumptions, including impact on the customer, enterprise-wide resources, and revenues.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree required with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Teamcenter and/or Windchill
• Program management experience in the medical device domain
• Writing and/or updating product development SOP's
• Knowledge of applicable Medical Device Regulation including but not limited to: 21 CFR 820, 21 CFR 806, ISO 13485
• Knowledge of product development process in medical device industry or similar highly regulated industry
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Experience with quality tools and process improvement techniques
• Prior experience with Lean or Continuous Improvement
• Technical expertise facilitating front and back rooms for third party inspections
• Influence management skills; ability to work constructively across all functions/level of the organization as well as external customers and regulators.
• Extensive experience reviewing technical documentation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Influence management skills; experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals
• Business acumen; ability to think and act from an overall “best for the business” perspective
• Results oriented, self-starter with a strong initiative and sense of urgency
• Experience and demonstrated track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong team leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness - ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees.
• Strong analytical, planning, organization and time management skills to effectively develop and execute comprehensive programs and budgets.
• Experience with MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, VISIO, Outlook, SharePoint and other collaboration and workflow management tools

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.

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): $160,000.00 - $240,000.00. This 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).

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 90,000+ 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.

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.