Principal Product Manager, R&D Diabetes

Company:  Medtronic
Location: Los Angeles
Closing Date: 21/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

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 a Technical Product Manager – CareLink Cloud you will have responsibility for coordinating efforts between technology and business to drive innovation by supporting the product lifecycle from concept through launch. In addition to driving programs, you also set product vision and keep it on-track, working with the engineering teams to execute, and risk-manage very complex product development programs. Be part of CareLink team focused on transforming how diabetes is managed through application of modern data science & engineering application solutions, catering to both your engineering mentality and desire to make a difference in world. You will help create solutions that simplify diabetes care and improve clinical outcomes.

Medtronic Diabetes is focused on transforming diabetes care for better freedom and great health, serving patients across the continuum of diabetes. Our goal is to become a holistic diabetes management company focused on making a real difference in outcomes and cost. We want to transform healthcare toward value-based models by driving both product and business model innovation with the goal of elevating patient experience, improving clinical outcomes and lowering the total cost of care for our customers.

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

  • Lead product vision, management and development of the multiple applications and platforms

  • Work directly with key stakeholders to understand requirements, address business and system issues

  • Identify and clarify key product requirements, business needs and customer needs, along with regulatory and regional expectations.

  • Drive multiple development projects end-to-end - Maintain schedules, track key milestones and program interdependencies and preempt risks.

  • Lead change control reviews and apply critical analysis to make crisp decisions that manage scope, effort, time and risk.

  • Assesses product issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.

  • Develops mechanisms for monitoring product experience and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

  • Oversees and manages the operational aspects of new initiatives and serves as liaison between business stakeholders and technical, cross-functional R&D teams.

  • Effectively communicates the product design and details and incorporates technical feasibility

  • Drive new product introduction, including pre-release field trials and controlled rollout to international customers.

  • Communicate program status using clear metrics and specific actions plans, applying organizational acumen appropriate for a senior level audience.

  • Reviews status of projects; manages schedules and prepares status reports.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelors degree required

  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Math, or similar field.

  • Prior experience with medical devices.

  • Experience with pumps and sensors technologies

  • Demonstrated ability to work and lead within a team-based project environment

  • Experience with developing the product vision and requirements for successful product experience

  • Experience with maintaining the feature backlog

  • Ability to effectively communicate technical information through presentation and through the preparation of technical documentation and/or manuscripts

  • Strong attention to detail and an ability to deal with ambiguity

  • Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.

  • Experience with CI/CD technologies

  • Experience with managing products involving development of cloud-native technologies and micro-services framework

  • Experience in a Medical device or regulated industry and exposure to regulatory submissions. Understanding of FDA regulations including (ISO) 13485

  • PMP certification

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):$140,800.00 - $211,200.00

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).

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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.

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.

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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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

  • Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

  • Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

  • Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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