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A Day in the Life

Medtronic - Digital Technologies is creating ambitious new products that bring connectivity, real-time guidance, and decision support to the operating room. To support this mission, we are developing compact, high-performance, embedded systems that enable edge computing and connectivity. Working closely with other teams across Medtronic, we are creating a connected ecosystem and leveraging the state of the art in computer vision to provide the most comprehensive view of surgery. If you’re interested in using cutting-edge technology to improve the standard of care in surgery on a global scale, this could be the place for you.

As a Senior Program Manager within Digital Technologies R&D team, you will be working alongside engineers, designers and product owners to drive forward the development and delivery of the next generation surgical technology. We are looking for an experienced Program Manager with a strong delivery-focused mindset who is well versed in managing multiple complex projects at any one time.

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

• Leading global cross-functional and cross-business unit development teams to design, implement and commercialize Digital, Electro-mechanical and Robotic Medical Devices
• Planning, coordinating, monitoring and managing the risks within a development team and cross-portfolio to achieve business objectives.
• Leading cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes, and therapies.
• Overseeing the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between functional and business management.
• Managing the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products.
• Monitoring the project from initiation through delivery.
• Identifying and assessing project risks and issues and developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Developing mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with functional managers and business partners.
• Supporting requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders.
• Reporting to executive business leaders on the status, progress and risk mitigation strategies

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong end to end project management experience within Hardware and Embedded Software Development
• Comfortable with a range of project management methodologies (sequential/waterfall, Scrum, Agile, etc.)
• 10 years+ experience leading diverse and complex projects and programs that cross functions and business units
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems is essential (medical device experience strongly preferred)
• Degree in any Engineering or related technical field
• Recognized Project Management related qualification/ certification (PMP, Prince2, SaFE).

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. 

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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.