We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 Jul 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

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. Were 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 is designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health helping them achieve better glucose control while spending less time managing their disease.

This role requires an experienced visionary and execution-focused professional to lead high-impact initiatives that enhance operational performance scalability and innovation. This individual will play a key role in shaping and executing the companys operations strategy by identifying growth opportunities optimizing core processes and driving cross-functional transformation programs that align with business objectives.

This is a mission-critical role that partners with executive leadership to build the future of our operations.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronics 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.

This role requires you to work on-site at least 3 days per week at one of our US hubs: Northridge CA Juncos PR San Antonio TX Duluth GA or Minneapolis MN. This on-site presence is vital for collaboration and maintaining strong team connections. Please be aware that the hybrid schedule may change based on business needs potentially requiring additional on-site days.

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

Strategic Planning & Operational Design

• Develop and refine the companys long-term operations strategy aligned with enterprise goals.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and emerging opportunities across the value chain (manufacturing supply chain logistics customer operations).
• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to develop and prioritize strategic initiatives transformation roadmaps and resource allocation.
• Responsible for Business continuity Plan
• Oversee Make/Buy develop a long-term capacity strategy
• MiniMed Operating System (Including Opex)
• Oversee PMO for TSA exit management

Transformation Program Leadership

• Lead large-scale cross-functional transformation programs from concept to execution.
• Define program scope KPIs success metrics and governance structure.
• Drive alignment across business units and functions to ensure consistent implementation and measurable impact.
• Process Optimization & Innovation
• Introduce and champion continuous improvement practices including Lean Six Sigma Agile and digital transformation methodologies.
• Identify technology enablers to drive automation analytics and productivity improvements.
• Evaluate current-state processes and implement scalable sustainable improvements.

Change Management & Culture Building

• Develop and lead change management strategies to support adopting new processes technologies and operating models.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on innovation collaboration and operational excellence.

Executive Collaboration & Reporting

• Provide regular updates to the COO and senior executives on strategic initiative progress risks and ROI.
• Serve as a key advisor and thought partner in operational planning decision-making and future-state design.
• Build dashboards and executive presentations to communicate strategic impact and transformation progress.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with 10 years of managerial experience
• Or Advanced degree and minimum of 13 years of relevant experience with 10 years of managerial experience

Nice to have:

• Background in top-tier consulting (e.g. McKinsey BCG Bain) or enterprise strategy roles.
• Experience in digital transformation or smart operations initiatives.
• Lean Six Sigma or PMP certification a plus.
• Experience in global or multi-site manufacturing environments.
• Excellent presentation skills with strong ability to present both qualitative and quantitative information in a clear concise and persuasive manner to all levels of the organization
• Exceptional execution skills with a track record of delivering on financial and strategic commitments
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire coach and motivate a team towards achieving goals
• Knowledgeable and experienced with financial reports modeling exercises interpreting and communicating operating and financial information
• Experienced utilizing Microsoft Office Products: Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook
• Knowledge/Experience in Healthcare and/or Medical Device Industry
• Knowledgeable in Diabetes Management

Travel:

• Ability to travel up to 25% of time

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):$187200.00 - $280800.00

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 insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple 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 matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital 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

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 95000 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.