We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Oct 2025

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A Day in the Life

The Principal Training and Education Specialist will develop and execute Pelvic Health (PH) new-hire sales training and on-going field development programs. Programs will support the goals and strategies of the PH Marketing department and the PH Sales organization.

This position requires effective interaction and communication with the Director of Training and Development Field Sales Leaders Marketing and other internal functional partners to develop and execute Sales and Marketing strategies effective messaging therapy excellence and product launches to enhance business performance for all PH therapies and initiatives.

The Principal Training and Education Specialist will design develop evaluate implement deliverables and make course corrections as appropriate leading to improved or enhanced field addition will identify opportunities barriers and/or challenges facing the field sales force. The Principal Training and Education Specialist is also responsible for training field reps on the consultative selling and territory business planning processes as well as competitive key messaging and strategy.

Our ideal candidate will reside in Minneapolis working 4 days in the office. This role will include 25-30% travel.

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

• Deliver the flawless execution of internal classroom training and support field pull-through to maximize the classroom learning experience

• Manage the development and execution of device and therapy training to support marketing and sales strategies ensuring compliance with MDT regulatory and quality requirements

• Work with the RDs and DMs to implement pull-through strategies and measure outcomes

• Develop and implement training project plans that enable others to achieve and complete specific tasks with excellence

• Build working relationships with DMs and high performing Sales Representatives to design develop and deliver best practice educational programs to support strategic business goals

• Support business objectives by collaborating with functional business partners to assess the current status of the business identify areas of opportunity and develop solutions to improve/enhance sales performance

• Collaborate with cross functional groups including Field Sales Management Marketing Medical Education Marketing Communications Customer Service Technical Services Patient Services Legal Clinical and Regulatory to create field sales programs that support Operating Unit (OU) strategies and are fully compliant with Medtronic Regulatory and Business Conduct Standards

• Partner with Marketing to analyze competitive intelligence and develop sales training activities and strategies

• Design sales training for product launches initiatives and programs

• Maintain and enhance disease state therapy and device knowledge for PH therapies & products

• Ability to travel up to 25%

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree

• 7 years of professional experience in sales marketing clinical or training roles or 5 years of professional experience with a Masters degree

Nice to Have

• Experience in developing and facilitating sales training programs

• Field experience as a sales professional

• Expertise with anatomy medical terminology and Pelvic Health surgical procedures

• Excellent written communication skills presentation skills and PowerPoint skills

• Ability to design training plans detailed schedules and project plans

• Ability to project manage multiple projects and workstreams at one time

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable responding rapidly to the changing needs of the business

• Takes initiative with a can-do attitude and builds new content with speed and decisiveness

• Ability to provide developmental coaching and feedback to employees

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):$109600.00 - $164400.00

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).

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.

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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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.