Materials Sr Manager
Materials Sr Manager
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$ 182400 - 273600
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Job Description
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
Department: Global Technology and Innovation Core Technologies
Reports to: Sr. Director Core Technologies
At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
Position Summary:
The Materials Sr. Manager leads a team of highly skilled scientists within the Global Technology and Innovation Core Technologies group. This role combines basic metal materials expertise with strong people leadership and development. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the scientists who define and advance the enterprise-wide strategy for metals electrochemistry and corrosion science in support of both current and future technology platforms.
The role interfaces broadly across Operating Unit (OU) Research Technology and Development teams to collect and communicate emerging challenges. The ideal candidate will possess basic scientific credentials in metallurgy electrochemistry and/or corrosion science and experience leading high-performing technical teams and influencing across organizational boundaries.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic and Technical Leadership
- Manage the Core Technologies Metals & Electrochemistry team helping to align efforts with enterprise-wide technology and business priorities.
- Help advise those who shape the groups capabilities in advanced materials characterization corrosion mechanisms coatings and failure analysis.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as a key liaison between the Core Technologies group and Operating Unit R&D organizations to help identify needs share best practices and embed core materials knowledge into development programs.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration with adjacent functions such as Quality Regulatory Manufacturing and external research institutions.
Team and Talent Development
- Provide people leadership mentorship and career development for a team of highly technical individual contributors and potential future leaders.
- Foster a culture of innovation continuous learning scientific rigor and inclusion.
Portfolio Execution and Governance
- Monitor project execution and ensure high technical standards proper resource allocation and clear accountability.
- Maintain internal department metrics and Biomaterials and Textiles TDC KPIs to monitor progress and communicate and impact.
Basic Qualifications (Must-Have):
- M.S. or B.S. in Metallurgy Materials Science Chemical Engineering or a related technical field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in relevant technical domains with 4 years in people and/or technical team leadership roles.
- Demonstrated basic knowledge of failure analysis materials degradation corrosion mechanisms and use of advanced characterization tools.
- Proven experience developing and executing a technology strategy across complex organizations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in the medical device or other regulated industries.
- Hands-on experience in adjacent disciplines including corrosion testing surface science and mechanical materials evaluation.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements (e.g. FDA) and relevant industry standards (e.g. ASTM ISO).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Other Desired Attributes:
- Strong systems thinking and ability to balance near-term product needs with long-term capability development.
- Experience leading change and fostering innovation in scientific environments.
- High level of emotional intelligence and organizational savvy in navigating large matrixed organizations.
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.
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.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
