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A Day in the Life

Sr. Director External Communications - PR and Issues Management

Careers that Change Lives:

At Medtronic we believe that delivering on our Mission and impacting patients around the world are critical to our success. The Senior Director of External Communications PR and Issues Management will lead strategic efforts to both elevate and protect Medtronics global reputation drive thought leadership and amplify our mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life. This role will oversee external communications including media relations financial communications executive visibility and issues management ensuring alignment with our business priorities and values.

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.

A Day in the Life:

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

Strategic Communications Leadership

• Develop and execute a global external communications strategy that supports Medtronics business objectives innovation pipeline and corporate reputation.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on public positioning media engagement and reputational risk.

• Lead a global high-performing team committed to measurable business results

Media & Public Relations

• Lead proactive and reactive media relations including press releases media outreach support for quarterly earnings and interview preparation.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with global and national media to position Medtronic as a leader in healthcare technology.

• Serve as the primary company spokesperson for media.

• Manage financial communications including engagement with key financial media outlets support of Medtronic quarterly earnings and critical investor events and collaboration with Investor Relations team to drive consistent business performance narrative externally.

Executive Visibility & Thought Leadership

• Partner with executive leadership and communications colleagues to promote and amplify earned media coverage.

• Identify secure and support high-impact speaking opportunities and media engagements for senior leaders.

Issues & Crisis Management

• Lead external communications during crises and sensitive issues ensuring timely transparent and consistent messaging.

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across the enterprise to assess and manage reputational risk.

Content Strategy & Brand Storytelling

• Partner with enterprise storytelling teams to drive high-quality content for external channels including media kits blogs and social platforms.

• Ensure consistency in brand voice and messaging across all external communications.

Measurement & Insights

• Define KPIs and reporting frameworks to assess the impact of PR and external communications efforts.

• Monitor media coverage sentiment and emerging trends to inform strategy and optimize performance.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree.

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in communications or corporate communications role or 13 years with a masters degree and 10 years of managerial experience.

• Expertise in media investor relations and public relations.

• Experience serving as company spokesperson for media ideally within a regulated industry.

• Experience leading teams and contributing to a matrix leadership model.

• Strong generalist experience across multiple communications disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in financial communications

• Proven track record for 360 proactive communications campaigns including demonstrated ability to work in close collaboration with marketing creative and business partners.

• Calm under pressure especially when advising and influencing leaders in difficult situations presenting a POV with sound judgment and demonstrating the ability to lead through complex and geographically diverse perspectives.

• Proven ability to build trust and establish credibility with all levels of management including executive leadership.

• Experience leading communications in a highly matrixed global organization with a focus on healthcare or technology; history of driving cross-company collaboration and partnership to get work done.

• Expertise as a strategic advisor to business leaders with a strong track record of driving successful communication initiatives.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

• Demonstrated experience using metrics to measure the effectiveness of communication strategies.

• Passion for Medtronics mission and commitment to ethical inclusive communication.

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.

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.