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A Day in the Life

In this role you will serve as a strategic expert in clinical vendor management within Medtronic Clinical and Regulatory Solutions (MCRS). You will play a critical role in the selection qualification and ongoing oversight of clinical suppliers supporting global clinical research activities. You will partner closely with study teams category management and the contracts organization to ensure that vendor partnerships agreements and performance align with Medtronics business objectives clinical study deliverables and quality expectations.

This position requires deep understanding of clinical outsourcing practices supplier governance and relationship management combining operational excellence strategic thinking and business acumen to drive success across complex multi-study vendor engagements.

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.

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

• Demonstrates expert understanding and application of clinical vendor management principles including vendor qualification performance oversight issue escalation and risk mitigation.

• Partners with the contracts and legal teams during vendor selection and negotiation phases to ensure business requirements performance metrics and operational considerations are accurately reflected in contracts.

• Develops solutions to complex outsourcing challenges leveraging creativity and innovation while ensuring alignment with Medtronic objectives and compliance requirements.

• Serves as a strategic advisor to study teams on supplier capabilities sourcing strategy and vendor engagement models.

• Leads or contributes to supplier governance activities including performance reviews relationship management and resolution of operational issues.

• Independently manages complex supplier oversight challenges balancing business needs stakeholder priorities and compliance obligations while maintaining focus on study milestones and deliverables.

• Acts as a central coordination point across internal teams (Clinical Operations Legal Sourcing Quality Data Management etc.) to ensure seamless execution of vendor-related activities.

• Regularly provides status updates risk assessments and recommendations to study teams and leadership to ensure transparency and accountability in supplier performance.

• Recognized as a subject matter expert in clinical outsourcing and vendor oversight serving as a consultant to management and a mentor to peers.

• Drives process improvement initiatives that strengthen vendor selection onboarding and oversight processes; benchmarks internally and externally; tracks and reports outcomes; and helps drive adoption across the contracting and vendor management teams.

• Recognizes and proactively addresses communication challenges among key stakeholders facilitating alignment and consistent decision-making.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

• Bachelors degree with 7 years of experience in clinical vendor management clinical outsourcing or supplier oversight (or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant experience). Relevant experience in clinical operations clinical project management or other clinical research roles may also be considered.

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Demonstrated experience in managing vendors supporting clinical trials (e.g. CROs central labs imaging vendors EDC providers etc.).

• Proven ability to assess supplier capabilities performance and risk and to implement corrective or preventive actions as needed.

• Strong understanding of clinical contracting principles and ability to collaborate effectively with contract and legal teams.

• Excellent communication negotiation and relationship management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple complex vendor engagements simultaneously.

• Masters degree MBA or JD.

• Experience in the medical device industry or global clinical research organization.

• In-depth understanding of GCP ICH ISO 14155 and vendor qualification requirements for regulated clinical research.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional governance or process improvement initiatives focused on supplier oversight and performance management.

• Experience developing metrics and dashboards to track vendor performance and drive accountability.

• Demonstrated ability to influence across levels of the organization and represent the vendor management function in strategic discussions.

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.