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

We are seeking a highly experienced and businessfocused Senior Principal Data Scientist to join our Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health (NMPH) this role you will transform clinical and realworld data into strategic insights that influence clinical regulatory and market decisions. You will report directly to the Senior Statistics Manager and operate as an embedded expert within our statistics organization while also partnering closely with NMPH leadership to drive key transformation initiatives.

This is a hands-on impact-oriented role. You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to define analytical opportunities shape data strategies develop predictive models and create dashboards and tools that guide clinical and regulatory effectiveness. Success in this position requires deep expertise in statistical analysis machine learning and AI combined with strong business acumen and the ability to turn complex data into clear actionable insights.

At Medtronic we move with speed and purpose to put patients first. Being onsite at least four days per week is essential to fostering collaboration professional growth and innovation as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Data Science & Analytics

• Develop explore clean transform and model data to uncover insights support decisions and drive competitive advantage.

• Apply advanced statistical analysis to support accurate forecasting prediction and classification.

• Analyze clinical trial data registries and realworld data sources (claims EHR publications) to identify trends anomalies and improvement opportunities.

• Translate complex business questions into structured data science problems and deliver models that shape clinical regulatory and market strategies.

• Build and maintain analytical workflows dashboards and predictive models that support operational excellence.

AI & Machine Learning

• Utilize AI and ML techniques to accelerate data discovery and enhance analytical efficiency.

• Develop predictive models and machine learning algorithms using state-of-the-art methodologies.

• Integrate repeatable scalable data science components into enterprise systems and transformation workflows.

Data Management & Visualization

• Maintain analytical systems validate data integrity and serve as a liaison to business partners.

• Create visualizations that make analytical outputs accessible and actionable for nontechnical audiences.

• Extend internal datasets with external data sources when needed to improve insights.

• Conduct adhoc analysis and clearly present findings to stakeholders.

Collaboration & Partnership

• Work closely with data architects/engineers and IT partners to align on shared project goals.

• Support crossfunctional teams by identifying data opportunities and building tools that enhance strategy and execution.

Location: Fridley/Rice Creek MN

Onsite: At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. Were working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance foster an environment of belonging and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and a minimum of 10 years of experience in Data Analytics

• OR Advanced degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience in Data Analytics

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications)

• Extensive experience translating data science insights into business strategies.

• Expert-level proficiency in Python or R for advanced analytics and modeling.

• Demonstrated experience integrating AI into daily workflows.

• Proven success developing and communicating ML models for predictive and prescriptive analytics.

• Advanced data visualization capabilities.

• Strong understanding of how ML and inferential statistics complement each other in product development.

• Excellent problem-solving communication and presentation skills.

• Experience in medical devices healthcare or pharma industries.

• Familiarity with synthetic data or digital twin technologies.

• Graduate degree in Data Science or another quantitative field (strong plus).

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.