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A Day in the Life

A career at Medtronic is like no other. Were purposeful. Were committed. And were driven by our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

The Principal Government Affairs Specialist for MiniMed in Australia will lead the companys public policy and advocacy strategy to create a favourable environment for patient access to diabetes technologies including automated insulin delivery (AID) systems continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and connected digital health solutions.

He/she will act as a trusted partner to government payers and other key stakeholders shaping sustainable health policies that enable innovation and equitable access to care for people living with diabetes.

This is a highly visible strategic role that combines policy expertise stakeholder engagement and business understanding to support MiniMeds mission.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronics Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

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

• Develop and implement the local government affairs strategy for Minimed aligned with corporate and regional priorities.

• Identify policy barriers and opportunities related to reimbursement digital health integration and innovation adoption in diabetes care.

• Advise senior leadership on emerging trends political risks and strategic advocacy options to support business goals and patient access.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with national ministries of health payers reimbursement bodies and relevant parliamentary or regulatory institutions.

• Represent Minimed in policy dialogues roundtables and public consultations on diabetes management medical devices and digital health policy.

• Foster partnerships with patient organizations professional societies local Medtech organizations and diabetes associations to promote shared policy objectives.

• Position Minimed as a thought leader in diabetes innovation value-based healthcare and access equity.

• Coordinate and align local advocacy efforts across internal teams (Market Access Clinical Affairs Communications) to ensure a consistent external voice.

• Represent Minimed in national MedTech or diabetes industry associations and contribute to joint advocacy initiatives.

• Monitor local legislative regulatory and health policy developments with potential impact on diabetes care and medical device innovation.

• Prepare policy briefs position papers and executive summaries for internal and external stakeholders.

• Anticipate and manage local policy risks ensuring proactive engagement to shape discussions rather than react to them.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires a Bachelors degree with minimum 7 years of relevant experience in government affairs public policy or health advocacy. or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

• Advanced degree in Public Policy Political Science Law Health Economics or a related field is preferred.

• Strong understanding of national health policy processes reimbursement frameworks and the political landscape of healthcare innovation. Previous experience in MedTech pharmaceuticals or healthcare strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated success in engaging senior-level policymakers and driving measurable advocacy outcomes.

• Deep local policy and political acumen with the ability to translate complex issues into actionable strategies.

• Exceptional relationship-building negotiation and communication skills.

• Strategic thinker with high integrity sound judgment and resilience in complex stakeholder environments.

• Collaborative leadership style capable of working effectively across matrixed organizations.

• Fluent in English and the local language .

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.

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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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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