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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

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.

You will be a core member of the Post Market Development Compliance PMO within the Surgical Operating Unit focused on leading Standards Management this role you will own the development governance and ongoing execution of a critical global program that ensures medical device standards are proactively identified assessed and operationalized across the product lifecycle.

The Standards Management program establishes scalable enterprise-aligned processes to monitor evolving global standards perform gap analyses and drive timely compliance actions. This work is essential to maintaining regulatory alignment reducing downstream risk and enabling efficient product innovation across geographies and portfolios.

This Program Manager plays a critical role in ensuring ongoing product safety efficacy cost-effectiveness and market readiness throughout the product lifecycle. The role partners closely with PMO R&D Regulatory Quality and Clinical teams within the Surgical Operating Unit and across the broader enterprise.

Additionally this role helps shape how the Compliance PMO engages with the Surgical Operating Unit and enterprise partners contributing to the development of durable governance models scalable execution processes and transparent reporting mechanisms that support informed decision-making at all levels.


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.

Strategy Development and Governance:

o Develop and implement a comprehensive standards management strategy aligned with business objectives regulatory expectations and industry best practices.

o Establish governance frameworks decision models and operating mechanisms that ensure consistent execution accountability and continuous improvement.

Program Planning and Scheduling:

o Create and maintain integrated program plans identifying key milestones dependencies risks and critical paths to support timely and predictable delivery.

o Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align priorities capacity and sequencing with broader organizational objectives.

Resource and Budget Forecasting:

o Lead multi-year forecasting and planning for program resources including staffing tools and operational capabilities.

o Develop and manage program budgets ensuring alignment with program goals financial constraints and enterprise planning cycles.

o Monitor spend identify variances mitigate risks and drive cost-effective execution.

Execution and Oversight:

o Oversee end-to-end execution of standards management activities ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory commitments.

o Proactively identify risks issues and constraints driving resolution and maintaining program momentum.

o Provide clear recommendations on tradeoffs prioritization and revised plans as business or regulatory conditions evolve

Stakeholder Management and Communication

o Engage stakeholders across functions and leadership levels to ensure alignment transparency and sustained commitment to program objectives.

o Deliver regular updates dashboards and leadership communications highlighting progress risks decisions required and recommended actions.

Performance Metrics and Reporting

o Define implement and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure program effectiveness resource utilization and financial performance.

o Translate data into clear actionable insights that support operational and leadership decision-making.

Process Improvement and Innovation

o Continuously evaluate program processes to identify opportunities for simplification scalability and efficiency.

o Stay current on evolving standards regulatory trends and best practices in standards administration and program management.

Must Have: Minimum Requirement

• Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• 3 years of experience working with or managing cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment (eg: R&D Operations Regulatory Quality Marketing).
• 3 years leading multiple projects at once of increasing complexity
• 3 years of experience with budget management or financial tracking within projects and programs
• 3 years leading stakeholder communications across various peer and leadership levels of an organization
• Experience with product development in the medical device or related industry.
• Strong working knowledge of Standards and regulatory frameworks
• PMP or PgMP certification
• Experience directly managing or mentoring project managers and/or project coordinators
• Experience with advanced scheduling and resource management tools like Microsoft Project and/or Resource First/PDWare
• Power BI experience and creating data visualizations from large data sets
• Experience partnering with technical teams to define requirements for AI-enabled tools automation and work simplification solutions.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$136000.00 - $204000.00

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

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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.