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A Day in the Life

NPI (New Product Introduction) Program Manager / Core Team Operations Representative (CTOR) is the primary Operations interface to the NPI Core team. This is a highly visible and impactful role in the operations network and to the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health business unit of Medtronics Neurosciences Operating Unit. The CTOR will lead cross-functional extended teams and is responsible for value stream selection planning execution and implementation of new products into this exciting role as the Engineering Program Manager you will be responsible for the overall operations aspects including value stream selection planning execution and successful implementation of activities in the development and introduction of new products. You will ensure that the voice of operations is properly captured and all team commitments and project contract metrics are met and communicated in a timely manner.

Ability to travel up to: 25% (domestic or international)

Location: Fridley Rice Creek Minnesota

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.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Lead through influence in a matrixed cross-cultural organization.

• Lead all manufacturing and supply chain schedule risk burn down.

• Lead Extended Operations Teams to ensure on-time and on-budget performance through the new product development cycle.

• Defining and Managing Operations Project metrics and Motivating teams to achieve:

  • Predicted product costs line yields installed capacity process and component capability risk burndown.

• Generating Design Transfer Deliverables (Plans and Reports)

• Working with Stakeholders to set Manufacturing Strategies including:

  • Manufacturing Site Selection

  • Distribution Strategies

  • Contract Manufacturing Statement of work

  • Capacity Analysis

  • Capital

  • Manufacturing Process Validation Planning/Strategy

  • Equipment Supplier Selection

  • Pilot Lines/scale up requirements (as needed by program)

• Establishing operations development plans (budget schedule interdependencies with other Core Team and extended operations functions)

• Ensure the quality policy/system is planned understood implemented and maintained.

• Ensure operations aspects of Quality System Compliance Design History File and Regulatory submissions are properly documented.

• Coordinate development builds across value streams.

• Lead decision making for facility locations make-buy decisions business continuity.

• Ensure Design for Reliability and Manufacturing (DRM) is consistently and rigorously applied

• Facilitate launch build planning capacity planning and execution and Commercialization Readiness activities.

• Provide tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching to operations team and extended operations team.

• Provide indirect people management and development.

COMMUNICATIONS & INFLUENCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the Voice of Operations within the Product Development Team

• Active and effective listener

• Ability to lead and Influence between Extended Operations Team and Core Team

• Effective written and spoken communicator

• Coach and develop extended Operations members to help individuals advance their skills and careers. Provide performance feedback.

• Recognize teams and individuals for exceptional performance

• Ability to influence and negotiate requirements to meet program outcomes.

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and the ability to ask critical questions without being the subject matter expert

• Ensure scope cost resource and schedule alignment between operations and core team functions

• Ensure structured problem methods and predictive engineering principles are consistently and rigorously applied such as Design for Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing DFMA DRM FTQ or similar concepts.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements)

To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related discipline required with a minimum of 5 years of Program or Project Management experience leading complex new product.

• OR advance degree with a minimum of 3 years of Program or Project Management experience leading complex new product.

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications)

• Advanced degree in Engineering discipline or MBA

• Medical device product development and/or manufacturing experience and a strong understanding of FDA ICH and IEC standards

• Experience across the entire product lifecycle

• DRM DFSS or Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

• PMP Certification is highly desired

• Proven Operations experience with depth of knowledge in at least one Operations function

• Experience working in a highly regulated industry (e.g. medical device pharmaceutical avionics automotive)

• Experience with problem solving methodologies

• Experience with manufacturing process validation

• Project engineering or program management experience in a new product development and/or manufacturing environment

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.