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As a key member of the Medtronic Foundation team you will be a strategic communications partner and leaderdeveloping and executing integrated communications strategies that enhance and amplify the Foundations vision strategy and impact with a diverse range of global internal and external stakeholders.

In addition to the Medtronic Foundations focus areas of employee engagement match giving volunteerism activities and disaster response the Medtronic Foundation recently launched Medtronic Spark a global 10-year initiative which empowers students from low-income households to achieve their dreams in health tech and related fields. This requires a strong communications lead that will launch communications regarding the purpose and progress of Medtronic Spark develop strategies to leverage and engage our global employees activate external stakeholders to join the initiative in proactive and meaningful ways and build brand equity for Medtronic PLC.

In this role you will navigate complexity across multiple workstreams and internal stakeholders across our global organization connecting communications strategies with the through-line of employee engagement while developing creative and engaging ways to reach external stakeholders with targeted messaging. Your strategic data-informed plans and approach to communications will enable the Medtronic Foundation to further elevate the Medtronic brand and reputation as a trusted forward-thinking corporate citizen.

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

• Ensure that all communications are anchored in a strategic plan built on objectives strategies tactics and audiences and informed by data and ongoing measurement.

• Leveraging data and metrics provide critical insights on the impact of communications on the stated goals and adjust or modify based on these insights.

• Position Medtronic Foundation as a recognized leader in creating long-term strategic investments that prioritize transformative programming to improve peoples lives.

• Elevate the Medtronic brand reputation and positive net sentiment through storytelling audience engagement and earned media coverage about Medtronic Foundations strategic investments and initiatives that strengthen communities where Medtronic employees live and work.

• Provide enterprise-wide communications that inspire Medtronic employees to engage and actively participate in opportunities to positively impact their communities through the support of the Foundation.

• Through close partnership and collaboration with the Program leaders ensure appropriate strategies are in place to amplify the impact of the work of the Foundation.

• Provide leadership guidance and coaching to communications team members as appropriate to deliver on the integrated communications strategy.

• Engage across internal and external stakeholders to ensure a global approach and resonance with a global audience as appropriate through proactively understanding local needs nuances of the culture and developing a locally relevant communication approach.

• Serve as a connection to the Global Communications and Corporate Marketing (GCCM) team to ensure opportunities are identified and implemented and that the Foundation communications strategy aligns to GCCM priority audiences as appropriate.

• Identify strategic opportunities for executive communications and thought leadership opportunities for the President of the Medtronic Foundation in partnership with Global Communications and Corporate Marketing partners (speaking opportunities media etc.).

• Lead the strategy for social content channels and partner with the Sr. Communications Specialist Medtronic Foundation to implement the strategy.

• Manage the communication resources within the Foundation to provide guidance coaching and feedback for the execution of the strategy and to develop team members for the future.

• Manage external agencies to enhance and augment communications to ensure creative bold and relevant messaging that engages key audiences.

• Ability to develop and present C-suite and Board level materials and effectively speak to the work and influence alignment and decision making at the board of directors meetings.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree

• 10 years of progressive corporate or agency communications experience with 7 years of people or program managerial experience; or advanced degree and 8 years of related experience and of with 7 years of people or program managerial experience

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree in communications public relations journalism scientific communications or marketing

• Experience in and passion for strategic communications ability to connect the dots across distinct projects and be seen as both strategic advisor and excellent doer

• Proven ability to navigate and work effectively across a global matrixed organization to ensure both global consistency of strategy and messaging and unique local market requirements

• Strong business acumen; background in health tech healthcare or philanthropic organizations preferred

• Ability to thrive under tight deadlines and multi-task while quickly prioritizing projects and communicating priorities to stakeholders

• Proven track record developing and executing integrated communications strategies for internal and external audiences

• Ability to achieve results through teams exerting influence across various levels across the organization.

• People & project management skills and ability to effectively prioritize

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

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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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