Sr. Engineering Program Manager- Business Process Standardization (Cardiac Ablation Solutions)
Mounds View, MN - USA
Job Summary
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
Medtronics Cardiac Ablation Solutions division is searching for a motivated Senior Program Manager to join our growing product development team. The Senior Program Manager Business Process & Standardization is a senior individual contributor role within the PMO accountable for establishing improving and embedding standard work and clearly defined business processes across the portfolio. This role partners closely with PMs functional leaders and governance forums to reduce variability increase execution clarity and enable scalable delivery. Unlike traditional program management roles focused primarily on singleprogram execution this role is system focused owning how work gets done not just whether it gets done.Cardiac Ablation Solutions is developing next generation medical technologies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our technologies save lives and improve the quality of living for millions of patients across the world by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias and enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes.
Location for the role is in Mounds View MN or Parkmore. Ireland.
Responsibilities may include thefollowingand other duties may be assigned:
- Lead the definition documentation and implementation of standard PMO business processes (e.g. intake opportunity assessment contracting planning governance execution and closeout).
- Translate ambiguous or inconsistent ways of working into clear practical standard work including process flows RACI templates and decision rights.
- Ensure processes are appropriately scaled for program size risk and complexity.
- Partner with stakeholders to balance consistency with flexibility enabling teams to execute efficiently without overbureaucratization.
- Own and maintain PMO templates playbooks and guidance materials; support the creation of a centralized PMO knowledge hub.
- Coach and enable Program Managers and functional partners on how to apply standard work effectively in real programs.
- Support onboarding of new PMs by clarifying expectations processes and tools.
- Partner with PMO leadership to mature portfolio management capabilities over time.
- Work closely with R&D Finance Quality Operations and functional leaders to align PMO processes with broader enterprise requirements.
- Act as a trusted thought partner to PMO leadership on operating model role clarity and capability maturity.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements- To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile:
- Bachelorsdegree
- 7 years of experience in new product development program/project management PMO or business process improvement roles.
- Demonstrated experience defining implementing and sustaining standard work across multiple teams or programs.
- Strong ability tooperatein ambiguous environments and turn ambiguity into clarity.
- Provenstakeholderinfluence skills without direct authority.
Nice to Have:
- Experience in regulated environments (medical device pharma or equivalent).
- Experience building or maturing PMO processes governance models or operating frameworks.
- Lean Six Sigma or formal process improvement trainingstronglypreferred.
- Experience supportingportfolio-levelor multiprogram environments.
About Medtronic:
Together we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic we push the limits of what technology therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain restorehealthand extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team.Letswork together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements:
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 employeeis regularly required tobe independently mobile. The employeeis also required tointeract 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. (ADA-United States of America).A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. Theyshare inthe 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. Learn more about our benefitshere.This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)here.
Theprovidedbase salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations).The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experiencecertification/education market conditions location pay is based onnumerousfactors and may vary depending on job-relatedknowledge skills and experience.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B TN J etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Join us in our mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend lifewhere your unique background and perspective are valued.
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.
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About Company
About Medtronic Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an excit ... View more