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

As the Operational Excellence Business Process Improvement Consultant you will:

• Lead guide deploy and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS) our way of working better together across Medtronic.

• Develop and govern MPS standards and content leading enterprise-wide governance while establishing new cross-company partnerships and expanding MPS offerings.

• Oversee web hosting content delivery and ongoing maintenance to ensure consistency and scalability.

• Design implement and manage a best-in-class MPS learning and training ecosystem leveraging Medtronic and external vendor resources.

• Develop and execute enterprise communication strategies to drive MPS awareness understanding and adoption across the organization.

• Lead and coordinate change control for MPS critical elements in partnership with OpEx governance ensuring alignment compliance and sustainability.

• Lead v initiatives to improve business processes reduce costs and enhance quality and performance outcomes.

• Deliver belt-level training programs both in person and virtually while mentoring and coaching teams to embed continuous improvement capabilities.

Must Have:

• Bachelors degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant business process improvement experience or Masters degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant business process improvement experience

• Advanced technology acumen including practical experience with AI-enabled solutions advanced analytics and enterprise web/site hosting platforms to support scalable process improvement and knowledge delivery.

• Advanced knowledge of business improvement methodologies with certification (Green Belt or higher or equivalent) and applied experience in one or more areas such as Lean Six Sigma RedX Agile and/or Design Thinking.

• Exceptional communication facilitation and presentation skills with demonstrated success leading training courses and workshops both in person and virtually for diverse audiences.

• Hands-on experience applying Operational Excellence methodologies combined with strong project management capabilities to lead initiatives from concept through sustainable implementation.

Nice to Have:

• Strong change management coaching and mentoring capabilities with the ability to influence and drive adoption without direct authority across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear compelling messages including developing structured communications learning materials and capability-building content.

• Advanced certification in business improvement methodologies (Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred) with demonstrated application in enterprise or cross-functional environments.

• Solid financial acumen with experience integrating continuous improvement initiatives to deliver measurable cost quality and performance outcomes.

• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 5075% varying based on project scope and business initiatives.

Working Conditions: Travel typically 50% to 75% but varies based on initiatives.

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.