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A Day in the Life

At Medtronic you will drive high-impact clinical digital transformation initiatives that enable functional excellence through optimized technology and innovation. The Medtronic Clinical and Regulatory Solutions (MCRS) business is seeking a Strategic Technology Enablement Program Manager with a key role responsible for representing the business on IT applications. The ideal candidate will bring strong demonstrated expertise at the intersection of clinical research and data/technology domains including the ability to collaborate across the matrix; balance competing interests to create shared value; and creatively solve problems through technology.

In this role you will be supporting a key clinical research program to modernize Medtronic Clinicals data and analytics platform leveraging modern cloud technology and standardization of data to drive meaningful and sustainable value for portfolio execution. This role requires strong partnership r with IT on behalf of the business to integrate various data sources with the new cloud data platform. Strong technical aptitude to facilitate effective integrations with both cloud and on prem infrastructure. This program represents a key investment for Medtronic and success in this role requires strong expertise in understanding and aligning business and IT needs and processes to drive successful outcomes.

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. To enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts we are offering this as a remote position. This role may require up to 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

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

• Collaborates with various departments on the design documentation testing and implementation of clinical data collection systems.

• Develops systems for organizing data to analyze identify and report data and trends.

• Prepares reports of clinical trial studies for internal validation and cross validation studies.

• Business ownership of key clinical applications facilitating connections and communication between business end users MCRS IT and vendors

• Contribute to system validation maintain enterprise configuration and support
  product release management

• Vendor relationship management including business input on contracting audit and general oversight

• Financial acumen to support necessary forecasting variance analysis and funding requests

• Identify current & future technology needs to enable functional strategies including business case development for associated funding asks

• Advise/evaluate solutions and support selection of vendors including coordinating business input from OU Regions and MCRS subject matter experts

• Lead and/or support pilot and implementation efforts for new software

• Proactive communication with key stakeholders on systems health strategy and program execution including escalation management when required

• Educating and driving alignment with user community regarding enterprise standards and consistent utilization of systems

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree plus 5 years of focused on business enablement and optimization of systems and technology (or 3 years with an advanced degree)

Nice to Have:

• 5 years of clinical research systems and technology experience

• AWS cloud integration experience

• Medical device or other regulated industry experience

• Deep understanding of Clinical Research processes with the ability to strategically align technology solutions to business needs.

• Proven experience leading large-scale technology implementation projects including system replacement efforts and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

• Ability to navigate complex organizational structures fostering collaboration across business units IT teams and external vendors to achieve shared goals.

• Experience managing vendor relationships including contracting financial oversight audits and ensuring alignment with business needs.

• Skilled in identifying future technology needs evaluating solutions and developing business cases to secure funding for strategic initiatives.

• Hands-on experience with system validation pilot testing and implementation of new software ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business requirements.

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.