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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

The Sr. Principal Enterprise Architect is a technical leadership and hands on architecture role that partners with business and technical teams across the value stream operating model. This role is responsible for defining and leading technology roadmaps aligned with Operating Unit priorities business strategy Product Strategy and Lifecycle Management Quality and Healthcare Regulatory requirements along with architectural expertise to be applied on Mergers Acquisition and Divestiture projects.
The architect works with capability owners to assess the current technology portfolio identify gaps and guide the maturation modernization and migration of technologies. The role collaborates closely with Enterprise Architects Business Solution Architects Technical Architects Business Relationship Managers business stakeholders and external partners to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture strategy Medtronic standards and delivery capabilities.
This position advances the Enterprise Architecture practice by establishing and maintaining enterprise standards reference architectures patterns guidelines and best practices. The role also mentors employees to strengthen architectural capabilities and strategic planning.

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

In your role you may work from the following Medtronic sites:
Mounds View Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Lafayette Colorado

Irvine California (UCI) Memphis Tennessee Fort Worth Texas

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE & STRATEGY

• Establish and enforce Enterprise Standards Patterns Guidelines and Best Practices.

• Develop value stream strategies capability models and technology roadmaps.

• Assess the technology portfolio identify gaps and guide maturation and modernization plans.

• Evaluate IT solutions assess technical risks and guide architectural direction.

• Identify opportunities and risks across the value stream ecosystem and lead platform strategy.

• Support design decisions that operationalize and maintain the technology landscape.

GOVERNANCE & ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

• Support teams engaging with the Architecture Review Board and IT Governance Boards.

• Represent Global Architecture in reviewing new initiatives component viability and design decisions.

• Participate in the Architecture Review Board and IT Leadership Councils to uphold enterprise standards.

• Ensure adherence to IT governance activities including architecture boards and governance councils.

• Ensure architecture documentation and Technical Risk Reviews are complete and stored in the architecture repository.

SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT & COLLABORATION

• Align business and technical solution architecture across design implementation and modifications.

• Consult with technology teams to ensure systems and infrastructure align with architecture strategy.

• Partner with architects and business stakeholders to:

  • Develop value stream roadmaps.

  • Identify business drivers for investment prioritization.

  • Assess current-state capabilities and technologies.

  • Establish capability maturation plans and technology portfolio rationalization.

  • Evaluate industry and market trends and their impact.

  • Conduct impact analysis for change management.

  • Support solution selection and system integrator evaluations.

• Facilitate the Solution Selection Process to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.

• Partner with Global Portfolio Management and Enterprise Portfolio Management to align plans with enterprise deliveries.

• Communicate architectural outcomes and progress to senior leadership.

SPECIALIZED ARCHITECTURE FOCUS

• Design for connected devices edge computing mobile A2A and B2B integration using webMethods or similar technologies applying Human Centered Design and design thinking.

• Support Quality Regulatory Product Strategy (including PLM) Mergers & Acquisitions and E2Earchitecture.

• Define enterprise data architecture and governance with clinical data standards and realworld patterns.

• Lead interoperability and API strategy using standards such as FHIR HL7 V2 DICOM OMOP and secure partner data exchanges.

• Lead technical due diligence carvein/carveout plans TSA exits and Day 1/Day 100 roadmaps for Mergers Acquisitions & Divestitures.

• Design solution roadmaps using SAFe/Scaled Agile and align to business capability and process frameworks such as APQC EPMO tools and process mining.

• Handson work with cloud (Azure / AWS) containers/Kubernetes microservices data pipelines and event streaming with kafka or similar and DevSecOps.

LEADERSHIP CULTURE & ENGAGEMENT

• Mentor employees to expand architecture skills strategic planning and subject matter expertise.

• Promote business capability development process excellence and best practices.

• Support innovation demand and portfolio processes by gathering and evaluating new ideas.

• Foster a positive engaging teamfocused global environment.

• Partner with business and IT to identify opportunities to advance strategic objectives with technology.

• Serve as a role model for Medtronic values and core competencies.

MUST HAVE:

Bachelors degree with 10 years of relevant IT experience or and advanced degree with 8 years of relevant IT experience

NICE TO HAVE:

5 years of experience aligned to a relevant architecture discipline (solution architecture integrations services infrastructure deployment and support of technology)

5 years working with data architecture data modeling data management

3 years of experience and strong knowledge of Enterprise-class architecture concepts definition and creation

3 years of experience in information architecture or 5 years of experience as data analyst business intelligence analyst or equivalent roles

2 years of experience with data architecture of cloud-based solutions (e.g. applications (SaaS) platforms (PaaS) and infrastructure (IaaS)) within an Enterprise environment

High degree of learning agility with the ability to readily consume and apply new information and concepts with developed analytical problem-solving skills

3 years of experience working with large enterprise ERP data models

3 years of experience in business capability process technology and data modeling

Knowledge in user experience modeling information design and concept generation

Certifications in frameworks such as TOGAF or other service and control frameworks such as ITIL or COBIT

Strong business acumen decision making and influence skills across all levels of an organization

Excellent leadership and teamwork skills

Strong communication skills including with employees clients senior management and vendors

Strong results orientation (driving to deadlines financial targets project goals etc.)

Ability to work collaboratively and partner with employees leaders clients and vendors

Demonstrated ability to work in a global virtual organization

Excellent presentation skills including the ability to translate technical information into business terms (e.g. ability to explain complex technical solutions and architecture strategies to non-technical resources)

Technology depth and credibility with technical staff

Work experience in the Medical Device Industry or other regulated industry

Ability to mentor and develop business architecture and technical resources

Able to work independently as well as cooperatively

Past internal experience (employee/constant) in the value streams is a large plus

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$152800.00 - $229200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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.