We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Apr 2026

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 Cardiac Rhythm Management Group brings all of our cardiac businesses together into one cross-functional collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent technologies products services and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe. Cardiac Rhythm Management offers devices and therapies to treat abnormal heart rhythms as well as cardiac diagnostic and monitoring solutions.

Be on the frontlines of the emerging area of medical device data protection and privacy as an integral member and technical leader within a team responsible for creating deploying and monitoring cybersecurity and privacy solutions for Medtronics medical devices and supporting IT infrastructure.

Work directly with R&D teams to ensure all relevant data protection and privacy risks are identified and evaluated and appropriate and well-balanced solutions are implemented.

Develop project privacy management deliverables for regulatory bodies to comply with standards / guidance documents and successfully communicate data protection policies processes and solutions to customers regulatory bodies and other stakeholders.

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

• Lead and execute product data privacy activities including data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) and implementation of mitigation strategies.
• Provide product privacy consultations and develop product-specific privacy policies and procedures.
• Guide products through the Privacy by Design process in partnership with R&D teams; define and recommend appropriate privacy controls at the product and system level.
• Lead and support product-specific data privacy investigations including corrective actions remediation and risk mitigation efforts.
• Manage privacy-related deliverables for regulatory bodies ensuring compliance with applicable laws standards and guidance.
• Support responses to customer privacy and security inquiries in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Partner with regional business and legal stakeholders to provide guidance on product-specific privacy requirements.
• Promote privacy awareness and drive compliance through training consultation and ongoing engagement.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.
  

Must Have: Minimum Requirements- To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile:

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR
  Masters degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience

Nice to Have:

• CIPP or equivalent certification or comparable experience/education in privacy and compliance
• 2 years of experience in privacy compliance or related roles
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to assess trade-offs and recommend practical risk-based solutions
• High attention to detail and accuracy in handling complex information
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate complex technical concepts into clear actionable guidance
• Proven ability to influence and drive behavioral change across stakeholders
• Ability to communicate privacy risks effectively and support balanced business-aligned decision-making
• Strong business acumen with a commitment to delivering timely high-quality support
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills; able to break down complex work into manageable tasks
• Experience managing privacy and security incidents
• Solid understanding of data protection practices risk management cybersecurity principles and incident response
• Knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations including HIPAA and GDPR
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to collaborate across diverse teams and stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork capabilities
• Ability to develop creative compliant solutions to complex challenges
• Experience working with customers and external stakeholders on privacy and data protection matters
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in healthcare or other highly regulated industries preferred
• Background in cybersecurity information security or IT preferred
• Experience with contracts and legal interpretation preferred

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 restore health and 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. Lets work 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 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. (ADA-United States of America).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. Learn more about our benefitshere.This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)here.

The provided base 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 on numerous factors 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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$125600.00 - $188400.00

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 62320.00 EUR- 93480.00 EUR

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.