We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 May 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 Meeting Planner is responsible for the strategic planning design and execution of highimpact meetings and events that support business objectives customer engagement and organizational priorities. This role partners closely with crossfunctional stakeholders to deliver compliant costeffective and engaging experiences that align with brand standards and corporate policies.

Key responsibilities include endtoend event managementfrom concept development and budgeting through execution and postevent evaluationwhile managing multiple programs simultaneously. The Meeting Planner serves as a trusted advisor to internal teams providing guidance on event strategy logistics and attendee experience.

This role requires strong project management skills attention to detail and the ability to navigate complex compliance procurement and travel processes. The Meeting Planner proactively manages vendor relationships negotiates contracts mitigates risk and ensures flawless onsite execution. Success in this role is demonstrated by consistent delivery of highquality events stakeholder satisfaction and measurable business impact.

A Day in the Life:

• In compliance with Medtronic policies and relevant regulations plans and organizes internal and external business-related meetings symposiums conferences and program events by working with meeting stakeholders to align and execute against strategic direction (e.g. meeting objectives desired outcomes intended audience content coordination creative and innovative engagement techniques).
• Addresses all aspects of budget and billing including development of and tracking against budgets identification and capture of cost savings/cost avoidance efforts reconciling master bill coordinating payment to vendors and managing meeting expenses.
• Investigates sources negotiates and coordinates hotel and ancillary meeting services (includes contractors vendors onsite staff) while managing logistics of program functions including but not limited to space set-up food and beverage arrangement of air and ground transportation passport and VISA clearances.
• Selects books and coordinates AV / Production and Auxiliary Technical Services (e.g. mobile applications augmented/virtual reality applications audience response systems polling/surveys) to ensure successful execution and evaluation of meetings.
• Facilitates attendee experience through registration site design event promotion and communications and attendee management to support needs related to meeting attendance (e.g. accommodation requests RSVPs for sessions travel manifests).
• Generates analyzes and communicates event level and cross-event reporting against identified key meeting metrics and value-proposition indicators as needed.

Must Have:

High School Diploma or equivalent with 6 years of relevant experience in meeting or event planning or equivalent experience (OR Associates Degree with 4 years experience OR Baccalaureate Degree with 2 years 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):$82400.00 - $123600.00

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.