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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

Day in the Life
As a Software Manager working at Medtronic you will be a leader contributing to the Software functional area. This involves building and managing a highly engaged team of engineers to ensure that they are positioned for growth and success.

You Will:
Lead a team of engineers that design develop and verify software applications for medical devices (primarily desktop applications with minor support for mobile and web). Primary domain will be developing software application updates for existing medical products
Be responsible for day-to-day technical management including: software project sprint backlog management assignment management and tracking team deliverable
Deal with complex difficult and sometimes undefined problems requiring detailed information gathering analysis and investigation
Partner with the greater R&D organization (quality regulatory and marketing)
Communicate with stakeholders regarding ongoing operations
Drive best software development practices and build sustainable processes within your functional area.
Lead coach and review the work of your team


Must Have Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
5 years of relevant experience in customer-facing software product development with a proven track record of delivering successful software projects AND 5 years of experience in managing software development teams with a proven ability to lead and motivate teams
Experience in developing software products in languages such as C C# Javascript Dart Python etc
Strong understanding of software application development (primarily on desktop lesser on mobile and cloud) development and verification with a comprehensive knowledge of relevant technologies and SDLC methodologies (Agile SCRUM SAFE).
Proven ability to manage projects within a matrix reporting structure demonstrating strong organizational and project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to blend people management and technical expertise with a passion for both leading teams and solving complex technical challenges.
Experience mentoring and coaching software engineers and testers with a commitment to fostering their professional growth.
Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice to Have
Software development management experience in the medical field or similar regulated industry
Experience with industry standards: IEC 62304 (Software Development) ISO 14971 (Application of Risk Management)

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

• Oversees activities of the companys development and design requirements for software systems applications and software quality assurance for enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools to meet the current and future Software needs.
• Manages activities to assure programs are appropriately resourced and ensure continuous improvement in technical capability process and compliance.
• Manages scope cost and schedule within a cross-functional development team.
• Selects develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL CAREER STREAM:Management and supervisory professionals with one or more employees who are focused on tactical operational and some strategic activities within a specified area. Levels within the management career stream typically have six or more direct reports. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility managing performance developing talent engagement and inclusion communicating business and operational developments planning prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and / or indirect reports. A key responsibility of roles in this career stream is managing people. which includes: accountability for mentoring developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets conducting performance reviews and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy:Manages subordinate supervisors and/or experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in tactical and / or operational leadership and assignments in task and objective oriented terms.

Organizational Impact:Establishes operational plans and implements policies and impact program schedules customer satisfaction levels or allocation of time material resources expenditures and have budget or P&L accountability for a department function or for continuous improvement and consistency in deliverables.

Innovation and Complexity:Proposes modifications to functional operating policies and day-to-day and issues faced are complex difficult and undefined and require detailed information gathering analysis and investigation to understand the problem.

Communication and Influence:Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors regarding ongoing information exchange influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other interact on issues that have externally shared objectives.

Leadership and Talent Management:Manages a team consisting of supervisors and / or experienced professionals in the Specialist career directs and reviews the work of a team who exercise latitude and independence in their hiring firing promotion and reward within own area.

Required Knowledge and Experience:Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes projects and tactics within one job has advanced knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 5 years relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years prior relevant 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):$150400.00 - $225600.00

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.