Principal Learning Program Lead (Enterprise Programs)

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.

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver resultsthe right way. Thats the Medtronic Mindset our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better healthier lives.

The Principal Quality Systems Specialist plays a critical role in supporting large-scale enterprise system implementations across Medtronic enabling the successful execution of Wave deployments. This position manages the high volume and complexity of activities required to prepare the organization for system deployment including role and context mapping training coordination and delivery and user readiness initiatives. The role supports enterprise-wide alignment across multiple functions and stakeholders to ensure deployment timelines quality standards and compliance requirements are met.

The Principal Quality Systems Specialist leads coordination of implementation activities facilitates training and change readiness efforts and helps ensure that users are prepared for system adoption at go-live. By overseeing these efforts the role mitigates risk related to deployment schedule delays business and financial impacts and gaps in user readiness. This position is essential to managing the scale and complexity of cross-functional implementation work while supporting successful system adoption and sustained operational performance.

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 a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

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

• Manages learning initiatives for large Medtronic programs including integrated project plans milestones deliverables risks dependencies and implementation readiness.

• Partners with program teams process owners SMEs change management communications LMS/CSOD resources vendors and training specialists to align learning deliverables to program timelines and business objectives.

• Supports learner readiness through audience analysis role mapping training strategy content coordination completion tracking status reporting and post-launch support.

• Applies quality system knowledge to ensure learning plans training records and implementation activities remain compliant effective and inspection-ready.

• Provides oversight for the development and maintenance of quality programs systems processes and procedures that ensure compliance with policies and that the performance and quality of services conform to established internal and external standards and guidelines.

• Provides expertise and guidance in interpreting policies regulatory and/or governmental regulations and internal regulations to assure compliance.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelorsdegree with 7 years of work experience in Quality or regulated industry OR Advanced degree with 5years of work experience in Quality or regulated industry

Nice to Have

• Strong learning and development background with hands-on experience designing or managing training solutionsnot just project coordination (learning different solution implementations: ILT (instructor led training) eLearning Teams training etc.).

• Experience leading learning workstreams for large complex programs or system implementations (e.g. SAP PLM digital transformations) including integration with broader program timelines.

• Ability to translate business and system changes into training impact proactively identifying downstream effects to training strategy delivery and learner readiness.

• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of learning program delivery (strategy through execution and sustainment) in complex or regulated environments.

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.

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.

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Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
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