Senior PD Program Manager – CST – Memphis, TN or Lafayette, CO (Onsite)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 Jun 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.

As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders spine conditions and chronic pain. Guided by our Missionto alleviate pain restore health and extend lifewe develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function reduce pain and return to the activities that matter most.

Our Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) Operating Unit develops and delivers an integrated ecosystem of spinal implants navigation and robotic guidance systems advanced imaging and data-driven planning tools for complex spine and cranial procedures. Platforms such as AiBLE connect these technologies to enhance surgical precision streamline workflows and support improved patient outcomes across the globe.

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Careers That Change Lives

As a Senior Program Manager within the PMO you will lead a portfolio of complex cross-functional programs that are critical to achieving business objectives and advancing strategic this role you will provide leadership governance and operational oversight across multiple projects and workstreams ensuring alignment execution excellence and successful delivery of key initiatives. You will partner with stakeholders across the organization to drive collaboration manage risks and dependencies and implement continuous improvement efforts that support scope schedule budget quality and patient safety objectives.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead large strategic and highly complex programs that span multiple functions business units and geographic regions delivering outcomes that drive significant business impact.

• Develop and maintain integrated program charters roadmaps and execution plans including scope milestones resource forecasts dependencies and critical path activities.

• Establish and lead program governance processes including status reporting risk and issue management decision-making forums and change control while providing clear recommendations to senior leadership.

• Proactively identify assess and mitigate program risks and issues; manage scope changes and competing priorities in alignment with business objectives and PMO standards.

• Influence align and lead cross-functional and matrixed teams to achieve program objectives fostering accountability collaboration and high-performance execution.

• Manage program budgets and financial performance supporting business case development investment planning and benefit realization tracking for major initiatives.

• Drive stakeholder engagement and communication strategies ensuring alignment transparency and effective decision-making across all levels of the organization.

• Champion program management best practices and continuous improvement initiatives leveraging lessons learned metrics and process enhancements to improve execution efficiency and organizational effectiveness.

Location: Memphis TN or Lafayette CO (Onsite)

Onsite: At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. Were working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance foster an environment of belonging and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the role will require <10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Minimum Requirements (Must Haves):

• Bachelors degree with minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

• Or Advance degree with minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Nice To have:

• Advance degree with 7 years of relevant experience

• Experience in the medical device industry preferably supporting spine orthopedic or other regulated healthcare technologies.

• Proven track record leading large cross-functional programs involving product development operations quality regulatory and commercial teams.

• Strong understanding of product development lifecycle processes within a regulated environment including design controls risk management and change management.

• Experience establishing program governance executive stakeholder communications and portfolio reporting for complex initiatives.

• PMP Agile or other project/program management certification preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change continuous improvement and business process optimization across multiple functions.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$178400.00 - $267600.00

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

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.