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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. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Structural Heart & Aortic (SH&A) Project Management Office (PMO) leader will provide leadership and management of SH&A New Product Development (NPD) programs and projects to ensure the timely delivery of products, solutions, and services.

This role is expected to lead a team of program managers and directors leading the development of new product capabilities, features, and solutions that support business strategies and initiatives.

There are 3 primary responsibilities of the SH&A PMO leader:

1) Portfolio Management: Drive development of the entire SH&A portfolio, generate supply/demand scenarios, facilitate resource allocation decisions, and ensures overall alignment with the SH&A strategic priorities.

2) Program Execution: Delivers consistent and predictable program execution across the portfolio through use of project management strategies and tactics.

3) Functional Excellence: Continuously improves the overall PMO skills, capabilities, and tools.

Portfolio Management:

• Strong project management skills; knowledge of process and project planning best practices including but not limited to Work Breakdown Structures, Scheduling, and schedule Monte Carlo assessments.

• Work with Functional leaders, Core Team Leaders, Core Team Members and all functions to assess and maintain the near-term and long-term health of the portfolio

• Strong business acumen, ability to think and act from an overall “best for the business” perspective.

• Strong financial acumen with ability to establish and manage project budgets within guidelines and understand trade-offs across programs.

• Ensure that teams coming to PRC have met business and compliance requirements

• Ensure contracts show performance expectations and confidence

• Works cross-functionally to successfully introduce new programs into the portfolio

• Assess contracts for fit with resources and OU spending targets

• Assess portfolio health (supply and demand) and take course corrections as needed to keep the portfolio healthy.

• Support scenario work required to optimize desired programs given staffing constraints identified in 10Q and AOP.

Program Execution:

• Accountable for projects within portfolio and makes commitments to meet specific business goals and objectives

• Ensures that products are launched on time and meet established goals and objectives (per project contracts)

• Uses leadership skills to ensure that cross-functional resources are assigned and held accountable for task and outcome completion.

• Accountable for project budget with components that include all investments required to successfully commercialize product.

• Assesses project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives

Functional Excellence:

• Define clear initiatives and goals to establish a respected PMO organization across SH&A

• Leverage change management tools to ensure organizational acceptance of key PMO initiatives

• Establishes processes and metrics to drive higher quality and schedule predictability

• Demonstrate expertise in devising and implementing streamlined processes and strategic programs to improve efficiency, timeliness, and productivity while reducing costs and contributing to revenue

• Mentor, coach and develop project management capabilities across SH&A through a collaborative, learning environment

Required Knowledge & Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of medical device experience.

• Minimum 7 years direct project management in a leadership capacity

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or sciences

Desired & Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead people and achieve results through others, managing diverse relationships and inspiring others

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills

• Experience working with global teams cross functionally in a matrixed organization

• Experience leading development programs of medium to high complexity

• Possesses in-depth knowledge of the product development phase review process in the medical industry

• Strong project management skills; knowledge of process and project planning best practices.

• Experience in delivering major programs to market

• Strong change management capabilities

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills

Location: Minnesota, Santa Rosa, Santa Ana, Galway

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.

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):$220,000.00 - $330,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

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).

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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 90,000+ 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 (http://www.medtronic.com) .

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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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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 90,000+ 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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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