Senior Program Manager - Product DNA Regulatory Workstream Lead (Finance)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 May 2025

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 preferred working location for this role is the Medtronic facility located in Mounds View, Minnesota; however, the individual may also work remotely within the US or onsite at another US-based Medtronic facility.

As the Senior Program Manager of the Regulatory Workstream, you will be a key member of the Product DNA team. This role provides an opportunity to make an impact in support of the Medtronic Product DNA Program, a major transformational program that will create a connected thread of non-transactional product data to support the entire product lifecycle. You will drive changes and interfaces within the overall ecosystem (PLM, MES and ERP) of this multi- year program that will have multiple projects, waves of deployment.

Reporting to the Senior Director - Product DNA Implementation Lead in Global Technology and Innovation, you will make a major impact across the entire enterprise in bringing the Medtronic Mission to our patients. We look for leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result -and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions - we're a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture.
CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES

• Serve as functional and process owner for workstream driving day-to-day activities.
• Lead requirement gathering and business process design. Establish data flow and a design that maximizes individual and organizational efficiency.
• Lead the Regulatory Strategy Meeting and develop close working relationships with the Regulatory leadership team.
• Integrate the Product-DNA plans with those being developed by the Regulatory team.
• Monitor scope inter-dependencies with other workstreams or governed projects.
• Responsible for workstream performance, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Develop and monitor KPIs, scope, spend, savings and return on investment targets.
• Lead and/or participate on teams to structure issues, perform analyses, evaluate options, and develop recommendations on key process and system questions.
• Identify and engage necessary functional and group-specific SME's.
• Work with SMEs / OCM on stakeholder management, business process definition, change impacts and training.
• Define acceptance criteria, develop test scripts for Usability Pilots and User Acceptance Testing.
• Monitor progress at defined points to ensure work is delivered on time, within budget and meets or exceeds expectations
• Collaborate with solution architects to determine development sequencing.
• Participate in release planning, sprint/iteration planning and demos.
• Participate in feature integration, testing, verifying delivered user stories against sprint/increment goals.
• Champion Product DNA in a way that engages and excites the end user community.

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

• 7+ years of broad multi-functional business expertise
• 5+ years of project and/or people management experience
• Solid program manager experience with a drive for continuous improvement and a passion to be a change agent.
• Strong leadership skills with proven record of managing successful projects/teams.
• Experience implementing initiatives through effective management skills at multiple levels in the organization.
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity, adept at change management, and capable of working in cross functional teams.
• Excellent facilitation and issue resolution skills.
• Experience leading efforts in an FDA/ISO regulated environment. - Familiarity with regulatory submissions (e.g. Q, 510K, PMA, UDI, FURLS, CE mark, BUDI, etc.) to governing bodies such as FDA, EU, Korea, China, etc., their local notified bodies and regulatory agencies.
• Familiarity with the evolving regulatory landscape and how that needs to influence the data model attributes related to regulatory submission and device registration as well as the progression from manual submission towards automated submission between medical device companies and regulatory bodies.
• Familiar with the connection between regulatory submissions needed with respect to product changes requiring updated GTS licensing.
• Experience with medical device product development to ensure that regulatory issues are addressed as an integral part of the enterprise change control process.
• Knowledge and understanding of EU MDR requirements

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):$154,400.00 - $231,600.00

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 insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple 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 match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital 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 95,000+ 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 .

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