Careers That Change Lives

Our Diabetes Business is looking for a Sr. BP Program Manager to drive transformational gross margin improvements to create a competitive advantage for the business. You will have responsibility for identifying and leading programs to drive cost efficiencies and margin improvement within the Diabetes Business. The Senior Program Manager will lead and direct day to day activities for managing project plans, issues tracking, and accountability for deliverables across multiple functional organizations. They will also take on other responsibilities around establishing robust governance models, performing data analysis, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement.

DIABETES OPERATING UNIT :

The Diabetes Operating Unitfocuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community.As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We're committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make theirlives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions are designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

A Day in the Life

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

• Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for key business processes.
• Identify opportunities to drive gross margin improvements across Diabetes operations and other areas of the P&L as appropriate.
• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Monitors the project from initiation through delivery.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of program management, product development or other relevant experience

OR

Advanced degree with a minimum of 5+ years of program management, product development or other relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Masters in Engineering or MBA
• Project Management Certification - PMP
• Program management experience in the medical device, aerospace, automotive or other highly regulated industry
• Experience in product development of drug delivery devices, preferably insulin delivery devices
• Experience devising and implementing streamlined processes and strategic programs to improve efficiency, timeliness, and productivity
• Experience in leading within matrix organizations requiring strong influence management skills
• Change agent --willingness and ability to lead and institute change
• Influence management skills: experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness with ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees
• Business acumen: ability to think and act from an overall "best for the business" perspective
• Results oriented, strong sense of urgency
• Strong analytical, planning, organization, and time management skills to effectively develop and execute comprehensive programs and budgets
• Effective decision-making skills with ability to negotiate and balance decisions and priorities across needs of several functional departments and willingness to make tough decisions

About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements
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. (ADA-United States of America)

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. Learn more about our benefits here .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) on page 6 here .

The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations).The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience,certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.