Job Description:

Careers That Change Lives

A key member of the team to lead the technical aspects of New Venture programs. In this exciting role as a Principal Scientist, you will have responsibility for providing technical leadership to cross-functional New Venture programs to develop scientific publications and grant proposals from patient partnerships and existing data sources.

DIABETES

Transforming diabetes care together, for greater freedom and better health. Our strategy is to become a holistic diabetes management company focused on making a real difference in outcomes and cost. We want to transform healthcare toward value-based models by driving both product and business model innovation with the goal of elevating patient experience, improving clinical outcomes and lowering the total cost of care for our customers.

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Visit www.medtronicdiabetes.com to see an overview of the products in our Diabetes product portfolio.
NEW VENTURES
New Ventures is focused on developing new diabetes systems, products and solutions in an inorganic, accelerator environment. Our team is unique in that we can adapt to a variety of business, patient and marketplace needs that span the entire spectrum of our product portfolio today and in the future. Our mission drives the need to be a highly skilled, flexible, extremely efficient, versatile and agile in medical device product development for the benefit of our patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in need of intensive insulin therapy.
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
The Principal Scientist is responsible for driving the technical strategy and tactical execution of research leading to products for patients in need of emerging solutions to help manage their diabetes. Leveraging a broad and diverse technical experience and skillset, this position will provide technical leadership and direction to and collaborate with a cross-functional program development team including co-collaborators, outside partners and internal members with expertise from a wide variety of engineering and product development disciplines. Some of these team member disciplines including engineering (field, mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, manufacturing), marketing, clinical regulatory affairs, quality and other key business functions. In addition, this position will generate technical plans based on the objectives that are informed by key technical considerations, input from the internal team, and feedback from external stakeholders. As the technical leader of the program, this position will work side-by-side with the program leader, lead key technical efforts, and actively participate in key stakeholder discussions.

A Day in the Life

• Plan and lead the technical aspects of clinical evidence development projects from conception through commercialization leveraging multiple data sources
• Lead the clinical literature review and development efforts to support clinical evaluation plans and reports
• Identify opportunities for clinical evidence generation based on collaborations as well as existing documentation and data sources
• Support clinician-initiated research projects
• Leverage engineering data sources and documentation to generate evidence and publications
• Lead efforts to collect data and clinical evidence surrounding therapy impact on patient lives and efficacy
• Collaborate with key external stakeholders and glean insights from patient voices
• Help shape key messaging to support the therapy and product road map
• Establish the clinical evidence infrastructure to support the needs of current and future programs
• Lead the effort to compile the Clinical Evaluation Report and Report of Priors necessary for clinical use
• Support the extramural fundraising opportunities for both current and expanded indications
• Support the cross-functional team on the execution of the various product development effort
• Coaching and mentoring team members
• Building and enhancing the Intellectual Property portfolio
• Frame and direct effective and efficient technical trade-off discussions
• Communicate with leadership, management and team members
• Engage team members to ensure effective team dynamics and mutual accountability.

REQUIREMENTS
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience

Nice to Have:

• Strong preference for engineering and life science education and experience
• Doctoral/PhD education preferred
• Mastery and proficiency in product development, including clear understanding of the product development lifecycle, technology development mechanisms with a track record of success products realized in the marketplace
• Influence management skills; experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals
• Business acumen; ability to think and act from an overall "best for the business" perspective
• Results oriented, self-starter with a strong initiative and sense of urgency
• Enthusiasm and a desire to affect change
• Experience and demonstrated track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong technical leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness - ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees.
• Effective decision-making skills - experience negotiating and balancing decisions and priorities across needs of several functional departments and willingness to make tough decisions. Makes timely decisions in the face of risk and uncertainty.
• Strong analytical, planning, organization and time management skills to effectively develop and execute comprehensive programs and budgets
• Experience with MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, VISIO, Outlook, SharePoint and other collaboration and workflow management tools
• Travel up to 25%

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.

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