Senior Program Manager, Manufacturing Transformation

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for leading a portfolio of complex, cross-functional capacity expansion and manufacturing transformation initiatives supporting Medtronic's Cardiovascular and Neuroscience businesses. This role serves as the primary program leadership interface between Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Business Unit stakeholders to ensure successful execution of strategic capital investments, capacity expansion programs, technology transfers, and manufacturing readiness activities.

The successful candidate will drive large-scale programs from concept through commercialization, ensuring alignment to business growth strategies, operational excellence objectives, and financial commitments while mitigating risks to supply continuity and product availability. If you’re motivated by complex challenges, energized by innovation, and passionate about making a meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to help shape the next generation of life changing medical technology. At Medtronic Energy & Component Center, your work will influence the future of healthcare and improve patients’ lives every single second. We invite you to join our team and leave your mark on a healthier world.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

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

• •Lead cross-functional teams in the planning and execution of strategic capacity expansion, capital investment, and operational excellence initiatives supporting Medtronic's Cardiovascular and Neuroscience portfolios.
• •Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• •Develop and maintain integrated project plans, resource forecasts, capital budgets, financial tracking, risk registers, and executive-level program status reporting for the Connectors Focus Factory.
• •Drive end-to-end program execution from concept development and business case approval through equipment qualification, process validation, production readiness, and operational handoff.
• •Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• •Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks, supply continuity concerns, resource constraints, and execution barriers that could impact timelines, financial performance, or manufacturing readiness.

Required Qualifications

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

• •Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
• •OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.

7+ years of program management, portfolio management, operations, engineering, manufacturing, or related experience

• •Experience building strategic roadmaps.
• •Experience influencing stakeholders across functions and organizational levels.
• •Experience with change management, coaching, and mentoring.
• •Experience managing projects, including time management, client relationship management, conflict resolution, training facilitation, and administrative responsibilities.
• •Experience establishing Voice of Operations (VOO) and/or Voice of Customer (VOC) requirements within the Product Development Process (PDP).
• •Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• •PMP certification or equivalent project/program management certification.

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 impact. In 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.

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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):$149,600.00 - $224,400.00

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