Principal Commercial Project Manager - Digital Surgery at Medtronic in North Haven, Connecticut

Job Description:

Careers that Change Lives

Our Minimally Invasive Therapies group enables earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less-invasive solutions.

SURGICAL INNOVATIONS sets the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services that focus on obesity and diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, abdominal wall, pelvic region, and the head and neck.

A Day in the Life

The Senior Project Manager will be a key member of the Medtronic Digital Surgery Commercial Program Management team working to commercialize the Touch Surgery Enterprise and DS1 Platform globally. This position will partner with the commercial (sales/marketing) and cross functional leaders to ensure successful commercial launch of portfolio of products from Digital Surgery business. This position will report to the Sr. Director, Global Program Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, prioritize, manage, develop, and coordinate activities of cross functional team members from different regions/countries to help commercialize the Digital Surgery portfolio of products


• Coordinate multiple teams to execute concurrent, interdependent projects


• Provide governance and oversight for the commercial readiness process


• Track and monitor project progress to achieve commercialization stage deliverables and project milestones


• Establish a communication schedule and communicate with stakeholders (including multiple teams, sites and disciplines) on a regular basis on the progress of the project


• Work closely with regional and country commercial partners to understand, monitor and mitigate risk of commercialization in each country


• Develop a broad understanding of the Medtronic Surgical Robotics business, products, and clinical applications and leverage the knowledge of others


• Coordinate, track, proof and finalize project documents as needed with limited supervision


• Collaborate with other Project Managers from the Surgical Robotics business to share best practices and lessons learned


• Track the financials of the project with such things as forecasting, accruals, and actuals

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required


• Minimum of 4 years of Project Management and Commercial experience or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of Project Management and Commercial experience.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA)


• 3+ years of experience with medical devices, aerospace, imaging technology or other highly technical regulated disciplines


• Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred


• Experience with Microsoft suite of tools (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint etc.)


• Experience leading diverse and complex projects and programs


• Demonstrated skills in managing priorities and making complex operational and business tradeoffs


• Intimately familiar with project management concepts (PMI, schedule/cost/quality tradeoffs, schedule and resource planning, etc.)


• Independent thinker with the ability to take both a commercial and operational view of complex situations


• Experience working with multi-national teams


• Ability to solve highly complex problems across multiple business functions


• Strong written and oral communication skills in English

Physical capabilities to perform the job:

• 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.


• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to use a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers via a variety of media including telephone, email, instant message, and in-person meetings.


• This position can be located in North Haven, CT (USA) or London (UK).

Work Environment:

• Office environment where the employee would be standing and sitting most of the day at a desk or in a conference room for meetings.


• Travel of greater than 25% expected.

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)

Additional Information

• Posting Date: Nov 23, 2020
• Travel: No