Innovation Delivery- Sr. Program Manager HealthCast at Medtronic in Boulder, Colorado

Job Description:

Careers that Change Lives
The newly created ACM OU is committed to excellence in innovation and commercialization to pursue our vision and long-term business growth. The ACM OU R&D organization is refining its product delivery, innovation, and commercialization approach to enable product leadership across all segments of our product portfolio. This will require enhancing our innovation processes, refining our design and delivery approaches to deliver an integrated and comprehensive portfolio that enables product development excellence across ACM.

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.

This role will be based out of Boulder, CO.

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Day in the Life:

We are looking for a Sr. Program Manager who will be accountable for programmatic management of HealthCast strategic program initiatives.

This can include;

• Product level program management, commercial program management, cross product / technical site program management and or external partnerships to deliver a product
• Strategize, implement, and maintain program initiatives that adhere to organizational objectives
• Oversee multiple project teams, ensuring program goals are reached

Program Management

• Responsible for prioritizing and budgeting strategic initiatives while managing dependencies between projects
• Driving alignment across the program and product management core teams
• Delivering a program that meets customer needs, business needs and market needs on time, budget, and scope
• Provide necessary leadership including Program/ project interdependency analysis
• Develop, communicate, and document project strategies and plans including budget, detailed schedule creation/maintenance, KPIs
• Provides input to establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets.
• Work closely with project sponsor, cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers to develop the scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives
• Manage program and project teams for optimal return on investment, and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives
• Identify key requirements for cross-functional teams, commercial teams, customers, and external partners depending on the program
• Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department
• Ensure projects remain aligned with the project plan by addressing any resource conflicts and addressing problems as they emerge. Facilitate project team meetings; prepare agenda, facilitate
  discussion during meeting, take and distribute meeting minutes
• Track spending associated to project. Provide monthly forecasts on upcoming spending
• Forecast resource and skill set needs for the project and participate in resourcing discussions/negotiation

Process and Skills

• Identify improvements to existing project management processes, systems, and tools
• Collaborate with other department employees to facilitate process improvements
• Develop the Project Management skills of others, especially team members. Provide tactical and/or operational leadership and coaching
• Establish plans and implements policies and strategies. Decisions impact program schedules, or allocation of time, material resources, expenditures and funds

Market and Customer Awareness

• Interacting frequently with customers, KOLs, societies, academic institutions in the development of programs/products
• Ability to achieve results by working cross-functionally and collaboratively across a matrix organization, including scoping, and managing projects with cross-business unit teams, external partners, suppliers and
  other vendors

Program Management Career Stream

Program Managers focus on tactical, operational activities for a major program with broad or ongoing impact. Levels within the program management career stream typically accomplish program objectives
through matrixed employee teams and / or vendors who are not direct reports but for which the incumbent has direct accountability to lead. Most of the time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing
program/team performance, communicating project and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of program team members. Goal achievement is typically accomplished
through performance of program team members.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Medical Device industry experience- knowledge of new product development, DRM, clinical trial management, quality systems, global regulatory experience.
• Experience developing solutions for clinicians.
• Advanced degree such as MS, MBA, with strong financial acumen
• Extensive experience leading a complex project/program including financial accountability including strong preference for PMP certification.
• Prior experience managing large/complex site to site transfer projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Effective planning and organization skills including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives simultaneously.
• Knowledgeable of U.S. Food and Drug Law and WW regulatory, device safety and/or regulatory/clinical research.

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.

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)

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