Senior Program Manager, New Product Development

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience
- An Advanced Degree and 5+ years of experience

Nice to Have
• 15+years of prior relevant experience with bachelor’s degree  or 13+ years of prior relevant experience with master’s degree
• Medical device development experience
• Demonstrated track record of leading multiple successful projects that met business and product objectives.
• Cross-functional knowledge and/or experience.
• Ability to build a strong cohesive cross-functional team through motivational and teambuilding skills.
• Ability to lead within complex organizations requiring strong influence management skills.
• Good communication (oral and written), presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Mastery of project management skills; knowledge of process and project planning best practices.
• Ability to work cooperatively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals.
• Demonstrates initiative; results oriented.
• Effective decision making skills - ability to negotiate and balance decisions and priorities across needs of several functional departments.  Makes timely decisions in the face of risk and uncertainty.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Must be professional, dedicated, and detail-oriented.
• Lean six sigma methodology / DFSS / DRM
 

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 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 Day in the Life 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.