Sr Software PD Program Manager
A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people. Help us engineer the extraordinary!
Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. Learn more about Medtronic benefits and compensation at the bottom of this job description.
In this exciting role as a Senior Software Project Manager, you will have responsibility for leading cloud software development programs that support Neuromodulation therapies including Deep Brain Stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Pelvic Health and Targeted Drug Delivery. The Senior Software Project Manager is accountable for ensuring software execution and delivery across agile/scrum teams within the Neuromodulation software organization.
This includes responsibility to guide software development teams in daily development activities, provide program/project planning, scheduling and tracking, and help drive functional excellence in program execution for the software organization. The candidate must be self-driven, with strong understanding of project management, the Software Development Lifecycle process and strong technical and leadership skills.
Be a part of engineering a comprehensive portfolio of proven, powerful Neuromodulation technologies, setting the highest standards of integrity and reliability.
A Day in the Life
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Own and Manage execution against an aggressive but achievable program and/or project plan, provide work direction to team members, work with peer project managers/cross functional program team members to monitor dependencies and ensure that critical program milestones and deliverables are met.
- Collaborate with Core Team Leaders, Architects & Systems Engineers, and Human Factors Engineers to drive project within scope, cost, and schedule.
- Lead a team of software engineers (Employees and Vendor resources) to deliver on program commitments.
- Communicate project status and issues to functional and core team leadership as appropriate. Proactively manage project quality, risks, and issues.
- Provide input for setting team member’s performance objectives and provide feedback to the functional leaders about performance against project deliverables and core competencies.
- Bachelors degree in a technical discipline (engineering or science) required
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
Nice to Have
- 5+ years of program or project management experience.
- Strong understanding of software development and software systems.
- Experience in medical device Product Development.
- Experience working in a regulated environment.
- Strong experience working across a matrixed organization using written and verbal skills to communicate and understand cross-functional teams’ interactions and responsibilities.
- Influence management skills: experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals.
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)
