Engineering Program Manager - NMPH - Fridley, MN (Onsite)

Medtronic • Fridley, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Feb 2026 At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life 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! Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident – we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions. Medtronic’s Neuromodulation/Pelvic Health organization is hiring a Engineering Program Manager to join their onsite team in Fridley, Minnesota. Pelvic Health (PH) therapies treat patients suffering from overactive bladder, non-obstructive urinary retention, and fecal incontinence with our sacral neuromodulation (SNM) systems InterStim X™ and InterStim™ Micro; and our percutaneous tibial neuromodulation (PTNM) system NURO™. PH is part of the Neuroscience portfolio. More than 400 million people worldwide have incontinence, and many of them limit their lives socially, professionally, and personally because of their condition. Our goal is to expand access to our therapies, so we can help potentially millions of people get their lives back. NPI (New Product Introduction) Program Manager / Core Team Operations Representative (CTOR) is the primary Operations interface to the NPI Core team. This is a highly visible and impactful role in the operations network and to the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health business unit of Medtronic’s Neurosciences Operating Unit. The CTOR will lead cross-functional extended teams and is responsible for value stream selection, planning, execution, and implementation of new products into manufacture. In this exciting role as the Engineering Program Manager, you will be responsible for the overall operations aspects including value stream selection, planning, execution, and successful implementation of activities in the development and introduction of new products. You will ensure that the voice of operations is properly captured, and all team commitments and project contract metrics are met and communicated in a timely manner. Ability to travel up to: 25% (domestic or international) Location: Fridley, Rice Creek, Minnesota Onsite: At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline required with a minimum of 5 years of Program or Project Management experience leading complex new product.
• OR advance degree with a minimum of 3 years of Program or Project Management experience leading complex new product.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Engineering discipline or MBA
• Medical device product development and/or manufacturing experience and a strong understanding of FDA, ICH and IEC standards
• Experience across the entire product lifecycle
• DRM, DFSS or Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
• PMP Certification is highly desired
• Proven Operations experience with depth of knowledge in at least one Operations function
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry (e.g. medical device, pharmaceutical, avionics, automotive)
• Experience with problem solving methodologies
• Experience with manufacturing process validation
• Project engineering or program management experience in a new product development and/or manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

• Lead through influence in a matrixed, cross-cultural organization.
• Lead all manufacturing and supply chain schedule risk burn down.
• Lead Extended Operations Teams to ensure on-time and on-budget performance through the new product development cycle.
• Defining and Managing Operations Project metrics and Motivating teams to achieve: Predicted product costs, line yields, installed capacity, process and component capability, risk burndown.
• Generating Design Transfer Deliverables (Plans and Reports)
• Working with Stakeholders to set Manufacturing Strategies including: Manufacturing Site Selection Distribution Strategies Contract Manufacturing Statement of work Capacity Analysis Capital Manufacturing Process Validation Planning/Strategy Equipment Supplier Selection Pilot Lines/scale up requirements (as needed by program)
• Establishing operations development plans (budget, schedule, interdependencies with other Core Team and extended operations functions)
• Ensure the quality policy/system is planned, understood, implemented, and maintained.
• Ensure operations aspects of Quality System Compliance, Design History File, and Regulatory submissions are properly documented.
• Coordinate development builds across value streams.
• Lead decision making for facility locations, make-buy decisions, business continuity.
• Ensure Design for Reliability and Manufacturing (DRM) is consistently and rigorously applied
• Facilitate launch build planning, capacity planning and execution and Commercialization Readiness activities.
• Provide tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching to operations team and extended operations team.
• Provide indirect people management and development.
• Serve as the “Voice of Operations” within the Product Development Team
• Active and effective listener
• Ability to lead and Influence between Extended Operations Team and Core Team
• Effective written and spoken communicator
• Coach and develop extended Operations members, to help individuals advance their skills and careers.
• Provide performance feedback.
• Recognize teams and individuals for exceptional performance
• Ability to influence and negotiate requirements to meet program outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and the ability to ask critical questions without being the subject matter expert
• Ensure scope, cost, resource and schedule alignment between operations and core team functions
• Ensure structured problem methods and predictive engineering principles are consistently and rigorously applied, such as Design for Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, DFMA, DRM, FTQ or similar concepts.

Benefits

• 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.
• Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
• Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level