Engineering Program Manager

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 27 Apr 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 At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) offers cardiac mapping and ablation solutions to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our vision is to help patients worldwide by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes. Our team support the creation our market-leading portfolio of innovations. The Engineering Program Manager represents Operations as across multiple projects spanning New product introduction and post market continuous improvements, leading the prioritization of work and programs across multiple functions. This is a highly visible and impactful role leading a global operations team responsible for shaping the manufacturing architecture to successfully develop and launch new products to meet cost, quality and supply goals for the business. Come for a job, stay for a career! The Engineering Program Manager will provide program and PMO leadership to drive strategic and tactical activities for operations across multiple product families.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience OR an advanced degree with 3 years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

3+ years of managerial experience
Experience as a Program Manager leading large scale new product development programs
Proven Operations experience with depth of knowledge in at least two Operations function
Advanced degree in engineering/science or a related discipline.
Medical Device product development or operations experience with catheters, sheaths or other disposable medical devices.
Program Management experience (PMP Certified), DRM, DFSS or Six Sigma Black Belt Certified.

Responsibilities

Lead PMO across multiple functions – critically supporting prioritization to ensure optimized impact to support our patients and the business objectives
Champion the Voice of Operations (VOO) as well as drive planning and execution to ensure scope, schedule and budget alignment between operations and other functions.
Demonstrate strong financial acumen with managing direct expense, capital, unit pricing & free cash flow.
Lead Design Transfer and Commercial Build Readiness to ensure quality system compliance to achieve production readiness and successful product launches.
Strong communicator with the ability to lead and Influence between Extended Operations Team and Core Team.
Coach and develop extended Operations members, to help individuals advance their skills and careers. Provide performance feedback.
Integrate Design for Reliability & Manufacturability (DRM) during product development as well as ensure structured problem methods and predictive engineering principles are consistently and rigorously applied.
Skilled negotiator with demonstrated ability to create mutually beneficial results and negotiate trade-offs.
Partner within the Operating Unit (OU) & Global Operations and supply chain (GO-SC) to grow and nurture cross functional & cross manufacturing site relationships in a large & matrixed organization.

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)