Lean Sigma Program Manager - Tempe, AZ
About The Position
Lean Sigma Program Manager - Tempe, AZ. Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Are you passionate about transforming operations, eliminating waste, and delivering measurable business results? As the Lean Sigma Program Manager, you will spearhead high-impact continuous improvement initiatives across the Tempe, AZ site, driving strategic objectives related to burden and scrap reduction, programmatic cost savings, Manufacturing Performance System (MPS) deployment, and Lean Sigma capability building. 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 5 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. In this highly visible role, you will partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and implement sustainable improvements that enhance quality, efficiency, and operational performance. You'll leverage Lean Sigma methodologies, advanced problem-solving techniques, and data-driven decision making to deliver significant business impact while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a collaborative and influential leader with a proven track record of leading enterprise-wide improvement programs, coaching teams through transformational change, and developing Lean Sigma talent through training, certification, and mentorship. If you thrive on driving operational excellence and creating lasting organizational value, we'd love to hear from you.
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt or Advanced Lean
Nice To Haves
- Black Belt trained (Medtronic or External)
- Certified PMP (PMI)
- Experience both leading and coaching lean transformations (demonstrating strong aptitude for value stream analysis and lean transformations)
- Experience leading continuous improvement programs (e.g. Maintenance Excellence, Belt Certification Program etc.) in manufacturing environments.
- Ability to craft and deploy strategy for process improvement that aligns with Medtronic strategic objectives
- Ability to respectfully deliver candid feedback to all levels of the organization
- Ability to lead, energize and influence change efforts at all levels of the organization.
- Strong energy, aptitude, and attitude for continuous improvement
- Cross functional business experience with solid understanding of how business processes interconnect
- Operational management experience
- Strong ability to see process improvement opportunities in the Gemba
- Track record of delivering results through continuous improvement
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for deploying the “One Best Way” in alignment with the Medtronic Performance System (MPS).
- Owner of the programmatic savings program that delivers labor, burden and material usage variance including a 2x pipeline for concept projects.
- Collaborate with cross-functional focus factory leaders to develop and deploy lean transformation strategies.
- Develop and deploy a multi-year strategy for MPS to achieve best-in-class safety, quality, service, and cost performance results.
- Establish operating mechanism to track progress to plan for critical site level initiatives as well as for programmatic savings.
- Train and coach Yellow Belts and Green Belts.
- Defines, designs, and implements continuous improvement programs to ensure programs are integrated vertically and horizontally across the organization.
- Develop, implement and sustain process improvement initiatives utilizing Six Sigma methodologies.
- Define, design and implement continuous improvement programs to ensure programs are integrated vertically and horizontally across the organization.
- Define improvement projects aligned with business strategies.
- Analyze improvement programs and potential results.
- Facilitate and coach improvement teams.
- Establish and maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
- Install process excellence supports for program governance, project reviews, communications, training, certifications and rewards.
Benefits
- 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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
