Principal Internal Communications Generalist - Employee Communications
About The Position
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 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 worldwide. We believe career growth and development is about learning and stretching yourself to grow your expertise and navigate your career. We offer award-winning programs to accelerate your development and growth, and our size, scope, and market leadership give you a chance to explore career opportunities and grow as we grow. We are seeking a Principal Communications Generalist supporting strategic employee communications and enterprise change initiatives, who thrives on change and executes with an unrelenting focus on quality. Reporting to the Senior Director, Enterprise Employee Communications, you will be responsible for supporting and managing the creation, development, and execution of effective internal communication strategies globally. In this dynamic and varied role, your work will include communications strategy development, organizational change management communications, and employee engagement communications. This role is also responsible for ensuring consistency of on-brand messaging across internal communications channels, as well as enabling audience measurement and a data-driven strategy that informs our approach and channel enhancements. If this sounds like you, we invite you to join a communications team looking for new ways to create connections with employees. We need you to bring your passion, unique perspective, and skills to help promote the Medtronic business strategy, our leaders, and the work we are doing to help people live better, fuller lives. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together--everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can drive. This role supports U.S. time zones and is intended to be an in-person position with key stakeholders and partners in Minneapolis, MN. Travel required for this role is expected to be less than 10 percent.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant corporate communications experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant corporate communications experience
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Communications or Journalism
- Excellent writing, editing, and creative skills.
- Strong project management skills; ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and content contributors/subject matter experts.
- Experience with working knowledge of programs and applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Teams and various desktop publishing
- Experience working in a highly matrixed organization
- Creative problem-solving skills and solid business acumen to connect communication strategies to business objectives.
- Experience working directly with senior leaders and collaborating cross-functionally with leaders and peers in other functions across the globe.
- Willingness to learn and implement the Medtronic brand voice in communications
- Accuracy, accountability, and strong organizational skills are essential to a successful performance
- 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
- Handles creating and implementing multiple forms of internal strategic communication activities, programs and content guided by the Medtronic Mission and enterprise business strategy.
- Leads strategies, produces content and organizes events to help align the organization's goals in support of greater employee engagement and business impact.
- Generates comprehensive strategic plans that engage employees with the objectives, policies, Mission, and growth strategies of the company.
- Responsible for planning, storytelling, writing and editing to persuade, educate and inspire internal audiences to change behavior or understand the work environment.
- Brings a digital-first, audience-centric, data-driven approach to understanding the employee audience and how to reach them through modern, targeted techniques and approaches.
- Strong change management communications capabilities and an understanding of organizational dynamics and social psychology.
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
