Principal Labeling Program Lead
About The Position
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 As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most. Our Neuromodulation operating unit delivers advanced therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and nervous system conditions, offering SCS, DBS, and targeted drug delivery. Through proven technology, clinical evidence, and innovation, we provide personalized solutions that restore function and enhance quality of life. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Brain Modulation and Pain Interventions The Principal Labeling Program Lead plays a critical role in driving labeling product development and lifecycle initiatives within the Medtronic Neuroscience portfolio. This individual is a key partner to core teams, program leaders, and functional leaders to ensure labeling deliverables (e.g., instructions for use, user guides, product manuals) are aligned, resourced, and delivered on time. This role leads labeling project planning and execution, oversees schedules, owns labeling project plans, delegates tasks amongst technical writers who have been assigned to the project, and ensures labeling deliverables are aligned to broader program milestones. The individual also provides project management leadership across the Labeling Development department, helping to improve processes, tools, and metrics used to manage labeling work.
Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience OR PhD and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Background in medical device, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience working with labeling, technical communications, or documentation in a regulated environment.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
- Strong skills in project scheduling tools and portfolio/project reporting (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar).
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority and communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain project schedules for labeling work, ensuring alignment and integration with overall program timelines and milestones.
- Collaborate with core teams, project leaders, and PMO analysts to integrate labeling schedules into program plans, communicate labeling status and progress, and proactively work through project challenges and issues.
- Identify cross-functional interdependencies (e.g., risk documentation, usability studies, regulatory strategy) and partner with stakeholders to align labeling tasks and timelines to those dependencies.
- Delegate and coordinate work across technical writers and other labeling contributors assigned to the project, setting clear expectations, monitoring progress, and removing obstacles.
- Proactively resolve scope, schedule, and resource issues where possible, and escalate risks and constraints to functional managers as needed.
- Oversee and manage the operational aspects of labeling projects, including tracking progress from initiation through release and preparing status reports and updates.
- Develop and leverage mechanisms to monitor labeling project progress, including dashboards, metrics, and regular cadence reviews, enabling effective intervention and problem solving.
- Facilitate weekly management progress reviews for key labeling projects and initiatives, ensuring clear, concise status communication and risk/issue management.
- Lead and/or provide project management guidance to strategic and continuous improvement initiatives within the Labeling Development team (e.g., process harmonization, tooling enhancements, standard work).
- Identify, prioritize, and drive process and practice improvement opportunities that enhance labeling planning, execution, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Maintain, analyze, and report on functional performance KPIs (e.g., on-time delivery, productivity, quality metrics), and use insights to recommend improvements.
- Support functional leadership in budgeting and resource management, leveraging historical data and demand forecasts to inform planning, identify efficiencies, and recommend adjustments.
- Provide coaching, guidance, and informal leadership to peers and team members, modeling best practices in project management and cross-functional collaboration.
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
