Principal Software Product Owner - CRM

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. The Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management group is looking for a Principal Product Owner to join our Software Operations Organization to define priorities for evolving our Shared Services platform as a product by balancing inputs from internal and external stakeholders. This role is ultimately responsible for understanding and interpreting the 'What' and the 'Why' for work direction at the team level to maximize value of the platform to the business and customers. This position is in Mounds View, MN within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) operating unit and requires on-site presence at a minimum of three days a week.

Responsibilities

• Supports 2-3 scrum teams focused on a common identity or capability.
• Responsible for building and grooming product backlog, including writing epics, features, and stories for shared understanding and execution.
• Writes and collects input for acceptance criteria at the user story level.
• Work in lockstep with software development teams and delivery leaders to ensure priorities are clear, backlogs are executable, and messages to stakeholders are aligned.
• Partners closely with architects, DevOps Engineers, Technical Component Owners, Technical Leads, Software Developers, Testers, etc. to evolve product.
• Active change agent within the Software Operations and Software Development organization, helping the team(s) and the broader organization assimilate to change.
• Syncs regularly with Product Owners from related capabilities and products to ensure cohesive customer experience across a product space.
• Partners with platform customers and development teams to ensure platform releases are communicated effectively to understand features and dependencies of the updates for successful use by the customer.
• Accountable for a product’s impact on software developers, testers, customers, users, and Medtronic.
• Establishes and drives toward key performance indicators (KPIs) of the platform including SLOs, and SLAs.
• Makes the decision on when enough value has been created to close work items.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 7 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Experience with Behavior-driven development (BDD)
• Skills in C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, AWS, Azure, Rest APIs, data services, AI/ML.

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
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above).