Product Development Program Manager

Medtronic • Brooklyn Center, MN

1d • $138,400 - $207,600 • Onsite

About The Position

The Product Development Program Manager leads a portfolio of energy-component projects for internal customers. The role combines hands-on leadership of small, matrixed teams with an understanding of business needs, differing quality systems, and functional best practices. Its scope includes program management for Research and Technology (R&T) energy-solutions projects and business relationships, as well as development and qualification of externally sourced battery cells. Program execution is the primary responsibility, supported by capability improvement and new-project estimation.

The role is based at Medtronic’s Brooklyn Center, Minnesota facility and requires at least four days per week on-site for in-person collaboration. Travel of up to 10% may be required to support business objectives, in-person meetings, and project activities.

The position leads concurrent projects from initiation through closure; aligns internal customers, suppliers, and functional partners; directs small, matrixed teams and external partners; monitors delivery, budgets, and resources; and resolves or escalates issues. It also partners with functional owners to improve program practices, tools, processes, governance, and capacity planning, and supports new-business proposals through project estimates, partner coordination, and roadmap recommendations.

Medtronic requires a bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and at least three years of relevant experience. The role is eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan. The listed U.S. salary range, excluding Puerto Rico and certain California locations, is $138,400–$207,600.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• For a bachelor’s degree earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
• The position requires at least 4 days per week on-site at the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota facility.
• May require up to 10% travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead concurrent projects from initiation through closure, managing customer-specific scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and completion criteria while coordinating shared resources and dependencies.
• Translate business needs into executable requirements and plans while navigating different operating-unit quality systems and Product Development Process, R&T, development, or qualification processes.
• Align internal customers, suppliers, Quality, Reliability, and Supply Management on required deliverables and evidence while preserving functional ownership of technical and quality decisions.
• Direct small, matrixed teams and external partners by establishing priorities, clarifying accountability, reviewing deliverables, and resolving cross-functional barriers.
• Monitor project delivery and budget performance.
• Load, monitor, and update multiple resource-management tools for assigned programs.
• Investigate difficult or undefined issues and implement timely interventions to meet business, quality, productivity, and customer-satisfaction objectives.
• Communicate status and resource or funding trade-offs, resolve issues within the role’s authority, and escalate issues and roadblocks through the tier escalation process.
• Apply lessons from program delivery, external technology evaluations, and battery-cell qualifications to improve program-management practices, tools, development processes, and functional work-packet standards in partnership with functional owners.
• Partner with functional owners to implement agreed improvements.
• Use execution measures to strengthen project governance, capacity planning, and visibility to shared-resource constraints and risks, supporting cross-functional collaboration and the MECC Mission.
• Partner with operating-unit customers and management to estimate project scope, cost, and schedule.
• Coordinate external partner relationships that support evaluation of new energy solutions, alignment with stakeholder needs, and risk mitigation.
• Maintain a project roadmap and provide scope, schedule, resource, and funding recommendations to business leaders for strategic and annual operating plan (AOP) planning.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 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, including the Medtronic Incentive Plan
• 401(k) plan with 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior