Senior Associate – Global Lab Strategist
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. Medtronic is seeking a Senior Associate – Global Lab Strategist to serve a transformational role within the Enterprise Risk and Facilities organization in developing labs of the future. This role sits at the intersection of daily lab operations, technical lab expertise, and enterprise transformation, serving as a strategic partner to Medtronic’s senior leadership in enabling scalable, efficient, and compliant laboratory capabilities worldwide. In this high-impact role, you will evolve and execute on a global vision for Medtronic’s laboratory operations, enabling standardized processes, optimized technical capabilities, shared services, automated infrastructure that supports R&D innovation and enterprise growth. This key strategic role will work closely with individuals spanning the organization, from single lab owners to Medtronic’s operating unit VPs. This role requires an individual who is forward-thinking, a self-starter, and can drive change across a complex organizational landscape. This person will support the development of standards and best practices, deploy governance, and drive expertise to build a lab program that is scalable, sustainable, world leading, and aligned with concepts pertaining to labs of the future for continuous evolution. At Medtronic, 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 a minimum of 4 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. This role can be based at any US Medtronic Lab location.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years of experience in laboratory operations, program management, strategic initiatives, or change and process management, preferably in a regulated environment OR advanced degree and 2+ years of 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
- Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
- Track record managing complex, cross-functional projects and programs across multiple sites or regions
- Strong knowledge of laboratory operations, instrumentation, infrastructure, and compliance standards
- Strong intrapersonal and communication skills both verbally and written, including effective use of meetings (in-person and remote), and the ability to use data to support decision making
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
- Collaborate and execute on a global strategy including identify and drive synergies between lab types, infrastructure, and uses
- Partner with cross-functional leaders in R&D, Engineering, Quality, Compliance, and Facilities to ensure alignment with scientific priorities and regulatory requirements
- Provide strong lab expertise, including but not limited to hands-on lab experience across a spectrum of lab operations, equipment management and installation, and a clear understanding of specifications across different lab types and classifications
- Exemplify a strong aptitude for strategic planning, and project management to ensure smooth transitions and the achievement of KPIs
- Foster cultural innovation and transition, as well as adaptation
- Read, assess, and incorporate technical advancements and pull them into the fold of labs of the future management to ensure continued evolution and the prioritization of R&D development
- Implement data-driven monitoring, performance metrics, and reporting to provide visibility into key operations, utilization, and continuous improvement opportunities
- Strategize, plan, and provide project management to ensure a smooth transition to future
- Influence and guide executive-level decisions through concise, actionable reporting, presentations, and insights on delivery, operations, and risk
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
