Senior Clinical Strategy Program Manager - Fridley, MN (Onsite)
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. Our Neuromodulation Operating Unit provides advanced therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions. Through spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and targeted drug delivery systems, we deliver personalized treatments that restore function, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life worldwide. As a Senior Clinical Strategy Program Manager within our Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how innovative therapies are clinically validated, adopted, and accessed worldwide. This is a high impact role for a clinical strategy leader who thrives at the intersection of science, data, and execution. You’ll translate complex clinical and real world evidence into actionable strategies that influence product development, reimbursement, and patient outcomes - working closely with global, cross functional teams. Medtronic fosters a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration, requiring a minimum of 4 days a week onsite.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience in clinical research, evidence strategy, or program leadership OR Advanced degree with 5+ years of experience in clinical research, evidence strategy, or program leadership
- Proven ability to lead complex initiatives and influence cross‑functional teams in regulated environments
- 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
- Master’s degree (MS, MPH, MBA) or PhD in life sciences, public health, engineering, or related field
- Experience in medical devices, digital health, or regulated clinical research
- Familiarity with real‑world evidence, AI/ML applications, and digital health
- Knowledge of neuromodulation, pelvic health, pain, or neuroscience therapies
- Exposure to reimbursement, health economics, or market access strategy
- Program or project management training (e.g., PMP)
- Strong scientific writing, executive communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Responsibilities
- Translate therapy and business goals into clear, integrated clinical evidence strategies
- Lead the creation and lifecycle management of evidence roadmaps across development and post‑market phases
- Identify and address evidence gaps to support regulatory, reimbursement, and market adoption needs
- Partner with R&D, Regulatory, Clinical Affairs, HEOR, Medical Affairs, and Marketing teams to drive alignment
- Influence decision‑making across highly matrixed global teams—from early innovation through commercialization
- Provide clinical strategy leadership to core teams across multiple programs
- Apply real‑world data (EMR, claims, registries) to inform clinical and access strategies
- Collaborate with Data Science to explore AI/ML‑driven insights and digital biomarkers
- Integrate digital health and advanced analytics into evidence generation and study design
- Operationalize strategy into executable clinical programs with defined milestones
- Monitor progress, proactively manage risks, and adapt plans using emerging insights
- Evaluate and prioritize External Research Program (ERP) and collaborative research proposals
- Partner with key opinion leaders and scientific advisors to validate strategy direction
- Support high‑impact publications and scientific communications
- Ensure global and regional evidence needs are reflected in unified strategies
Benefits
- Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
- 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)
- Paid sick time (for temporary employees, as required under applicable state law)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
