Senior Manager, Medical and Clinical Evidence - NMPH - Fridley, MN (Onsite)

Medtronic • Fridley, MN

3d • $167,200 - $250,800 • 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. Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of the medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey. Our Neuromodulation Operating Unit provides advanced, personalized therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions, using technologies such as spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and targeted drug delivery systems to restore function, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life worldwide. Complementing this, our Pelvic Health operating unit advances care for bladder and bowel control conditions through restorative, minimally invasive neuromodulation therapies, leveraging sacral and peripheral nerve modulation to deliver clinically proven, programmable solutions that help patients regain function and enhance quality of life. The Senior Manager, Medical and Clinical Evidence establishes and leads the integrated Medical Information and Clinical Evaluation functions for Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health (NMPH) Operating Units. This leader serves a strategic role for evidence interpretation and physician-facing scientific exchange—ensuring the portfolio’s evidence is continuously sourced, synthesized, and translated into clear, balanced, compliant communications for Health Care Professionals (HCPs) and for regulators to support product safety, performance, and appropriate use. This is a transformational leadership role focused on modernizing evidence operations end to end by integrating currently separate Clinical Evaluation and Medical Information teams into a single, high-performing capability to meet evolving global needs. The Senior Manager will set the strategy, governance, and operating model to deliver both regulatory-required outputs (e.g., clinical evaluation deliverables) and timely, high-quality physician-facing scientific responses. Success requires strategic vision, operational rigor, and strong cross‑functional influence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required with minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience in one or more of the following: clinical research, medical information, clinical evaluation, medical writing, and 5+ years of People Management experience OR advanced degree with minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience with 5+ years of People Management experience

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in life sciences/medicine (e.g., MS, MD, PharmD, PhD) is preferred.
• Experience applying clinical judgment to interpret complex evidence, shape medical/scientific positions, and guide compliant external scientific exchange with physician audiences (e.g., medical information, scientific communications)
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant physiology/disease states, medical terminology, and NM+PH (Brain, Pain, Pelvic Health) therapies and technologies, with the ability to translate evidence into clinically meaningful guidance
• Familiarity with off-label requirements/policies and international regulatory requirements; working knowledge of standards relevant to clinical evaluation (e.g., ISO 14155, ISO 14971, MedDev 2.7.1 rev 4, EU 2017/745 MDR)
• Strong organizational and project management skills; excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems requiring evaluation of multiple factors and tradeoffs
• Experience coaching teams on translating technical/clinical data into device safety and performance context across therapies and technology types
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Sets evidence strategy for physician- and regulator-facing use by defining and executing a multi‑year roadmap for how evidence is identified, assessed, synthesized, and translated across the NM+PH portfolio to strengthen evidence used in clinical and regulatory decision-making.
• Builds a governed evidence-to-content lifecycle by standardizing upstream evidence inputs so the same foundational synthesis can support multiple downstream needs, including clinical evaluation deliverables, labeling-aligned scientific responses, and proactive HCP-facing content.
• Leads and develops the integrated Medical Information and Clinical Evaluation teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning—building a culture of strong scientific judgment, patient-centered thinking, and compliance.
• Advances technology-enabled evidence excellence by deploying approved, validated, and auditable tools—including analytics/AI where appropriate—to enhance literature surveillance, evidence synthesis, and response quality, supported by clear governance and continuous improvement.
• Elevates physician-facing scientific exchange and medical information by building modern, proactive approaches that ensure communications are scientifically rigorous, balanced, timely, and clinically usable in a high-volume information environment.
• Provides cross‑functional leadership and executive partnership, aligning with Quality, Regulatory, R&D, and Marketing/Commercial leaders on evidence strategy, prioritization, and resourcing, and demonstrating enterprise impact through meaningful, transformation‑level KPIs.

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)

What This Job Offers

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