Senior Market Access Specialist - Cardiac Rhythm Management

Medtronic • Mounds View, MN

21h • Remote

About The Position

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 16 Mar 2026 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. A Day in the Life Our Cardiac Rhythm Management integrated Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. It is comprised of three key businesses: Cardiac Pacing Therapies, Defibrillation Solutions, and Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Services. Together, we will transform the lives of people with cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. The preferred location for this role would be Mounds View, MN. A remote assignment will be considered for a strong candidate. The Senior Reimbursement and Market Access Specialist is responsible for understanding the U.S. healthcare market and working to remove patient access barriers. This position is focused on driving commercialization and dissemination of reimbursement and health economic information for the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) operating unit. The Sr. Reimbursement and Market Access Specialist serves as a key strategic partner to the CRM business including Marketing, Strategy, and Clinical, and also partners with Health Economic, Policy, and Reimbursement (HEPR) colleagues across Medtronic. In this role, you will work to develop and execute strategies to remove patient access barriers. You will partner with other members of the HEPR team, other business colleagues across CRM, and external customers to develop market access strategies and resources for products and procedures within CRM. You will assess the market dynamics and economic value of new technologies, develop strategies to demonstrate and communicate that value, and develop tools and materials to bring this information to customers. The Sr. Reimbursement and Market Access Specialist understands the U.S. reimbursement systems (including coding, coverage, and payment), U.S. hospitals, and the broader healthcare landscape. They have experience with healthcare data analytics and value analysis to drive commercialization and adoption of key products, and possess an understanding of coding, coverage, and payment. The Sr. Reimbursement and Market Access Specialist may be accountable for informing and educating CRM businesses, strategy teams, and field teams of market dynamics related to reimbursement and health economics. This position is also responsible for understanding and articulating the impact of reimbursement, the healthcare environment and other policy initiatives on both CRM businesses and their products, and our hospital, physician, and payer stakeholders. This individual reports to the Director, Market Access for the Cardiac Rhythm Management Operating Unit.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 4 years of health economics, health policy or reimbursement experience, Or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of health economics, health policy or reimbursement experience

Nice To Haves

• Strong Project Management skills with proven track record of effective collaboration in matrixed environment
• MS Powerpoint, Excel, and Word proficiency
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal
• Deep understanding of the full healthcare landscape (payers, providers, hospitals, patients) and the impending changes from a fee-for-service to a fee-for-value world
• Strong visualization and marketing acumen. Ability to distill complex information and evidence for broad audiences.
• PowerBI experience, both development and end-user

Responsibilities

• Provides reimbursement-related education and/or advice to product development teams, marketing, sales, regulatory, clinical and business leaders.
• Identifies payer opportunities and issues and implements programs to resolve/decrease barriers to entry for the company's products or therapies.
• Works closely with Strategic Reimbursement colleagues to understand the reimbursement landscape of therapies/products, and to develop educational collateral for customers.
• Works closely with Health Economics and Outcomes Research colleagues to evaluate the economic impact of the use of therapies/products on payers, including the government.
• Creates and packages reimbursement and economic messages and materials that resonate with different stakeholders and customer segments, including topics such as reimbursement, health policy, procedural economics, Cardiovascular service line program economics, and product value analysis.
• Leads educational activities for both the field economic team and the broader sales organizations focused on reimbursement and economics to support product launches, new indications and dissemination of new economic evidence.
• Collaborates with HEPR colleagues and Marketing teams to ensure alignment on new evidence, economic messaging and integration with product management teams.
• Responsible for market surveillance, including monitoring, studying and evaluation of healthcare landscape trends.
• Responsible for managing and utilizing relevant third-party data sources and leveraging knowledge into program initiatives

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values.
• We recognize their contributions.
• They share in the success they help to create.
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• 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, and 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), and 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