Senior PD Operations Manager - Portfolio Segment Leader
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. As a Senior Portfolio Program Manager (CTOR), you are a senior leader entrusted with end-to-end ownership of a portfolio of New Product Introduction (NPI) programs. Every day, your work is guided by Medtronic’s unwavering commitment: We Put Patient First. You and your team deliver the right product, at the right quality, at the right time, in the right place, at the right cost—for every patient, every time—because there is a human life on the other side of every unit we ship. 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. You’ll be responsible for all operational aspects—including value stream selection, planning, execution, and successful implementation of activities throughout the development and commercialization of new products. Your mission: ensure the voice of Operations, both strategic and tactical, is fully integrated, project commitments and contract metrics are achieved, and progress is communicated with clarity and urgency. This is your chance to make a real difference, not just for business, but for every patient whose life depends on the products we deliver.
Requirements
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial 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.
- Candidates for roles below the Principal level require unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience in new product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI), with a proven track record of navigating uncertainty and delivering results.
- Strong project/program management expertise with financial accountability; PMP or similar certification preferred.
- Technical proficiency in product or process development, including qualification/validation activities (IQ, OQ, PQ, PPAP).
- Strong business acumen and understanding of operational costing (LBM, OPC, inventory management, capital project planning).
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the successful delivery of operations activities and metrics for your assigned program(s), whether that means overseeing a portfolio or owning a single project.
- Own Ops NPI delivery and the critical metrics for your program and/or portfolio.
- Coordinate the implementation of sustainable and scalable supply chains across all NPI programs, ensuring robust, cost-effective value streams that will serve patients for the next decade.
- Responsible for defining and executing on a strategic direction for your portfolio that goes beyond the needs of the new products you are developing but also improves the operational performance of the value stream they are a part of, partnering with leadership and peers to deliver strategic enhancements in business performance.
- Whether through direct management or by influence, you actively coach and mentor, organize teams for peak performance, set direction, provide guidance, and establish frameworks that elevate project delivery and teamwork.
- As the first point of escalation between CST, ET Ops, and GOSC, you own the end-to-end supply chain and ensure seamless communication and problem-solving across the entire organization.
- Ensure new products are launched on time, are available to patients, and maintain supply continuity at launch and beyond.
- Align ASP and LBMS targets to deliver accretive margins, always striving for costs lower than predicate products.
- Drive demand and supply planning alignment, maintaining inventory levels that protect supply while actively managing scrap, inventory, and obsolescence risks.
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
Senior
