Senior Product Development Program Manager

Medtronic•Brooklyn Center, MN

3d•$178,400 - $267,600•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Product Development Program Manager leads concurrent energy-component projects for multiple operating units (OUs), serving as internal customers. The role combines hands-on leadership of small, matrixed teams with an understanding of business needs, differing quality systems, and functional best practices. Its scope includes Research and Technology (R&T) exploration of novel energy solutions and external business relationships, as well as development and qualification of externally sourced battery cells. Program execution is the primary responsibility, supported by capability improvement and new business development. The position is based in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, with an onsite work model requiring a minimum of four days per week in the office. Travel is expected to be less than 10%.

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
For a Baccalaureate degree earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Responsibilities

Lead concurrent projects from initiation through closure, maintaining customer-specific scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and completion criteria while coordinating shared resources and dependencies.
Translate business needs into executable requirements and plans, navigating different OU quality systems and Product Development Process (PDP), R&T, development, or qualification processes.
Align internal customers, suppliers, Quality, Reliability, and Supply Management on required deliverables and evidence while preserving functional ownership of technical and quality decisions.
Direct small, matrixed teams and external partners by establishing priorities, clarifying accountability, reviewing deliverables, and resolving cross-functional barriers while balancing customer and functional objectives.
Monitor delivery and budget performance.
Load, monitor, and update multiple resource management tools for programs.
Investigate difficult or undefined issues and implement timely interventions to meet business, quality, productivity, and customer-satisfaction objectives.
Communicate status and resource or funding trade-offs, resolve issues within authority, and recommend decisions requiring management approval.
Apply lessons from program delivery, external technology evaluations, and battery-cell qualifications to improve program management practices, tools, development processes, and functional work packet standards in partnership with functional owners, and implement improvements across the team.
Coach teams in disciplined planning, issue resolution, and mutual accountability.
Use execution measures to strengthen fit-for-purpose governance, capacity planning, and visibility into shared-resource constraints and risks, supporting cross-functional collaboration and the MECC Mission.
Partner with OU customers and management to identify energy-component needs and shape opportunities supporting CRM Energy Components Strategy and broader business priorities.
Identify and develop external business relationships to evaluate new and novel energy solutions, defining business objectives, evaluation criteria, deliverables, decision points, and risks with business and functional stakeholders.
Define a roadmap and present opportunities to internal business leaders; recommend priorities, resource needs, funding, and trade-offs through strategic and annual operating plan (AOP) activities.

Benefits

Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
Health, dental, and vision insurance (for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week).
Health Savings Account and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week).
Life insurance and long-term disability leave (for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week).
Dependent daycare spending account and tuition assistance/reimbursement (for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week).
Simple Steps global well-being program (for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week).
Incentive plans, 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match, short-term disability, paid time off, and paid holidays (for regular employees).
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Employee Assistance Program (for regular employees).
Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement, subject to IRS earning minimums (for regular employees).
Capital Accumulation Plan for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums (for regular employees).