Senior Product Development Program Manager
About The Position
The Senior Product Development Program Manager leads concurrent energy-component projects for multiple operating units (OUs) as internal customers. The position combines hands-on leadership of small, matrixed teams with an understanding of business needs, different quality systems, and functional best practices. The work 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 role is based in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and follows 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 that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Responsibilities
- Lead concurrent projects from initiation through closure, managing 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 to establish priorities, clarify accountability, review deliverables, and resolve 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 to 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
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Global well-being program
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan with 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)
- Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
