Senior Software Engineering Program Manager - CRDN

Medtronic•Minneapolis, MN

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

This highly visible role serves as the primary Quality representative on cross-functional software product development teams, partnering with engineering, regulatory, clinical, and operations stakeholders to ensure quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. The role provides quality leadership for software design controls, risk management, verification and validation activities, cybersecurity, defect management, and product release decisions while ensuring compliance with global quality system and regulatory requirements. As a trusted member of the Core Team, the individual will help drive alignment, proactively manage risk, and enable effective decision-making across complex development programs. The role also partners with Quality Systems, Regulatory, and functional stakeholders to further evolve the Quality Management System (QMS), enabling software innovation while ensuring continued compliance with global regulatory standards and industry best practices. This position requires deep technical expertise, leadership, and collaboration skills to balance innovation, quality, compliance, and speed to market. Through a commitment to quality excellence and continuous improvement, the role plays a critical part in delivering software-enabled products and supporting strategic programs across the ICT portfolio. The position is located in Mounds View, MN, within the Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) operating unit. The company emphasizes bold ideas, speed, and decisiveness to put patients first. In-person exchanges are valued, with a commitment to working on-site 4 days per week to foster professional growth and cross-functional collaboration. This role requires less than 10% travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 7 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 5 years of technical experience.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of experience leading software development projects within Med-Tech industry
Strong understanding of software and embedded systems
Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering on projects in a matrix environment
Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
Experience managing geographically distributed teams
Track record of effective vendor management to deliver results
Experience as a Scrum Master in SW teams and Scrum Master Certification
Project Management Certification such as PMP
Experience working in regulated environments and delivering new products in compliance with global regulatory standards

Responsibilities

Responsible for program estimation and planning including identifying requirements, developing work plans, managing program annual and strategic budgets, building schedules, and partnering with team members to determine and communicate functional and/or resource requirements.
Own and Manage execution against an aggressive but achievable program and/or project plan, provide work direction to team members, work with peer program managers, cross functional program team members to monitor dependencies and ensure critical program milestones and deliverables are met.
Collaborate with Core Team Leaders, Platform Leaders, Product Owners, Human Factors Engineer, Architects & Systems Engineers to drive program within scope, cost, and schedule
Lead team(s) of software engineers (employees and vendor resources) to deliver on program commitments
Communicate program status and issues to internal and external stakeholders regularly including the Core Tam Leader and Development Lead in the Program Core Team as appropriate.
Proactively manage quality, risks, and issues at all stages in the program
Provide input for setting team members’ performance objectives and provide feedback to the functional leaders about performance against project deliverables and core competencies.
Conduct Scrum events including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review and retrospective.