Senior Value Stream Manager - PVH

Medtronic • Irvine, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Value Stream Manager joins the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) Operations team and owns the end-to-end performance and strategic direction of an assigned portfolio of product value streams. The role connects suppliers, manufacturing sites, sterilization, distribution, and commercial demand to support supply continuity, customer service, gross margin, and the long-term operating model. It serves as the primary Operations interface between the PVH Operating Unit, Global Operations and Supply Chain, internal manufacturing sites, and external manufacturing partners. The manager translates business priorities into an integrated five-year value-stream roadmap and brings cross-functional teams together to deliver outcomes for patients, customers, and the business.

The position is based in Southern California or Tijuana, Mexico. Work is on-site four days per week, and the role requires less than 10% travel. The role is part of Medtronic’s Peripheral Vascular Health operating unit, whose portfolio includes devices and therapies for peripheral arterial, venous, end-stage renal disease, and embolization therapies.

Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and at least seven years of technical work experience, or an advanced degree in one of those fields and at least five years of technical experience. They must also have five or more years leading people, programs, or cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization, as well as experience managing end-to-end supply, manufacturing, or product value streams in a regulated or highly controlled environment.

The U.S. salary range, excluding Puerto Rico and specific California locations, is $171,200 to $256,800. The position is eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). Medtronic describes a competitive benefits package; eligibility for particular benefits varies by employee status and weekly hours.

Requirements

• At least five years leading people, programs, or cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end supply, manufacturing, or product value streams in a regulated or highly controlled environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex problem solving, risk mitigation, prioritization, and execution across multiple sites and functions.
• Experience translating strategy into a multi-year roadmap, portfolio of initiatives, operating metrics, and governance.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including cost, inventory, capacity, and margin trade-offs.
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively from working teams through senior and executive leadership.
• Ability to travel to manufacturing sites, suppliers, and business locations as required.
• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and at least seven years of technical work experience, or an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and at least five years of technical experience.
• For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Medical-device or other regulated-industry experience.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or Medtronic Performance System certification and practical value-stream mapping experience.
• Experience leading Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, Program Management, or site operations.
• Experience with product life-cycle management, portfolio rationalization, phase-in/phase-out, and released-product management.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end operational health, performance, and strategic direction of assigned PVH value streams.
• Ensure seamless flow from supplier through manufacturing, sterilization, distribution, and customer delivery.
• Identify risks, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver sustainable improvements in service, cost, inventory, supply continuity, and margin.
• Lead operating mechanisms connecting the Operating Unit, manufacturing sites, Global Supply Chain, Quality, Sourcing, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Regulatory, Product Lifecycle Management, and New Product Development.
• Lead end-to-end value-stream mapping and future-state design using the Medtronic Performance System and Lean principles to reduce waste, lead time, complexity, and operating cost.
• Build and govern a prioritized portfolio of cost-down, margin-expansion, capacity, reliability, inventory, and network-optimization initiatives, with clear owners, milestones, resources, and financial outcomes.
• Partner with Product Lifecycle Management and Marketing to define product rationalization, phase-in/phase-out, and discontinuation roadmaps while protecting customers and minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Coordinate operations transitions for new products and major released-product changes into stable post-market supply, ensuring manufacturing readiness, scalable capacity, and effective handoffs.
• Translate business priorities into an integrated five-year value-stream roadmap and coordinate cross-functional delivery.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• For regular employees working 20 or more hours per week: 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.
• For all regular employees: 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; and Capital Accumulation Plan for Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior