Sr. Principal Clinical Data and Solutions Architect

Medtronic•Minneapolis, MN

19h•Remote

About The Position

The Clinical Business Intelligence team supports clinical trial execution, operational oversight, and portfolio decision-making through scalable data and analytics capabilities. It partners with Clinical Operations, Safety, Monitoring, Data Management, Biostatistics, IT, and enterprise architecture teams to deliver governed data platforms, reporting solutions, and analytics products that improve clinical performance visibility and enable data-driven decisions. The Senior Principal Clinical Data and Solutions Architect provides strategic leadership for clinical data, analytics, and reporting capabilities across the clinical research ecosystem. The role partners with business and technology stakeholders to define data products, modernize platforms, establish governance standards, and deliver scalable solutions that turn clinical data into actionable insights. The position is remote and requires 10% travel. The role leads the evolution of clinical data and analytics platforms, develops scalable data products and self-service capabilities, applies CDISC standards, and partners with IT and enterprise architecture on cloud-based platforms, including AWS. It also leads modernization, governance, quality, validation, regulatory compliance, reporting, platform strategy, vendor evaluation, and investment planning. The U.S. salary range is $166,400 to $249,600. The position is eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan. Benefits and compensation vary by employee eligibility and location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience applying CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM, and USDM, within clinical data, analytics, or reporting environments.
Experience with cloud-based data platforms in regulated environments, including AWS technologies.
Experience supporting clinical trial execution, operational reporting, analytics, or clinical portfolio decision-making.
Experience partnering with business stakeholders, IT, and architecture teams to deliver data and analytics solutions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a quantitative discipline, along with significant experience in clinical research data and analytics.
Experience modernizing clinical data platforms, reporting environments, or enterprise analytics solutions.
Experience with SQL, SQL Server, Power BI, or similar business intelligence and analytics platforms.
Knowledge of ICH, GCP, FDA, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.
Experience leading large-scale platform transformation, technology enablement, or data governance initiatives.
Experience within medical device, pharmaceutical, CRO, or other regulated clinical research environments.

Responsibilities

Define and lead the evolution of clinical data, analytics, and reporting platforms supporting clinical trial execution and portfolio management.
Develop scalable data products, semantic models, reporting frameworks, and self-service analytics capabilities.
Apply CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM, and USDM, within data, analytics, and reporting solutions.
Partner with IT and enterprise architecture teams to design and support cloud-based clinical data platforms, including AWS environments.
Lead modernization initiatives involving legacy system transformation, data migration, integration, and interoperability.
Establish standards for data governance, quality, traceability, validation, metric consistency, and regulatory compliance.
Oversee the development and adoption of clinical dashboards, analytics solutions, and operational reporting capabilities.
Support platform strategy, vendor evaluations, solution oversight, validation activities, and investment planning.
Collaborate with clinical and technology stakeholders to deliver governed platforms, reporting solutions, and analytics products.

Benefits

Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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.
Simple Steps 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 for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums.