Strategic Technology Enablement Program Manager
About The Position
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life At Medtronic, you will drive high-impact clinical digital transformation initiatives that enable functional excellence through optimized technology and innovation. The Medtronic Clinical and Regulatory Solutions (MCRS) business is seeking a Strategic Technology Enablement Program Manager with a key role responsible for representing the business on IT applications. The ideal candidate will bring strong demonstrated expertise at the intersection of clinical research and data/technology domains including the ability to collaborate across the matrix; balance competing interests to create shared value; and creatively solve problems through technology. In this role you will be supporting a key clinical research program to modernize Medtronic Clinical's data and analytics platform leveraging modern cloud technology and standardization of data to drive meaningful and sustainable value for portfolio execution. This role requires strong partnership r with IT on behalf of the business to integrate various data sources with the new cloud data platform. Strong technical aptitude to facilitate effective integrations with both cloud and on prem infrastructure. This program represents a key investment for Medtronic, and success in this role requires strong expertise in understanding and aligning business and IT needs and processes to drive successful outcomes. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. To enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts, we are offering this as a remote position. This role may require up to 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years of focused on business enablement and optimization of systems and technology (or 3+ years with an advanced degree)
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of clinical research systems and technology experience
- AWS cloud integration experience
- Medical device or other regulated industry experience
- Deep understanding of Clinical Research processes with the ability to strategically align technology solutions to business needs.
- Proven experience leading large-scale technology implementation projects, including system replacement efforts and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.
- Ability to navigate complex organizational structures, fostering collaboration across business units, IT teams, and external vendors to achieve shared goals.
- Experience managing vendor relationships, including contracting, financial oversight, audits, and ensuring alignment with business needs.
- Skilled in identifying future technology needs, evaluating solutions, and developing business cases to secure funding for strategic initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with system validation, pilot testing, and implementation of new software, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business requirements.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with various departments on the design, documentation, testing, and implementation of clinical data collection systems.
- Develops systems for organizing data to analyze, identify and report data and trends.
- Prepares reports of clinical trial studies for internal validation and cross validation studies.
- Business ownership of key clinical applications facilitating connections and communication between business end users, MCRS, IT, and vendors
- Contribute to system validation, maintain enterprise configuration and support product release management
- Vendor relationship management including business input on contracting, audit, and general oversight
- Financial acumen to support necessary forecasting, variance analysis and funding requests
- Identify current & future technology needs to enable functional strategies, including business case development for associated funding asks
- Advise/evaluate solutions and support selection of vendors, including coordinating business input from OU, Regions, and MCRS subject matter experts
- Lead and/or support pilot and implementation efforts for new software
- Proactive communication with key stakeholders on systems health, strategy and program execution, including escalation management when required
- Educating and driving alignment with user community regarding enterprise standards and consistent utilization of systems
Benefits
- Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
- We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
- 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
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus 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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
