Technical Program Manager - Data Enablement

Medtronic • Lafayette, CO

3d • $142,400 - $213,600

About The Position

The Technical Program Manager, Data Enablement leads cross-functional programs advancing the organization’s data and connectivity strategy across surgical capital products. The role aligns stakeholders, coordinates technical teams and external partners, translates business and product objectives into actionable roadmaps, and ensures delivery of data enablement capabilities supporting product development, analytics, and connected-device initiatives.

At Medtronic ENT, the work supports technologies that help clinicians treat complex ear, nose, and throat conditions in office and surgical settings. The role partners with product, hardware, and software teams to define data requirements, telemetry specifications, and connectivity needs; guides decisions about data storage and flow; and helps apply analytics and machine learning to device and clinical data. It also ensures programs meet quality, regulatory, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and five years of relevant technical program or project management experience, or a master’s degree and three years of relevant experience. The stated U.S. salary range is $142,400–$213,600, and the position is eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan. Medtronic describes a flexible benefits package, with specific benefits dependent on regular-employee status and hours worked.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and five years of relevant technical program or project management experience, or a master’s degree and three years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical programs from concept through launch, including ownership of schedule, dependencies, risk, and stakeholder communication across hardware, software, and quality teams.
• Experience delivering connected-device or IoT capabilities, including device-to-cloud data flows, telemetry, or connectivity services.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and managing third-party technology vendors or partners, including scope and deliverable oversight.
• Experience translating business, clinical, or end-user needs into documented technical requirements and roadmaps.
• 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.
• For roles below Principal level, candidates must have unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment; sponsorship is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in medical device development or another regulated product development environment, including design controls and phase-gate processes.
• Experience with surgical capital equipment, operating room environments, or hospital IT integration.
• Experience delivering integrations using healthcare data standards such as HL7, FHIR, or DICOM, or EHR/EMR systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure and storage architectures spanning cloud, edge, and local deployments, including SQL/NoSQL, data lakes, or time-series systems.
• Experience defining or directing the definition of telemetry schemas, data specifications, and logging requirements for hardware and software teams.
• Experience applying analytics, visualization, or statistical or machine learning methods to device or clinical data to inform product decisions.
• Experience developing products under FDA SaMD/SiMD guidance, ISO 13485, or ISO 14971.
• Experience applying data privacy and cybersecurity requirements to product data, including HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, UL 2900, or FDA premarket cybersecurity guidance.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms and governance models, such as data warehousing, cataloging, or data quality frameworks.
• PMP, Agile, or SAFe certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional data enablement programs across R&D, quality, regulatory, IT, and commercial teams, managing scope, schedule, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage internal and external providers of data, connectivity, and cloud services, including defining scope, accepting deliverables, and managing ongoing performance.
• Contribute to the ENT data strategy and translate it into program roadmaps and prioritized backlogs.
• Partner with product, hardware, and software teams to define data requirements, telemetry specifications, and connectivity needs for surgical capital products.
• Guide project teams in trade-offs involving data storage and data flow, including latency, security, scalability, and bandwidth in operating room environments.
• Guide the application of analytics, visualization, and statistical or machine learning methods to device and clinical data to inform product decisions and demonstrate clinical and commercial value.
• Build alignment between nontechnical business and clinical stakeholders and technical engineering teams, and escalate and resolve blockers.
• Ensure data enablement programs meet Medtronic quality, regulatory, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Short-term incentive eligibility 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 or reimbursement; and the 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.
• Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

What This Job Offers

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