Technical Program Manager - Data Enablement
About The Position
The Technical Program Manager, Data Enablement leads cross-functional programs advancing Medtronic ENT’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 delivers data enablement capabilities supporting product development, analytics, and connected-device initiatives. The position works with R&D, quality, regulatory, IT, commercial, product, hardware, software, clinical, and engineering teams. It manages program scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting; oversees partners providing data, connectivity, and cloud services; and helps define data requirements, telemetry, connectivity, and storage and data-flow decisions. It also guides the use of analytics and other methods to derive insights from device and clinical data, and ensures programs meet quality, regulatory, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related technical field and 5 years of relevant technical program or project management experience, or a master's degree and 3 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 that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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 (HL7, FHIR, DICOM) or EHR/EMR systems.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and storage architectures spanning cloud, edge, and local deployments (SQL/NoSQL, data lakes, time-series).
- 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/ML 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 (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, UL 2900, 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; own scope, schedule, dependencies, risk, and executive reporting.
- Identify, evaluate, and manage internal and external partners providing data, connectivity, and cloud services, including scope definition, deliverable acceptance, and ongoing performance management.
- Contribute to defining the ENT data strategy and translate it into actionable 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 through data storage and data-flow trade-offs, including latency, security, scalability, and bandwidth in operating room environments.
- Guide the application of analytics, visualization, and statistical or machine learning methods to turn device and clinical data into insights that inform product decisions and demonstrate clinical and commercial value.
- Build alignment among 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 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 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
