Value Stream Director

Medtronic • Lafayette, CO

2d • $170,400 - $255,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced and driven Value Stream Leader to lead the end-to-end supply chain in support of growth, margin expansion, and cash flow creation for the Spine and Hardware/Biologics portfolio within Cranial and Spinal Technologies. Reporting to the Vice President, OU Operations – Cranial and Spinal Technologies, this role leads and empowers the team to deliver strong operational performance across the value stream. The successful candidate provides thought and technical leadership, manages major developing programs for critical functions across one or more regions, and is accountable for overall program unit success. The role requires the candidate to reside within the territory and drive to multiple accounts throughout the region. A valid driver's license is essential for this role, which also involves minimum 30% amount of travel outside the territory, presenting opportunities for broader engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in a related field with a minimum of 10 years recent relevant experience
• Advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of recent relevant experience
• Valid driver's license
• Possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment (for roles below Principal level)

Nice To Haves

• Broad management knowledge and experience leading project teams across multiple job areas.
• Mastery-level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline, with broad understanding of related functional areas.
• Strong financial, operational, and program management capabilities, including management of financial and material resources.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, effective communication, and the ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with manufacturing technologies, data analysis, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and quality management.
• Proven ability to build strategic relationships and communicate effectively with senior and executive leadership.
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end supply chain and take accountability for the entire value stream from raw material through customer delivery in support of revenue growth, gross margin expansion, and cash flow, including inventory and capital expenditures.
• Focus on outcomes including quality, delivery, cost, and customer satisfaction rather than siloed functional metrics.
• Align operations to what delivers value for the customer and prioritize speed, quality, and reliability from the customer perspective.
• Provide thought and technical leadership across the business area.
• Manage one or more major, developing programs for critical functions across one or more regions that require development and coordination of new program plans or delivery methods with little precedent.
• Lead the development of strategy for the department or business area and ensure alignment to company aims and objectives.
• Make large business and select strategic decisions that impact financial performance, employees, or the public image of the operational unit and/or company.
• Typically hold budget or P&L accountability for a department, broad functional area, or geography.
• Drive innovation across the business area and encourage best practice and knowledge sharing.
• Significantly improve, change, or adapt business area processes, systems, products, or services.
• Solve complex, difficult, and undefined problems through detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation.
• Develop long-term strategic relationships and alliances with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Communicate and conduct briefings with senior or executive leadership regarding ongoing operations and strategic initiatives.
• Influence across functions and businesses to negotiate and gain cooperation on operational issues and divergent internal objectives.
• Lead a matrixed small unit that typically includes multiple teams led by program managers and/or vendors.
• Approve tasks and schedules necessary for successful program execution.
• Understand how manufacturing, supply chain, quality, research and development, and other functions interconnect, and eliminate bottlenecks across the system.
• Use key performance indicators, flow metrics, and root cause analysis to drive improvements and continuously monitor and adjust performance.
• Champion continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma to reduce waste, simplify processes, and drive standardization.
• Partner closely with marketing and commercial teams to align stakeholders around shared goals and priorities.
• Connect day-to-day operations with broader business strategy, including growth, innovation, and cost optimization.
• Design processes for smooth, uninterrupted flow by minimizing delays, handoffs, and variation while optimizing capacity, resource allocation, and cycle time.

Benefits

• 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
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Paid sick time (for temporary employees)
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Benefits Package
• Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
• Annual long-term incentive plan

What This Job Offers

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