We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Oct 2025

 

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

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

The Grand Rapids site produces Cardiac Surgery devices distributed worldwide. As a Senior Project Manager, you will oversee projects of varying scales aimed at sustaining and enhancing existing products or driving operations and process development for new products. Your responsibilities will include managing project timelines, budgets, and scopes for both sustaining business initiatives and process development efforts tied to new product launches.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Plan, perform and implement process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma).

• Diagram and evaluate existing processes.

• Organize, lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams.

• Develop metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities.

• Collect data to identify root cause of problems.

• Measure performance against process requirements.

• Align improvement to performance shortfalls.

• Provide consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality.

• May deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control.

• Survey and analyze best practices for techniques and processes.

• Communicates team progress.

• Perform cost and benefit analyses.

This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Grand Rapids, MI site.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile. 

• Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2 years of experience.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's/Advanced Degree in Science, Engineering, Project Management or Business Administration

• Requires prior experience managing projects in a manufacturing environment 

• Prior experience managing projects in a pharmaceutical, medical device, combination products, or other regulated industry 

• Effective planning and organization skills including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives simultaneously

• Excellent knowledge of systems including Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project, and Autocad

• Experience translating communicated ideas into robust project plans

• Ability to establish and maintain a trusted role with the various stakeholders in coordinating multiple functions across the organization

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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