We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Sep 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

Careers That Change Lives

Our Diabetes Business is looking for a Sr. BP Program Manager to drive transformational gross margin improvements to create a competitive advantage for the business. You will have responsibility for identifying and leading programs to drive cost efficiencies and margin improvement within the Diabetes Business. The Senior Program Manager will lead and direct day to day activities for managing project plans, issues tracking, and accountability for deliverables across multiple functional organizations. They will also take on other responsibilities around establishing robust governance models, performing data analysis, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement.

DIABETES OPERATING UNIT:
The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions are designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
• Leads Temporary Service Agreement (TSA) exit strategy and execution for
all of Diabetes operations
• Leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage
projects for key business processes
• Collaborates with cross functional partners to define future state processes
to accelerate TSA exit
• Identify opportunities to drive gross margin improvements across
Diabetes operations and other areas of the P&L as appropriate
• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and
serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team,
and line management
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares
status reports
• Monitors the project from initiation through delivery
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity,
quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention
and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of program management, product development or other relevant experience OR Advanced degree with a minimum of 5+ years of program management, product development or other relevant experience 

  

Nice to Have 

• Masters in Engineering or MBA 

• Project Management Certification – PMP 

• Program management experience in the medical device, aerospace, automotive or other highly regulated industry 

• Experience in product development of drug delivery devices, preferably insulin delivery devices 

• Experience devising and implementing streamlined processes and strategic programs to improve efficiency, timeliness, and productivity 

• Experience in leading within matrix organizations requiring strong influence management skills 

• Change agent --willingness and ability to lead and institute change 

• Influence management skills: experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals 

• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/tea