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IT Program Manager - Healthcare Data Governance

Medtronic
Mounds View, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 29 Sept 2025
💰 $199,200/yr

About the role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 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

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. The person in this role will work from the Medtronic facility located in Mounds View, Minnesota.

The Healthcare Data Governance team is a highly visible, cross-functional team leading data strategy & governance for Healthcare & Patient data as part of the Master Data Management Services Organization. This role will have responsibility for managing the daily operations of the patient and healthcare data governance activities, including inventorying key data sets, working with stakeholders to leverage core capabilities, managing a roadmap of activities across multiple teams. The program manager will also manage and support the Rights to Data program and efforts, including working with stakeholders to understand business needs, creating a roadmap of capabilities, working cross delivery teams to bring capabilities to life.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. Check out the accomplishments of our Women in IT group! http://bit.ly/MedtronicWomeninIT

CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES

HEALTHCARE DATA GOVERNANCE

  • Implement healthcare and patient data strategy enabling business objectives and priorities.
  • Introduce and continually improve data governance standards, processes and capabilities including tokenization, de-identification, consent management, data rights, etc.
  • Build roadmap to achieve the Healthcare & Patient Data Strategy, enhance efficiency, improve data quality and drive competitive advantage. 
  • Partner cross-functionally to ensure all strategic data initiatives are captured within the strategic plan & roadmap. 
  • Develop & estimate funding needs & sources for strategic initiatives.
  • Drive prioritization across the project release schedules to enable business transformation priorities while enhancing data quality and enabling efficient operations.
  • Collaborate closely with OUs to align data initiatives with business objectives, ensuring that business voice is heard as part of MDM solutions.
  • Foster collaboration and alignment with cross-functional teams, including data platform teams, product team, and IDC team.
  • Manage and enforce governance policies, standards and practices for healthcare and patient data.
  • Advocate for data quality and best practices, ensuring adherence to data protection, privacy and health data regulations.
  • Work closely with leadership to provide strategic guidance on data governance and compliance matters.
  • Serve as a liaison between different business functions and IT teams to ensure alignment and integration of data governance practices.

RIGHTS TO DATA

  • Manage the implementation of the Rights to Data Policy Management solution. 
  • Follow MSCM standards.
  • Manage

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