We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Jun 2026

 

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

Medtronic's Structural Heart organization continues to grow and thrive around the world. This critical role will play an integral part in the continued expansion of global Structural Heart therapies and portfolio by developing the training curriculum strategy and standards for the next generation of clinical and product field sales employees.

Medtronic's Structural Heart organization continues to grow and thrive around the world. This critical role will play an integral part in the continued expansion of global Structural Heart therapies and portfolio by developing the training curriculum strategy and standards for the next generation of clinical and product field sales employees. 

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 20% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

         

         

The goal of the Principal Instructional Design Specialist is to drive the growth of the sales organization within the Structural Heart Operating Unit by enhancing their clinical and commercial capabilities through world-class training programs. The Principal Instructional Design Specialist will meet the needs of the business through advancing clinical training by implementing standardized global training curricula and training strategy. Expectations of the role include demonstrating the behaviors of the Medtronic Mindset to ensure the Mission, strategy, and culture are driven throughout our commercial teams.

The Principal Instructional Design Specialist will be responsible for the design and development of training programs for global commercial employees within the Structural Heart business. These initiatives will be focused on the capabilities and development of our global commercial employees including, but not limited to, new hires, current sellers, market development specialists, first-line sales managers. This will involve working in close collaboration with regional and global training teams, Structural Heart Commercial Marketing, Medical Affairs, R&D, HR, Sales Leadership and Field Sales/Clinical Trainers.

This is a remote position which could require up to 20% of travel including global.

A Day in the Life

• Drive meaningful solutions across the training continuum including, but not limited to, new hires, current sellers, advanced training, recertifications, and product launches

• Use gap analysis discussions with Marketing and Sales to develop programs that build new capabilities to address identified gaps and align with future needs of the organization
• Create instructional design deliverables that adhere to modern learner principles and the concept of the flipped classroom
• Collaborate closely with training managers, SMEs, project managers, and multi-media specialists to develop various deliverables such as: digital training assets, job aids, infographics, classroom activities, live virtual instructor-led classes, assessments, workbooks, etc. for our medical device sales teams and sales managers
• Organize and transform raw content into usable, logical, concise, functional training documents
• Ensure design documents adhere to Medtronic verbal identity standards, content design standards, legal, regulatory and intellectual property standards
• Designing content to align with the learning needs of the target audience
• Repurposing content to align the learning needs of the target audience
• Structuring content and activities to maximize learning and retention
• Incorporating multi-media support learning (visual aids for face-to-face, various multimedia)
• Develop assessments for classroom activities and exams
• Collaborate with functional partners to execute with speed and quality
• Ensure curriculum design includes metrics to demonstrate effectiveness of training and business impact

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required with 7+ years of relevant experience in one or more of the following functions: Sales, Clinical Training, Sales Training, Marketing, Medical Education (5 years with Advanced degree)

• Minimum of 5 years of field sales or clinical experience

Preferred Experience:

• MBA or Advanced degree

• Expe