We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 Jan 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

The Senior Manager, Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for building, enhancing, and governing the processes, tools, and operating mechanisms that enable consistent, efficient, and high-quality program execution across the organization. This role provides strategic leadership in defining how programs are planned, resourced, reviewed, and measured, and ensures that PMO frameworks align with business priorities and portfolio needs.

This leader will establish and maintain the systems that support all processes and governance of the annual operating plan (AOP) activities and follow on activities throughout the fiscal year cycle.   This will include integrating program inputs, resource and headcount planning, supply/demand analysis, and long range forecasting. The Senior Manager will also develop and drive standardized program review processes, governance cadences, and performance metrics that enable data driven decision-making and portfolio visibility for executive leadership.

Through strong cross-functional collaboration, this role supports program managers in adopting best practices and fosters operational excellence across the product development lifecycle.  The candidate for this role will establish strong relationships with peers to execute similar processes and practice both within the operating unit and across the enterprise.

Careers that Change Lives

At Medtronic, everything we do is driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Joining the PMO means enabling our program teams to deliver life-changing therapies faster, more reliably, and with stronger cross-functional alignment.

In this role, you will shape systems and processes that influence every product development effort—making your impact broad, foundational, and deeply meaningful to our ability to bring the next generation of medical technologies to patients around the world.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the product development business process which steers the new product development efforts across Pelvic Health and Neuromodulation

• Develop, maintain, and govern PMO processes, standards, and best practices.

• Lead AOP planning including program inputs, scenario modeling, and long range forecasts in close collaboration with finance and human resources peers across Pelvic Health and Neuromodulation.

• Build and manage resource, headcount, and capacity planning frameworks.

• Complete analysis, scenario planning and recommend changes to portfolio that help balance resources in alignment with functional strategic work force plans.

• Establish unified program governance: reviews, health checks, gate readiness, and reporting cadences.

• Create and manage program management tools for scheduling, risk, and issue tracking.

• Define and maintain PMO dashboards and KPIs for portfolio visibility and performance insights.

• Provide executive level reporting and data driven recommendations.

• Coach Program Managers on PMO processes, tools, and methodologies.

• Lead change management and drive adoption of PMO systems and frameworks.

• Collaborate across functions to remove barriers, improve execution efficiency, and drive operational excellence.

Onsite Requirement: We bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness, and in-person collaboration is vital to how we work. As part of our commitment to innovation, we operate a minimum of 4 days a week onsite to accelerate problem-solving, build trust across teams, and elevate the capabilities of our program management community.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Finance or related field with minimum of 7 years of experience in program management, PMO, portfolio planning, financial planning or product development operations, OR

• Advanced degree with 5 years of experience

• Experience creating or managing program/project processes, governance, or tools

• Ability to lead resource planning, capacity modeling, or AOP related activities

• Strong communication skills, including executive ready presentations and dashboards

• Experience influencing stakeholders and driving change in a matrixed environment

• Strong analytical