We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Jul 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 in Mounds View, Minnesota. Up to 10% domestic travel may be required to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

As the Senior IT Program Manager focused on Software, you will be responsible for the direction and execution of Medtronic’s vendor management strategy for a subset of its top software suppliers. Working directly with Global IT capability leaders, internal customers, and shared service partners, this position will drive improved governance and partnership across our key software relationships. Reporting to the VP, VMO, success in this role will consist of effectively managing 10-15 strategic software suppliers, delivering sustained improvement in cost, quality, risk mitigation, and innovation. This is a high-visibility vendor management role, requiring experience in supplier lifecycle management, inclusive of asset, contract, resource, and financial optimization. The ideal candidate will be grounded in the principles of vendor governance, while also demonstrating an aptitude for strategy, market insights, and continuous improvement, driving value from use cases and opportunities beyond the scope of contracted products and services.

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 if we hope to have 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

• Develops and improves the vendor management strategy for a subset of Global IT's software suppliers. Takes a long-term view that considers cost, quality, substitutes, platforms and standards, competitive leverage, and market dynamics
• Works collaboratively with Global IT leadership, internal customers, and shared service teams (Finance, Legal, Sourcing, etc.) to align strategy with execution
• Part of a global team of IT vendor managers whose goal is providing programmatic governance of its Top 50 strategic suppliers. Expected outcomes are measurable performance improvement through SLAs and KPIs, and value-added partnership elements such as executive sponsorship, roadmaps, industry perspective, and executable use cases involving AI, automation, and innovation
• Creates and maintains relationships with 10-15 software partners, inclusive of executive sponsors, product and delivery leads, sales and service account teams. Able to use these relationships to map out priorities, influence outcomes, and ensure Medtronic's needs are met by our suppliers
• Communicates past, present, and future IT software narratives effectively. Takes a data-driven, objective view of performance and uses internal and external feedback to create continuous improvement in product and service delivery
• Delivers measurable qualit