We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 27 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 a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

This role will be based in Mounds View, MN.

In this exciting role as a Technical Writing Manager, you will have responsibility for leading a team of technical writers that are responsible for the creation, development, and execution of product labeling for the CRDN and PVH operating units within the Cardiovascular Portfolio. This role combines tactical expertise with strategic leadership to drive efficiency, quality compliance, and team development in Technical Communications processes.

This role will report to the Senior Director of CV Technical Communications.   

Role and responsibilities:

• Lead team of writers supporting CRDN and PVH Operating Units.
• Coach, mentor, and provide strategic input based on business strategies to support direct reports.
• Collaborate with other CV Tech Comm leaders in providing strategic input into the direction and success of the Cardiovascular Technical Communications organization
• Educate business partners on the processes, roles, responsibilities, and expertise of the CV Technical Communications team
• Assist direct reports with establishing clear, measurable performance objectives and perform regular evaluations of those objectives
• Provide direct reports with frequent feedback, coaching and development opportunities
• Partner with marketing, geographies, clinical, legal, regulatory affairs, packaging and labeling, sales force, supply chain, documentation control, translation teams, regulatory agencies, etc. in support of both the CRDN and PVH OUs and business priorities
• Interview, hire, and train technical writers.
• Manage team’s project assignments and resource allocation, including engagement in 10Q and AOP.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelors degree required with a minimum of 5 years of technical, medical or scientific writing/communications experience
• Or Masters degree with a minimum of 3 years of technical, medical or scientific writing/communications experience
• Or PhD with minimum of 3 years of technical, medical or scientific writing/communications experience

Nice to Have

• Experience managing and/or mentoring multiple technical writers
• Knowledge of Medtronic and its products and processes
• Experience effectively managing multiple, changing priorities
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills
• Desire and ability to drive results by working through others to accomplish objectives
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues at all levels of the organization
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong project management skills, including demonstrated experience with resource planning, tracking multiple complex projects, and budgeting
• Strong attention to detail

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with