We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Mar 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.

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A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people.  Help us engineer the extraordinary!

Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare.

We are currently looking for a Senior PD Project Management Specialist to join our Released Product Engineering (RPE) team supporting the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health (NMPH) Operating Units (OU) in Fridley, Minnesota at our Rice Creek facility.  Work at coordinating and facilitating engineering projects in a dynamic environment supporting fielded implantable Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Pelvic Health (PH), Targeted Drug Delivery (TDD), and Interventional Pain systems and products. Medtronic’s mission-driven culture sets the highest standards of product quality and reliability in serving patients and health care professionals.

This will be a hybrid position, with the expectation that the individual will work onsite at least 3 days per week at Medtronic’s Rice Creek facility, working with cross-functional teams.  Anticipated business travel for this position is minimal. 
  
In this exciting role as a Senior PD Project Management Specialist-Released Product Engineering, you will:

• Organize, facilitate, and/or lead R&D engineering and quality personnel in the evaluation, action planning and execution, and documentation of product nonconformances (NCs).
• Organize, coordinate, and document design-related product and Quality Management System (QMS) CAPA (Corrective Action/Preventive Action) issues.
• Support the NMPH Change Control Board (CCB) in its role of reviewing design control evidence and approving a large and varied portfolio of design, manufacturing, and supplier associated changes.
• Work with a wide variety of products within implantable NMPH systems that utilize the latest technologies across several therapies.
• Author quality records for NCs and CAPAs that clearly and effectively describe the quality-driven work. Write narratives of this work that are clear and concise and will be easily comprehended by stakeholders (e.g., CAPA Board, regulatory bodies, etc.).
• Develop and maintain data sources, and produce associated data metrics and visualizations, that communicate status and portfolio health of NC, CAPA, and change control projects. 

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Lead or leverage cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies.
• Oversee and manage ongoing projects and serve as a liaison between individual team members and project management or line management.
• Manage the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new, changed, or existing products and processes.
• Author quality records that demonstrate and clearly articulate Medtronic’s compliance to quality system regulations for issues associated with released products.
• Review status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Facilitate the use of root cause analysis and problem-solving tools with small teams.
• Identify project/timeline risks, develop mitigation plans, and/or escalate to management with appropriate judgment.
• Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develop mechanisms (e.g., metrics, visual dashboards, etc.) for monitoring work portfolio progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and cross-functional team members.
• Communicate with stakeholder(s), influence peers (without direct authority) to effectively complete work, and obtain stakeholder engagement to ensure the project outcomes will solve the business and quality problems.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your a