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At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary.

The Senior Finance Program Manager is a strategic finance leader supporting Operations and Supply Chain, with primary ownership of gross margin transformation, long-range financial planning, and cross-functional program execution. This role serves as the critical finance liaison between the Operating Unit (OU) and the Global Operations and Supply Chain (GOSC) organization, driving margin improvement through advanced modeling, scenario analysis, and disciplined savings realization tracking.

Key Responsibilities:

Gross Margin Transformation

Serve as the key finance lead for the CST Gross Margin Transformation initiative, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to identify, quantify, and execute margin improvement opportunities. Build and maintain driver-based gross margin models and lead scenario planning to evaluate the financial impact of strategic and operational decisions.

OU / GOSC Finance Liaison

Act as the primary finance interface between the Operating Unit and GOSC, ensuring alignment on financial targets, assumptions, and reporting. Translate operational and supply chain dynamics into financial insight for OU leadership and represent OU financial priorities within the broader GOSC organization.

Long Range Planning

Lead development of the long-range financial plan for Operations and Supply Chain, building multi-year projections across product lines and integrating volume, cost, and productivity assumptions into a cohesive margin outlook.

Modeling, Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis

• Gross Margin Modeling & Scenario Planning: Build and maintain gross margin models and lead scenario planning across product lines and initiatives.

• Sensitivity / Tornado Analysis: Conduct sensitivity and tornado analysis to isolate the highest-impact drivers of gross margin and prioritize management focus.

• Scenario / Gap Closure Analysis: Perform scenario and gap closure analysis to quantify distance to targets and model the pathways required to close gaps.

• Geography / SKU Rationalization: Lead geography and SKU rationalization analysis to inform portfolio, pricing, and footprint decisions.

Savings Realization Tracking

Establish and maintain a framework to track committed savings against realized results, providing visibility into initiative performance, surfacing risks to delivery, and ensuring accountability across stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. with minimum of 7+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally significant exposure to operations, supply chain, or manufacturing finance.

• Advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise in finan