At Medtronic, we believe in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to improve patient outcomes and advance healthcare. Within U.S. Surgical, we are undergoing a period of transformation to accelerate growth, enhance execution, and strengthen our commercial model. 

We are seeking a U.S. Commercial, Strategic Planning Principal to support the U.S. Surgical commercial team. This role will play a critical part in driving cross-functional initiatives, enabling operating rhythms, and ensuring disciplined execution of key priorities. 

This role serves as a central connector across the U.S. Surgical commercial organization—driving communication strategy, commercial alignment, operating rhythms and field enablement.  

Commercial Communications & Alignment 

• Lead internal communication strategy and content development for the U.S. commercial organization 

• Drive alignment and coordination across Sales, Marketing, Commercial Capabilities, PACE, Commercial Operations and other key stakeholders 

• Support governance and consistency of communications across the commercial organization 

• Partner with Marketing to translate strategic priorities into clear, actionable messaging for the field 

• Drive day-to-day email, newsletters and internal social messaging, as well as other recurring communication cadences 

Commercial Planning & Operating Rhythms 

• Partner with Chief of Staff, Marketing and Sales to support annual and quarterly commercia planning processes 

• Coordinate commercialization priorities and field focus areas across the organization 

• Maintain governance processes, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to monitor execution against key priorities 

• Track key actions, risks, dependencies, and organizational priorities to ensure follow-through and accountability 

Commercial Enablement & Training 

• Lead planning and execution of major commercial events including National Training Meetings (NTM), People Leader Summits 

• Coordinate cross-functional inputs to ensure readiness and consistency of messaging for field-facing initiatives 

• Help translate strategic priorities into actionable field engagement and enablement plans 

Must Have: Minimum Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree required 

• Mini