We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 Apr 2026

 

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

The Cardiac Rhythm Management operating group is a division within Medtronic focused on developing and manufacturing medical devices and solutions for the management of cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure. This group’s product portfolio includes implantable pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, and remote monitoring systems. CRM’s mission is to improve patient outcomes and quality of life by providing innovative therapies for the detection, prevention, and treatment of abnormal heart rhythms. The group collaborates closely with healthcare professionals and leverages advanced technology and data-driven insights to drive improvements in cardiac care.

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 position will be based in Mounds View, MN.

The Manager, Medical Evidence & Information leads a staff that is responsible for clinical evaluation and medical information. This role ensures alignment across evidence generation, scientific content development and external communication to support product safety, performance, and general use data. The role involves managing a wealth of information about products and treatments, ensuring that accurate, evidence-based, and up-to-date information is readily available to regulators, healthcare professionals, and patients. Success in the role depends not only on deep scientific knowledge but also on effective communication, strategic thinking, and operational leadership. The manager fosters collaboration, drives operational excellence, and ensures timely, accurate, and strategic dissemination of medical and scientific information.

Expert in verbal and written scientific communications, scientific literature search, synthesis, and communication; and global medical device regulatory processes. Skilled in customer interactions, including working directly with physicians to answer complex technical and medical questions to ensure patient safety.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop team members across Medical Information and Clinical Evaluation groups.
• Oversee staff, processes and functional practices to ensure evidence SMEs are adequately planning and implementing Clinical Evaluation requirements, Corporate Off-Label policies and responses to medical inquiries.
• Ensure consistency and scientific rigor in evidence communication across internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional managers and leaders across Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, R&D, etc., to ensure alignment on resourcing, evidence needs and funding.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance cross-functional impact.
• Develop forward-looking functional recommendations to proactively identify opportunities for strategic dissemination that optimize healthcare professionals access to scientifically sound and balanced information
• Translate complex scientific and medical information into clear, accessible language for diverse audiences, including clinicians, healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, and regulators.
• Manage performance of staff including promotion and rewards planning, hiring and performance management as needed
• Provide periodic communication to senior leaders, particularly in areas requiring negotiation of challenging topics (e.g., regulatory issue or changes, impacts to schedules and budgets)
• Develop and/or manage functional KPIs that demonstrate the impact and value of the team

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 5+ years of clinical research, medical information, medical writing or engineering environment
• or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years clinical research, medical information, medical writing or engineering experience

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