We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 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

Are you looking to drive strategic cost improvement initiatives for the leader in the Medical Technology industry? As a core member of the Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) team supporting Operations Innovation, you will be responsible for leading strategic and tactical cross functional teams to identify, drive and implement design and process programs associated with margin improvement benefits across various product portfolios. This role involves strategic planning, project management, and collaboration with various departments to achieve cost savings, improve product quality, and enhance overall business performance.

You will lead the prioritization of cross-functional teams to ensure business objectives are achieved. They will use judgment to assess tradeoffs and will hold the team accountable to their commitments.

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. 

• Manage value creation projects from detailed planning through execution while meeting delivery, quality and cost goals

• Lead cross functional teams including design, quality, operations, category management to ensure successful completion of projects and business goals

• Work actively with business, sites, contract manufacturing and key strategic suppliers to meet project timing and milestones

• Develop, communicate, and document project strategies and plans including budget, detailed schedule creation/maintenance, and KPIs

• Perform cost/benefit analysis to determine feasibility of project in initiation process

Must Haves

Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of business process, Engineering Program Management and/or project management experience OR advanced degree and 3+ years of business process and/or project management experience

Nice to Have

• Advanced Degree

• PMP Certification

• Experience leading projects/programs including financial accountability

• Experience working with suppliers and/or contract manufacturers

• Financial management skills

• Experience leading cross functional teams

• Medical Device industry experience

• Demonstrated strong business acumen and planning experience

• Strong communication skills (written, verbal, listening (with all levels of the organization)

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Comfortable to work with unknowns and developing roadmaps

• Ability to influence business leaders, stakeholders and individual contributors

• MS Project software experience

Ability to travel occasionally

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 a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$115,200.00 - $172,800.00