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

In this exciting role as a Senior Biostatistics Manager, you will be responsible for design, statistical analysis development, and study execution within the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health (NM&PH) Biostatistics team. This role will be responsible for working cross-functionally on projects spanning several therapies. You’ll always have new challenges pursuing ideas that are exciting, innovative, and just plain cool. Think critically about healthcare problems and/or opportunities to advance science faster than others.

Careers That Change Lives

In this exciting role as a Senior Biostatistics Manager, you will be responsible for design, statistical analysis development, and study execution within the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health (NM&PH) Biostatistics team. This role will be responsible for working cross-functionally on projects spanning several therapies. You’ll always have new challenges pursuing ideas that are exciting, innovative, and just plain cool. Think critically about healthcare problems and/or opportunities to advance science faster than others.

You will conduct research that improves healthcare for millions of patients. The Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health operating unit covers a wide range of therapies and products for the brain, pain, and pelvic health. The brain therapies include deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, dystonia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The pain therapies use ablation catheters for cancer pain, pain stimulators for back and leg pain, and drug pumps for back pain and spasticity. The pelvic health therapies offer stimulators for many types of overactive bladder issues.  Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

This is a local or remote based role so the candidate can live anywhere in the U.S. Preferred location includes Fridley, MN. Ability to travel up to 25% (primarily domestic and may have some international travel).

Required Knowledge and Experience

Requires broad management knowledge to lead project teams in one department. Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job function. Requires a University Degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Designs, plans, and executes biostatistical components of plans for research and development projects that establish the conditions essential for determining safety, efficacy, and marketability of pharmaceutical and/or biological products.

• Uses sound statistical methodology to conduct studies relating to the life cycle of the product.

• In development-phase projects, prepares the statistical component of protocols which meet project objectives, health authority guidelines, and clinical trial methodology standards.

• Develops and/or applies statistical theories, methods, and software.

• Summarizes and interprets data into tabular and graphical formats amenable to principles of statistical inference and is responsible for the statistical component of reports describing studies, outcomes and methods used.

• Provides specifications and directions to the clinicians/statistical programmers.

• Supports the regulatory review and approval of the experimental therapies.

• May partner in trial design and in establishing standards for clinical conduct, and the collection, management and/or reporting of data.

• Prepare and manage annual operating budget, the strategic plan and general department logistics and administration for this area of the clinical research organization.

• Support direct reports on grant/contract negotiation and implementation at clinical centers, monitor investigator performance to milestones and contract objectives.

• Perform other responsibilities as required.

Physical Job Requirements

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