We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Aug 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

Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.

This position represents Operations on NPI (New Product Introduction) project core teams as an Engineering Program Manager and provide leadership to an extended project team comprised of individuals from Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Sourcing, Contract Manufacturers / OEM, Supplier Quality, and other functions as needed to drive continued commercialization of products.  This position is responsible for the overall operational aspects, including value stream selection, planning, execution, and successful implementation of activities in the production of products. The Program Manager has the responsibility to ensure that the voice of operations is properly captured, and all team commitments and project contract metrics are met and communicated in a timely manner. 

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. 

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

As an Engineering Program Manager, you will own:

• Responsibility for all Operations activities and deliverables in product planning and execution. 
• Overall value stream development and process responsibility from technology through market release.
• Lead the manufacturing and supply chain schedule risk burn down
• Define and meet operations objectives for NPI program: COGS (Labor, Burden, Material, Scrap), Cycle Time, Capacity, First Run Yield, Cum Yield, Process Ppk, etc…
• Manages one or more developed or mature programs with well-defined program plans and delivery methodologies
• Lead cross-functional teams, including Design, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Sourcing, Contract Manufacturers / OEM, Supplier Quality, through the product development process to ensure successful completion of development projects and business goals.
• Provides tactical and/or operational leadership and coaching. Receives assignments in task and objective-oriented terms. 
• Establishes operational plans and implements policies and strategies. Decisions impact program schedules, customer satisfaction levels, or allocation of time, material resources, expenditures, and funds. 
• Responsible for developing, communicating, and documenting project strategies and plans, including operations budget and detailed schedule creation and maintenance
• Champion and document the Voice of Operations.
• Ensure the quality policy/system is planned, understood, implemented, and maintained.
• Ensure the Operations aspects of Quality System Compliance, Design History File, and Regulatory Submissions documentation 
• Coordinate Development builds 
• Ensure alignment between operations and the core team
• Champion manufacturing strategy and sourcing strategy for the program
• Lead decision-making for facility locations, make-buy decisions, and business continuity.
• Ensure Design for Reliability and Manufacturing (DRM) is consistently and rigorously applied
• Facilitate launch, build planning, capacity planning, and execution, and Commercialization Readiness activities
• Indirect People Management & Development
• Actively coach and mentor the extended operations team

Qualifications

Must-Have: Minimum Requirements

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience..

Nice to Have

• Experience in medical device manufacturing, operations, and supply chains
• Project Management: Extensive experience leading a complex project/program, including financial accountability, with a strong preference for PMP certification
• Product/Process technical expertise, including Qualifications (i.e., Validation including IQ, OQ, PQ activities; CPAP or related)
• Manufacturing Engineering experience
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability/DRM/DFSS or similar methodology
• Experience or extensive knowledge of at least 3 relate