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A Day in the Life

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. 

The Cardiovascular(CV) Technical Communications Program Director is accountable to deliver an integrated & comprehensive program & project management capability across the seven CV OUs within Technical Communications.  As a Program Director for CV, this leader will be accountable for creating, leading, and providing decision-making within CV Technical Communications programs.

This leader is accountable for all aspects of the CV Technical Communications programs(s) where applicable, including the formation of high-performance teams that are adept at program planning and execution for the predictable delivery of reliable solutions for commercial release. They are the primary champion for overcoming barriers, driving decisions, and creating a culture of empowerment in the broader organization. Responsible for a successful delivery of programs that offer solutions by:

Business Leadership

• Acting as a strategic partner for CV OU cross-functional teams, enterprise, and within the CV Technical Communications team
• Owns program-project roadmap. Provides input to CV Technical Communications programs budget for strategic planning (strat plan) period and annual operating plan (AOP).
• Leads active pre/post-market management: facilitating decision making within delegation of authority (DOA). Accountable for Program optimization, business goal alignment, and value alignment.
• Effectively leveraging product program management and Core Teams(s) as the primary vehicle for working in a project-centric, cross-functional matrix. Best Practice Process Leader - Champion DRM practices and drive the collection of high-quality VOX input to define solutions that optimize business outcomes.
• Setting objectives, timelines, milestones, budgets across the CV Technical Communications pre/post-market applicable programs.
• Stakeholder Management - Accountable for all applicable pre/post-market communications with key sponsors and stakeholders.

Program Leadership

• Accountable for the formation of a high-performance team to work on applicable programs.
• Accountable for ensuring that designated program team(s) are focused on predictability through rigorous planning and execution of project baselines including scope, cost, schedule, resources, risk, and quality.
• Accountable for providing leadership on key project decisions surrounding change control, trade-off’s, etc. - arbitrate and resolve escalated issues.
• Accountable for championing resource management discussions to ensure that all CV Technical Communications program teams within scope are staffed to be successful.
• Accountable for ensuring that the CV Technical Communication program team(s) achieve contracted commitments and performance metrics.
• Accountable for the development and execution of CV Technical Communications plans and releases to all markets that are in scope.

Customer Focus and Market Awareness

Talent Development Leadership

• Leverage the talents of individual program team members through role definitions within the team, knowing they also support other key activities within CV Technical Communications.
• Mentor and coach program team members to build a sustainable pipeline of talent.
• Create and cultivate an empowered culture where program team members are encouraged to think critically and make decisions – build competency and capability across the core team.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 10 years of technical communications experience with 7+ years of managerial experience,
• Or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of technical communications experience with 7+ years of managerial experience

Nice to Have

• Medical Device industry experience- knowledge of new product development, DRM, clinical trial management, quality systems, global regulatory experience
• Experience developing solutions for clinicians.
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