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

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require some travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

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. 

Position Summary 

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do.  

The Sr. Director of U.S. Market Access is a leadership position responsible for enhancing, executing, and overseeing market access strategies, with a focus on U.S. private payers and related stakeholders (HTAs, utilization management entities, integrated delivery network (IDN)-owned health plans). This individual will build and lead a team to secure coverage and facilitate patient access to Medtronic’s innovative cardiovascular products and therapies by engaging with commercial payers and other external stakeholders and collaborating closely with internal teams. This position will act as a subject matter expert in payer relations, managed care contracting, and market access. 

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, this position is expected to anticipate and skillfully navigate the multifaceted challenges of commercial payer reimbursement. This pivotal leadership role demands a sophisticated grasp of market dynamics, deep subject matter expertise and experience with payers, and the convergence of clinical advancement with economic value. The individual must demonstrate strategic vision, executive presence, and the ability to foster cross-functional collaboration, all while setting the direction for market access initiatives and shaping commercial payer reimbursement strategies. Important skills include creative thinking and problem-solving, a willingness to take decisive action, and the capacity to influence high-level payer decisions, to rapidly advance the organization’s position in a competitive and ever-changing marketplace. 

This role will support multiple cardiovascular businesses in Medtronic, including coronary, renal denervation, peripheral, and vascular therapies. 

A Day in the Life 

The Sr. Director of U.S. Market Access is responsible for leading a high-performing, geographically diverse team to develop and execute payer/market access strategies across multiple cardiovascular product portfolios. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities 

Strategy Development and Execution 

• Lead the enhancement, execution, and oversight of comprehensive commercial payer, managed care, and contracting strategies, aligning with business unit objectives and product portfolios. 
• Translate business and product strategies into clear, specific, and actionable plans for payer engagement. 
• Develop tailored, actionable, evidence-based payer strategies at national and regional levels based on therapy/product evidence, market landscape, and stakeholder trends.  
• Monitor and analyze market trends, competitor activities, and regulatory changes to inform payer strategy. 
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and company policies in payer and managed care activities.  Exercise sound judgment and oversight to maintain the highest standards of integrity and transparency. 

Organizational Leadership and Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Build and lead a high-functioning, geographically diverse team dedicated to payer strategy and successfully partner with other reimbursement colleagues to develop and execute market access strategies. Ensure a strong organizational structure and effective work distribution. 
• Must be experienced and skilled in partnering with clinical & regulatory functions, legal and compliance partners, and commercial (field sales and marketing) organizations. 
• Manage external relationships and contracts with consultants and service providers.  Conduct business reviews, identify growth opportunities, and support new product launches through effective vendor management. 
• Represent the organization in internal and external settings, including payer advisory boards, polic