We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Jul 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

The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. We are a nearly $3 billion, USA-based medical technology business. Our portfolio of innovative solutions is designed to provide customers with greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease. 
For more information, visit us at www.medtronic.com and www.medtronicdiabetes.com . 
 
As part of our separation from our parent company, Medtronic, we are building a standalone organization with leaders to enable strategic growth and operational excellence. To that end, we are seeking a highly experienced and strategic  VP of Software Engineering so oversee the development, delivery, and scaling of software solutions while ensuring a seamless technological and operational transition for the new organization . Medtronic Diabetes Intent to Separate

​The Opportunity

With a strong mission and a robust pipeline, this is an exciting time to join Diabetes. Reporting to the Head of Engineering & Architecture, Diabetes, the Vice President of Software Development will play a unique role in leading, optimizing, and supporting the continued global expansion of the Diabetes business as well as managing budgets and delivering financial results. They will also be responsible for maintaining and sustaining the Product Innovation ecosystem, enabling the business to succeed, on top of being accountable for functional excellence and talent identification and development for the Software Development function.

This leader will also modernize the technical infrastructure of the Diabetes business, making sure systems are reliable, scalable, and easy for patients and health practitioners to use as well as develop and execute the Diabetes’ OU’s digital strategy, and the application of AI to improve productivity and outcomes. Finally, this individual will be responsible for helping shift Software Development from an enabling function to a differentiating one, helping to define and drive the Diabetes OU’s digital agenda.

This person will join a culture of collaboration and innovation as Medtronic works to make a lasting impact by helping to bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. The Vice President of Software Development has a unique opportunity to showcase their expertise working for a global leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions.

Our Way of Working – Our WOW

Our success relies on the commitment, collaboration, and shared understanding of how we operate. Our Diabetes “Ways of Working” (WOW) are the key behaviors that help us achieve our strategic goals, enhance our culture of delivery, and ultimately reach our North Star.

Our Ways of Working are not just words on paper but a compass that guides us in everything we do. Following these principles helps us ensure all regions and functions are working in a consistent manner that puts our core values into action. This is a team effort that requires our collective commitment to ensure that we continue to drive innovation, deliver excellence, and positively impact the diabetes community.

• We’re obsessed with customers in everything we do.

• We attract, develop, and retain the best people.

• We’re courageous

• We’re a company of owners, and we take results personally.

• We insist on excellence.

• We let the best ideas win.

A Day in the Li