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 Strategic Technology Program Manager role is a key role responsible of representing the business on IT applications. The ideal candidate will bring strong regulatory domain expertise along with strong ability to collaborate across the matrix; negotiate to shared wins; creatively solve problems through technology; and strategic plan enabling regulatory excellence through optimized technology and innovation.

This role will be focused on business ownership of the RIM (Regulatory Information Management) including project leadership role in the replacement of our current RIM solution with a Next Gen RIM system. The role may also participate in PDNA being the connection point of Regulatory domain expertise, stakeholder coordination, and technical design considerations in the new PLM platform.

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.

• Business ownership of key regulatory applications facilitating connections between business end users, MCRS, IT, and vendors

• Contribute to system validation, maintain enterprise configuration and support product release management

• Vendor relationship management including business input on contracting, financials, audit, and general oversight

• Identify current & future technology needs to enable functional strategies, including business case development for associated funding asks

• Advise/evaluate solutions and support selection of vendors, including coordinating business input from OU, Regions, and MCRS subject matter experts

• Lead and/or support pilot and implementation efforts for new software

• Proactive communication with key stakeholders on systems health, strategy and program execution, including escalation management when required

• Educating and driving alignment with enterprise standards and consistent utilization of regulatory systems

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years of direct Regulatory Affairs experience within the medical device or other regulated industry (or 3+ years with an advanced degree)

Nice to Have:

• Medtronic Regulatory Affairs experience including expertise in core regulatory systems (e.g. Calyx RIM, RAD D2, Insight DX, GTS)

• Deep understanding of Regulatory Affairs processes, including regulatory information management (RIM) systems, with the ability to strategically align technology solutions to regulatory needs.

• Proven experience leading large-scale technology implementation projects, including system replacement efforts and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

• Ability to navigate complex organizational structures, fostering collaboration across business units, IT teams, and external vendors to achieve shared goals.

• Experience managing vendor relationships, including contracting, financial oversight, audits, and ensuring alignment with business needs.

• Skilled in identifying future technology needs, evaluating solutions, and developing business cases to secure funding for strategic initiatives.

• Hands-on experience with system validation, pilot testing, and implementation of new software, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer,