We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Apr 2025

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We are currently looking for a Product Development Program Manager to join our Program Management Office (PMO) within our Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Operating Unit (OU).

In this exciting role as a Program Manager, you will engage with multiple Product Development teams within the ENT OU. You will manage projects that are strategic to the business and work cross functionally with various functional managers while driving program execution. Also, this role will engage with the OU leaders through steering meetings, monthly leadership meetings and daily project execution.

The ideal candidate can work a hybrid schedule with 3 days onsite at our Jacksonville, Florida location.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Define Clear Project Objectives: Establish well-defined project goals, scope, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with the overall business strategy and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop Detailed Project Plans: Create comprehensive project plans that outline milestones, timelines, resources, and budget, with clear performance metrics and deadlines to track progress.
• Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead and foster effective communication and collaboration among cross-functional teams, including engineering, marketing, R&D, and operations, ensuring all departments work towards the common project goals.
• Manage Risk Proactively: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks early in the process, ensuring risks are continuously monitored and managed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure Predictability and Efficiency: Implement best practices to make the project process predictable, removing roadblocks and ensuring teams work efficiently and effectively towards project success.
• Monitor Project Progress and Performance: Track project performance against the established schedule, budget, and scope, making data-driven decisions and adjustments as needed to ensure successful outcomes.
• Maintain Scope Control: Ensure that project scope stays within agreed-upon limits, preventing scope creep and effectively managing any changes to the original charter or objectives.
• Stakeholder Management: Maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, keeping them informed on project status, milestones, and any issues or delays that may arise, while ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Ensure Quality and Compliance: Oversee that all deliverables meet or exceed quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations, and are in line with the initial project charter.
• Report to Senior Leadership: Provide regular updates to senior leadership on project status, risks, and outcomes, ensuring high visibility and transparency while demonstrating effective project governance and leadership.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or advanced degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have: Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a complex project/program including financial accountability and ability to manage resources
• Effective planning and organization skills including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives simultaneously
• Ability to establish and maintain a trusted role with the various stakeholders in coordinating multiple functions across the organization
• PMP Certification
• Experience coordinating with remote teams
  

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, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$132,000.00 - $198,000.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.