Senior Engineering Program Manager

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Nov 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 LifeIn this role, you will lead, manage, and coordinate the implementation of SPC initiatives across global manufacturing sites to drive process continuous improvement, enhance patient quality, and meet business goals. This role involves developing and deploying best practices, managing financials, aligning with leadership, and cultivating a culture of process excellence.
You will act as a bridge between technical teams, key stakeholders, and business objectives, driving the successful delivery of engineering projects and the SPC deployment program.
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. 
This role can be based at a number of locations across the US.

• Lead Global SPC Deployments Program over multiple sites

• Develop and manage program schedules, budgets, and resource allocation, while identifying and mitigating risks and developing and managing back-to-green plans as necessary

• Identify and mitigate risks, program organization and priority, and tracking

• Lead a cross functional team identify and implement process improvements to enhance program efficiency and effectiveness (identify to create work standardization)

• Manage financials and Planisware for SPC program with weekly updates and monthly alignments with leadership

• Lead and develop global stakeholder management and communications – effectively and efficiently communicating project status, priorities, risks, and issues to multiple stakeholders, including cross-functional team members, site leadership, and executive management.

• Engage global plant leadership, lead leadership reviews with continuous improvement and SPC lens

• Identify and manage SPC deployment program critical path and key cross functional handoffs.

• Manage and report on SPC Program Capital & Expense and Savings portfolio for multiple sites

• Manage changing priorities and project hopper

• Planisware project and program financial maintenance

• Deploy and promote SPC culture to manufacturing sites

• Develop and implement the SPC KPI and tracking system across manufacturing

• Develop alignment for process and SPC improvements with stakeholders for individual lines and processes

• Lead project implementation from assessment through to procedure production release including equipment installation and validation activities

• Lead development of a system-based approach for improving process capability, for sustained site continuous improvement after the project is complete

Must Haves

Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of Engineering and Program Management experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of experience

Nice to Have

• Strong Project Management Skills: Experience leading and managing large projects in operations/ manufacturing plants

• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.

• Six Sigma/ Lean Sigma certification

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstrated teamwork and a strong internal/external customer focus

• Negotiation and influence management skills

• Experience in identifying risks and implementing risk mitigations into project plans

• Program and Project Management to plan, organize and deliver results with key stakeholders and teams

• Leadership and Teamwork Skills: Ability to lead, motivate, and inspire teams to achieve common goals. 

• Technical Background: A strong understanding of engineering principles and methodologies, preferably with experience in the relevant engineering domain. 

• Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Ability to dig into details, identify and resolve complex technical and project-related issues

• Risk Management: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks throughout the project lifecycle

• Medical device / regulated / FDA environment

• Developed and implemented culture change

• Excellent organizational skills

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):$168,800.00 - $253,200.00

This 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.