Senior Manager, Executive Development

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 2 May 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

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Manager, Executive Development supports and advises the Vice President, Global Learning & Leadership Development (GLLD) in developing, executing, and monitoring the GLLD strategy and key priorities. This role also will focus on the operational and program management support for Executive Development to drive the execution of strategies and program management support for Executive Leadership and all initiatives that span across the GLLD – and broader Global Talent – organization.

This role works to ensure that the team delivers strong results by driving alignment and collaboration across the leadership team. It enables the Vice President, GLLD to focus on the most important, high-value priorities. This role proactively identifies, drives, and resolves critical operational issues related to the smooth functioning of the teams by ensuring that strategic and operational priorities are set and articulated, budget and resources are secured against these priorities and organizational opportunities critical to execution are resolved.

In addition, this role will serve as a program manager, driver, and enabler of VP+ leaders at Medtronic through strategic executive development programs and efforts designed to drive business results.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Responsible for planning, initiating, monitoring, and tracking the annual strategic planning, goal, and budgeting process for GLLD.
• Serves as a primary program manager and enabler of executive development programs and initiatives, taking on executive stakeholder management, research, and industry best practices for world-class executive leadership development strategies.
• Helps to establish clear strategic objectives and roadmap/timelines for key priorities and coordinates Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
• Designs and manages operating mechanisms, communication, and engagement routines to ensure the smooth functioning of GLLD leadership team.
• Represent the VP, GLLD and other leaders on the GT leadership team on key initiatives and programs across the function.
• Inform, develop, and execute stakeholder management plans that accelerate change, drive alignment, foster collaboration, and realize synergies across the organization.
• Conduct briefings with senior leadership regarding critical initiatives, goals, and outcomes. Act as a spokesperson and orchestrate communication for multiple initiatives. Serve as a liaison across the organization.
• Drive operational excellence and enable continuous improvement, promoting efficiencies, synergies, and team engagement to ensure the success of key initiatives.
• Partners closely with the GT budget captain and serves as the GLLD budget captain to provide monthly reporting and variance tracking with cost center owners and captains.
• Collaborates across the GLLD leadership team, GT leadership team, and other key partners such as HR Operations, GIDE, etc. to ensure alignment, prioritization, and timely delivery of programs and deliverables.
• Leads or leverages cross-functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for key business processes.
• Directs day-to-day activities for multiple work-stream teams through managing project plans, resourcing, status reporting, resolving issues, identifying project risks, and accountability for deliverables across multiple functional organizations.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

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MUST HAVE (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

· Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of progressive experience in HR

· Previous HR or program leadership roles in a high-growth, fast-paced business

EDUCATION & YEARS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

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DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS/ABILITIES

· Master’s degree and 10+ years of progressive business management experience, with exposure to high-performing organizations, including best practices in HR

· Experience in a medical device or related healthcare industry

· Experience in HR strategy development and execution

· Experience in change management

· Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across a matrix environment

· Experience generating creative new ideas and strategies

· Strong business and financial acumen

· Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to summarize complex strategies and data in a clear and concise manner

· HRIS (WorkDay, PeopleSoft preferred), Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams skills

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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):$137,600.00 - $206,400.00

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.