Senior Manager, Medical and Clinical Evidence - NMPH - Fridley, MN (Onsite)

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Jul 2026 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 LifeAcross our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of the medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey. Our Neuromodulation Operating Unit provides advanced, personalized therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions, using technologies such as spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and targeted drug delivery systems to restore function, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life worldwide. Complementing this, our Pelvic Health operating unit advances care for bladder and bowel control conditions through restorative, minimally invasive neuromodulation therapies, leveraging sacral and peripheral nerve modulation to deliver clinically proven, programmable solutions that help patients regain function and enhance quality of life. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Brain Modulation and Pain Interventions Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Pelvic Health The Senior Manager, Medical and Clinical Evidence establishes and leads the integrated Medical Information and Clinical Evaluation functions for Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health (NMPH) Operating Units. This leader serves a strategic role for evidence interpretation and physician-facing scientific exchange—ensuring the portfolio’s evidence is continuously sourced, synthesized, and translated into clear, balanced, compliant communications for Health Care Professionals (HCPs) and for regulators to support product safety, performance, and appropriate use. This is a transformational leadership role focused on modernizing evidence operations end to end by integrating currently separate Clinical Evaluation and Medical Information teams into a single, high-performing capability to meet evolving global needs. The Senior Manager will set the strategy, governance, and operating model to deliver both regulatory-required outputs (e.g., clinical evaluation deliverables) and timely, high-quality physician-facing scientific responses. Success requires strategic vision, operational rigor, and strong cross‑functional influence. Role Impact & Key Responsibilities The Senior Manager is accountable for designing and leading an evidence strategy and operating model that: Sets evidence strategy for physician- and regulator-facing use by defining and executing a multi‑year roadmap for how evidence is identified, assessed, synthesized, and translated across the NM+PH portfolio to strengthen evidence used in clinical and regulatory decision-making. Builds a governed evidence-to-content lifecycle by standardizing upstream evidence inputs so the same foundational synthesis can support multiple downstream needs, including clinical evaluation deliverables, labeling-aligned scientific responses, and proactive HCP-facing content. Leads and develops the integrated Medical Information and Clinical Evaluation teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning—building a culture of strong scientific judgment, patient-centered thinking, and compliance. Advances technology-enabled evidence excellence by deploying approved, validated, and auditable tools—including analytics/AI where appropriate—to enhance literature surveillance, evidence synthesis, and response quality, supported by clear governance and continuous improvement. Elevates physician-facing scientific exchange and medical information by building modern, proactive approaches that ensure communications are scientifically rigorous, balanced, timely, and clinically usable in a high-volume information environment. Provides cross‑functional leadership and executive partnership, aligning with Quality, Regulatory, R&D, and Marketing/Commercial leaders on evidence strategy, prioritization, and resourcing, and demonstrating enterprise impact through meaningful, transformation‑level KPIs. Successful candidates will demonstrate: Visionary transformation leadership: building future‑state evidence operations, not just sustaining current processes. Enterprise and portfolio mindset: implementing best practices at scale across therapies, not just isolated projects. Executive influence: leading complex, cross‑matrix initiatives with decision‑making authority and minimal escalation, not just within one function or with high oversight. Operational modernization: developing AI‑enabled workflows with measurable KPI impact, not just limited to basic GPT/Copilot use or activity‑level improvements. Clinician and regulator engagement: designing evidence dissemination strategies for multiple external stakeholders (e.g., HCPs and regulators), not just a single audience. Location: Rice Creek/Fridley, MN Onsite: At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary. This role will require ~25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. Qualifications Must Have (Minimum Requirements) Bachelor’s degree required with minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience in one or more of the following: clinical research, medical information, clinical evaluation, medical writing, and 5+ years of People Management experience OR advanced degree with minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience with 5+ years of People Management experience Nice to Have Advanced degree in life sciences/medicine (e.g., MS, MD, PharmD, PhD) is preferred. Experience applying clinical judgment to interpret complex evidence, shape medical/scientific positions, and guide compliant external scientific exchange with physician audiences (e.g., medical information, scientific communications) Demonstrated knowledge of relevant physiology/disea se states, medical terminology, and NM+PH (Brain, Pain, Pelvic Health) therapies and technologies, with the ability to translate evidence into clinically meaningful guidance Familiarity with off‑label requirements/policies and international regulatory requirements; working knowledge of standards relevant to clinical evaluation (e.g., ISO 14155, ISO 14971, MedDev 2.7.1 rev 4, EU 2017/745 MDR) Strong organizational and project management skills; excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems requiring evaluation of multiple factors and tradeoffs Experience coaching teams on translating technical/clinical data into device safety and performance context across therapies and technology types For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required. 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 performin