PD Program Manager- Endoscopy PMO

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 2 Jul 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the LifeJoin Medtronic as a PD Program Manager in our Endoscopy Project Management Office (PMO). In this pivotal role, you'll lead cross-functional teams through our Product Development Process to deliver new technologies to our customers and serve patients. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result — and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. This person will ensure their program teams are: • Efficient, effective, and well-coordinated • Focused on clear priorities, milestones, and goals • Committed to developing and adhering to schedules • Vigilant in managing budgets, including labor resources, and managing risks • Dedicated to delivering quality commercial releases in compliance with established processes Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Leads or leverages cross-functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development. Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Develops and monitors schedules, plans, tasks, and priorities, ensuring a streamlined workflow. Drives problem-solving sessions, maintaining a sense of urgency and holding team members accountable to commitments. Anticipates and mitigates risks, balancing time, schedule, cost, and quality, while adhering to safety and regulatory standards. Manages project financials, including forecasting and tracking of accruals and actuals. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and external partners. Accountable for ensuring that the Core Team(s) achieve contracted commitments and performance metrics. Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders. Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CAREER STREAM: Program Managers focus on tactical, operational activities for a major program with broad or ongoing impact. Levels within the program management career stream typically accomplish program objectives through matrixed employee teams and / or vendors who are not direct reports but for which the incumbent has direct accountability to lead. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing program/team performance, communicating project and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of program team members. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of program team members. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Manages one or more small-scale, developed or mature programs with well-defined program plans and delivery methodologies. Is accountable for overall program process, performance, and customer satisfaction. Organizational Impact: Provides input to establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets. Recommends new policies and procedures that affect program management. May have budget accountability for one or more programs. Program decisions are generally made only after consultation with higher level management. Innovation and Complexity: Problems faced are difficult, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. Problems typically impact multiple workstreams, departments or specialties. Modifies programs management processes to improve program. Communication and Influence: Communicates and leads meetings with internal and external customers and vendors, conducts briefings to higher level management team. Solves issues through information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties on program execution plans. Leadership and Talent Management: Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team of professionals and/or vendors who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments. Direct involvement in daily tasks necessary for successful program execution. Not directly responsible for hire or fire decisions and people management. Minimum Requirements: Requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years of Program management experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of Program Management experience. Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one job area. Has advanced knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the organization. Nice to Have 10+ years of experience in Project Management MBA and/or PMP / CSM Certification High degree of competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word) Proven track record of successfully managing within a matrixed organization Knowledge in product development, project management, and commercialization in the medical device industry Strong communication and teamwork skills; builds trusting relationships with team members and key leadership stakeholders Must be able to lead cross-functional discussions; driving towards alignment, decisions, resolutions when necessary Ability to manage multiple projects at once while understanding cultural differences between various regions of the world Experience with software and AI solutions Experience working under regulations of the FDA, notified bodies, and other regulatory agencies for successful commercial launches Product launch experience working with Global teams Experience with SAFe/Agile software development practices 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 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. 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