Medical Affairs, Program Director

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Aug 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 Life Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future. In this exciting role as a Medical Affairs, Program Director, you will partner with the Enterprise Accounts & Strategic Channels commercial organization to engage with clinical stakeholders from the largest U.S. healthcare systems. Your responsibilities include developing relationships with senior health system administrative and clinical stakeholders and identifying innovative opportunities and unique clinical strategies leveraging the breadth of Medtronic’s portfolio to deliver unique value and meet shared needs. This role will be accountable for cross-functional teamwork, understanding the value of Medtronic products and services, and assessing and pursuing clinical collaboration and growth opportunities with US health system clinical stakeholders on behalf of Medtronic. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 50% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. A Day in the Life (Responsibilities) Relationships Establish, cultivate, and expand executive-level relationships with senior clinical and administrative stakeholders within designated U.S. health systems, including C-suite leaders, service line executives, medical directors, and other enterprise decision-makers. Serve as a Medical Affairs partner to clinical customers, shaping strategic engagement opportunities that strengthen Medtronic’s enterprise relationship, advance clinical collaboration, and improve patient access, outcomes, and system-level value. Partner closely with Enterprise Accounts and Strategic Channels leadership to define, influence, and execute account strategies focused on clinical collaboration, patient access, outcomes improvement, and differentiated value creation across the Medtronic portfolio. Build alignment across operating units and functional partners, including marketing, R&D, legal, clinical research, healthcare economics, advisory services, and other teams, to advance enterprise-level initiatives and resolve complex cross-functional dependencies. Develop and lead internal and external stakeholder engagement to articulate integrated clinical and economic value propositions and identify opportunities for scalable, strategic partnership models. ​ Strategy Assess complex, multi-dimensional challenges facing U.S. hospitals and health systems, including clinical priorities, operational pressures, economic constraints, access barriers, and evolving care delivery models, and translate insights into enterprise clinical engagement strategies. Identify, develop and lead strategic clinical collaboration opportunities that leverage the breadth of Medtronic’s portfolio to improve patient access, outcomes, care efficiency, and economic value for customers and Medtronic. Co-create enterprise account strategies with Enterprise Accounts and Strategic Channels leaders, prioritizing high-impact opportunities, defining success measures, aligning cross-business resources, and establishing action plans that address unique customer needs and organizational objectives. Anticipate strategic risks, identify root causes of complex barriers, and guide cross-functional teams toward practical solutions, clear decision points, and disciplined execution against account-level objectives, timelines, and partnership milestones. Identify opportunities to grow the expertise and value offerings provided by the U.S. Enterprise Accounts Medical Science team. Design and deploy solutions to address opportunities. Communication Provide subject matter expertise on changing health care dynamics and clinical opportunities with the enterprise-level customer. Develop and deliver high quality, innovative written and verbal briefings and presentations Demonstrate emotional intelligence, maturity, and political sensitivity in written and verbal communications and ability to direct discussions to desired outcomes Novel Strategies and Creativity Lead and advise on the design of innovative ideas to support Medtronic strategies and coordinate activities to address clinical opportunities and challenges that leverage multiple businesses within enterprise level accounts. Develop innovative clinical partnership models Minimum Requirements Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant hospital/health system clinical, executive leadership, enterprise account, medical affairs, or healthcare strategy experience (or 8+ years with an advanced degree) 7+ years of managerial experience Desired Qualifications Mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific professional discipline, with demonstrated ability to apply enterprise-level strategic thinking across complex hospital/health industry dynamics, including providers, payors, integrated delivery networks, and evolving models of care. MD, RN, PA, MBA or clinical licensure or designation MBA or advanced degree preferred, with deep knowledge and experience in hospital/health system operations, economics and reimbursement, enterprise strategy development, and value-based care dynamics. Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, solve complex and highly interdependent business, clinical, and stakeholder challenges, and develop actionable recommendations that influence senior leaders and cross-functional decision-making. Proven record of developing new, innovative, and scalable approaches to address unmet clinical, operational, access, or economic needs within large health systems or enterprise-level partnerships. High performer in current and previous roles with progressive leadership experience, demonstrated enterprise impact, and ability to influence without direct authority across matrixed organizations. Executive-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex clinical, economic, and strategic concepts into compelling narratives for senior health system leaders and internal executive stakeholders. Advanced problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to analyze ambiguous, multi-stakeholder challenges, identify root causes, evaluate tradeoffs, and design effective solutions that balance clinical, operational, economic, and strategic priorities. Proven ability to collaborate, influence, and align senior leaders in a health system administration environment, while leading cross-functional teams through complex initiatives with broad organizational impact. Demonstrated creativity and strategic agility, with experience developing novel partnership models, innovative clinical collaboration frameworks, or differentiated approaches that create measurable value for customers and Medtronic. High degree of flexib