Program Manager

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 **:Medtronic is working to improve how healthcare addresses the needs of more people, in more ways and in more places around the world. As one company, we can accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. This is the ideal opportunity to join us and be part of our commitment to the health of others.

Within this role you contribute to Service Operations Europe, Middle East and Afrika (EMEA) aspirations, by taking responsibility for a (continuous) group of tactical/strategic projects, ensuring expectations (output) are aligned with company goals and completed on time, within budget. We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Program Manager to join our Strategy Enablement Team, within the Service Operations EMEA Organization. Within this role it is your responsibility to drive Strategy (Deployment). Turning ambitions into actions. The role contains 2 strategic elements: First, you are responsible, to coordinate and drive Policy Deployment within Service Operations EMEA. Work balancing, priority setting (intake process), traction and communication are all imbedded. Second, it is your responsibility to bring aspirations (Tree of Service Roadmap) beyond the actual Service Operation portfolio to life. Stakeholder mapping, defining/managing expectations, accessing capabilities and driving/supporting change management, are all part of the job.

**Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned**:

- Contributing to the program strategy and vision, ensuring alignment with business goals, identifying synergies and dependencies across programs to optimize overall impact and outcomes for the business and contributing, designing and implementing a Program management methodology
- Making informed decisions with incomplete information, considering higher-order implications such as brand impact and customer trust and balancing details with bigger picture considerations
- Building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and partners, influencing senior cross-functional partners and leadership and motivating stakeholders around the broader vision and mission
- Managing department budgets effectively, ensuring financial efficiency and alignment with strategic goals
- Establishing and implement workflows internally and externally to support initiatives, ensuring streamlined execution and program efficacy, coordinating and driving Strategy Deployment within Service Operations EMEA
- Performing all activities to conform with all work instructions and quality procedures, acting as a team player, contributing to a ‘great place to work’ environment and taking Household rules, Code of Conduct and EHS procedures into account, to guarantee optimum work conditions

**Required Knowledge and Experience**:

- Bachelor's Degree; or an equivalent combination of education and experience and minimum 5 years’ experience in a project management role with an advanced understanding of various project management methodologies
- Proven experience in project management within a strategy and operations context, preferably in an engineering organization and demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with stakeholders and partners.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify, organize, and structure complex issues and excellent communication skills in the English language, with the ability to share domain expertise confidently and clearly to diverse audiences (verbal and written)
- Financial acumen and experience managing department budgets
- Ability to navigate competing priorities and trade-offs, with a strong business mindset
- Experience in mentoring and developing team members, fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment

The following additional skills are considered a valuable plus: Lean Six Sigma Certification (Black Belt), Power BI, SAP, Quality Mindset.

**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.

**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.

**About Medtronic **:**We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems