A Day in the Life
As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life, we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most.

Our Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) Operating Unit develops and delivers an integrated ecosystem of spinal implants, navigation and robotic guidance systems, advanced imaging, and data-driven planning tools for complex spine and cranial procedures. Platforms such as AiBLE™ connect these technologies to enhance surgical precision, streamline workflows, and support improved patient outcomes worldwide.

This PD Program Manager position resides within the Released Product Management (RPM) PMO organization. The primary focus of this role is leading released-product sustainment projects for Navigation product within the Platform & Solutions portfolio, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure product supply continuity, maintain product compliance, and support ongoing business and customer needs. The role requires strong project leadership, stakeholder management, and execution skills to drive projects from initiation through completion while balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and regulatory requirements.

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

• Lead released-product sustainment projects for Navigation portfolio products, ensuring successful execution against project timelines, budgets, quality objectives, and business priorities.
• Drive cross-functional project teams consisting of engineering, quality, regulatory, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and project deliverables.
• Ensure product supply continuity by coordinating execution of product changes, component obsolescence activities, supplier-driven changes, manufacturing improvements, and compliance-related initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to maintain product compliance with applicable regulatory, quality, and business requirements.
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks and issues while managing scope, priorities, and stakeholder expectations.
• Facilitate effective communication and alignment across geographically dispersed teams and multiple CST locations.
• Provide project status updates, key metrics, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders to support timely decision-making.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through the application of project management best practices, lessons learned, and process enhancements.
• Build strong partnerships across product teams and functional organizations to drive execution excellence and successful business outcomes.

Location: Lafayette, CO (preferred) or Boxborough, MA

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
Minimum requirements (Must Haves):

• Bachelor Degree with minimum of 5 years of relevant program or project management experience, OR
• Advance degree with minimum of 3 years of relevant program or project management experience
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources, and deliverables.
• Highly organized, strategic, and able to lead cross-functional projects and manage stakeholders in matrixed environment

Nice to have

• Advance degree is preferred.
• Experience in medical device, healthcare technology, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience leading product sustainment, lifecycle management, post-market, or released-product projects.
• Knowledge of product development processes, design controls, risk management, and change management within regulated environments.
• Understanding of product lifecycle management, product compliance, supply continuity, and obsolescence management activities.
• Experience supporting navigation, imaging, robotics, spinal, or other capital equipment products.
• PMP, Agile, or other project management certification.
• Experience working within global, matrixed organizations and leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, organizational change management, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and drive alignment across engineering, quality, regulatory, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing functions.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. a7 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.

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):$138,400.00 - $207,600.00

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