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Medtronic Systems Development Director in Mounds View, Minnesota
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 26 Nov 2024
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
The Engineering Director will lead and manage a Systems team supporting the Business Units in execution and strategy development, supporting the systems function helping define organizational strategy, coaching systems program teams, and defining continuous improvement initiatives, for the Cardiac Implantables Technology Development Center (CI-TDC).
This role will be responsible for developing an innovative team of technical leaders who support the timely execution of CRM programs and define CRMs system architecture of the future.
A Day in the Life:
Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management:
Lead an organization with one or more managers to achieve objectives, developing their capabilities and industry / organizational awareness to support the CRM CI-TDC Systems organization.
Serve as a key member of the CI TDC Systems staff
Responsible for the on-time, in-budget delivery of System Development objectives and initiatives. This includes working across businesses to identify and prioritize a backlog of system development priorities.
Coach and mentor engineers and project teams providing appropriate and pragmatic actionable steps to maturing system development
Responsible for developing and maintaining a robust talent pipeline for the Systems Development team
Strong communicator & able to influence cross-functional partners (e.g. BU R&D, project/program, and functional leaders) on their priorities and strategies to improve product scope, champion new development techniques, and promote intelligent reuse when possible
Develop relationships and coordinate strategies with cross-functional partners, program/project leadership, and other key stakeholders
System Development Pillar Strategy Owner:
Develop and maintain the vision of the Systems Development pillar
Accountable for furthering the use and impact of Modeled Based System Engineering and other development efficiency initiatives.
Responsible for long-term governance and maintenance of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) repository for requirements and design information.
Identifies opportunities for system design and architecture improvements and proactively works to influence and negotiate for funding and resources to support efforts.
Process and Knowledge Management
Deep understanding of the CRM development process (business and compliance) with demonstrated strengths in interpreting the process to achieve the desired process intent/outcomes
Works closely with business and compliance process owners to ensure the System Development voice is considered for process changes with an ability to help drive efficient and targeted changes to the process when necessary.
Reviews and advises on SE schedules for completeness and feasibility
Fosters a culture of trust, collaboration, pragmatism, and knowledge sharing
Drives efforts to encourage and capture intellectual property from the systems engineering organization.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements: To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.
Bachelors degree required
Minimum 10 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree (or 8 years with an advanced degree) in a product development environment with 7+ years of managerial experience
Nice to Have:
Proven ability to handle and manage multiple activities at once.
Good judgment in assessing risks and opportunities of solutions.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to proactively escalate and resolve issues.
Strategic thinker with ability to implement new ideas.
Good at communicating in a concise but thorough fashion.
Understanding the full systems engineering lifecycle from concept to commercial release.
Experience as a research scientist or lead systems engineer.
Experience with the complete systems engineering lifecycle from requirements through
Experience with CRM/CDS products, therapies, clinical application, and general disease state physiology.
Experience in delivering major programs to market
Excellent collaboration and delivery across a matrix organization
Possesses in-depth knowledge of the product development process in the medical industry
About Medtronic:
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.
Physical Job Requirements:
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. (ADA-United States of America).
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):$187,200.00 - $280,800.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.
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).
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic)
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) .
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…
Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.
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