Principal IT Architect

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

As a senior technical leader, you will partner with business, enterprise architecture, security, data, platform, and delivery teams to translate high-value opportunities into enterprise-ready solutions that improve productivity, optimize processes, and accelerate automation adoption.

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

• Define and govern enterprise Hyperautomation architecture, standards, and reusable patterns.
• Design scalable solutions leveraging AI/ML, GenAI, RPA, Process Mining, workflow automation, integrations, data, and cloud platforms.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to develop solution roadmaps and reference architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and complex design decisions.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, regulatory, data governance, and Responsible AI standards.
• Architect integrations across enterprise applications, APIs, data platforms, and cloud environments.
• Influence platform strategy, vendor roadmaps, and emerging technology adoption.
• Drive solution scalability, resilience, observability, and operational excellence.
• Develop reusable assets, architecture blueprints, and technical standards.
• Mentor architects and engineers while fostering innovation and engineering excellence.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years, Advanced degree with 7+ years, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in Enterprise, Solution, or Technology Architecture with Hyperautomation expertise.
• Strong knowledge of AI/ML, GenAI, RPA, Intelligent Automation, Process Mining, Workflow Automation, No-Code/Low-Code Platforms, APIs, Data Platforms, and Cloud Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with platforms such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Power Automate, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and integration technologies.
• Proven experience architecting large-scale enterprise solutions spanning multiple technologies and teams.
• Strong understanding of cloud, integration, data, security, governance, and Responsible AI principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills. Nice to Haves:
• Experience in healthcare, medical devices, life sciences, or other regulated industries.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering, AI, Data Science, or related field.
• Relevant certifications in Cloud, AI, Automation, Enterprise Architecture, or Security.
• Experience building enterprise automation frameworks, governance models, reusable accelerators, and operating models.
• Experience leading global teams and driving automation adoption at enterprise scale.

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.

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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.