Senior Program Manager, Business Transformation (ACM)
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
The Acute Care & Monitoring (ACM) Operating Unit develops technologies that help clinicians monitor, diagnose, and manage patients across care settings. Within ACM, the Product DNA organization is responsible for advancing product lifecycle processes, data governance, and digital capabilities that support efficient product development, commercialization, and ongoing lifecycle management. The team partners across research and development, quality, regulatory, operations, information technology, and business functions to drive standardized processes, enterprise system adoption, and operational excellence.This role may be based at the Medtronic campus in Lafayette, Colorado or the office in Mounds View, Minnesota. This is an onsite position that requires regular in-person collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and project teams.
Travel up to 25% is required to support program activities, stakeholder engagement, deployments, and collaboration across Medtronic locations.
As Senior Program Manager, Business Transformation, you will lead strategic transformation initiatives like the PTC Windchill integration that improve how product information, business processes, and enterprise technologies support the product lifecycle. This role operates at the intersection of business, technology, and operations, driving adoption of enterprise solutions, process improvements, and organizational readiness efforts that enable scalable and sustainable business outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional transformation programs supporting product lifecycle management, digital enablement, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Develop and execute program roadmaps, governance structures, resource plans, and success metrics aligned with business objectives.
- Partner with business stakeholders, information technology teams, and external partners to deliver enterprise system implementations and process enhancements.
- Drive business readiness activities including requirements validation, design reviews, testing, user acceptance testing, deployment planning, and post-deployment support.
- Identify program risks, dependencies, and issues, and lead mitigation and resolution activities to maintain delivery commitments.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to measure program effectiveness and adoption.
- Lead process standardization, workflow optimization, and data quality improvement efforts across functions and operating units.
- Influence and align stakeholders across a global matrixed organization to support successful execution and sustained adoption of new capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related technical or business discipline and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience leading large-scale business transformation, enterprise system implementation, or digital transformation programs.
- Experience implementing or deploying Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms such as PTC Windchill or similar enterprise solutions.
- Experience partnering across business and information technology organizations to gather requirements, implement solutions, and drive process improvements.
- Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional programs through planning, execution, deployment, and adoption.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Data Management (PDM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SAP, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), or related enterprise platforms.
- Experience deploying enterprise software solutions within the medical device industry or another highly regulated environment.
- Experience managing global initiatives involving stakeholders and teams across multiple geographic regions.
- Experience developing operational metrics, dashboards, governance processes, and performance reporting frameworks.
- Demonstrated success leading organizational change management and enterprise-wide adoption initiatives.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
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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.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$178,400.00 - $267,600.00This 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, andSimple 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), andCapital 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.
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