Project Manager - Specialist

Gide Operations Sr. Specialist

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.

The GIDE Operations Sr. Specialist role will bring crucial expertise in organizing, streamlining, and delivering multiple concurrent projects with precision, clarity, and measurable outcomes. This new project management role will allow us to translate high-level GIDE vision into tangible results, mitigate operational risks, and optimize resource allocation, ensuring that our team remains proactive rather than reactive and will ensure that ID&E are woven into the fabric of all we do. The GIDE Operations Sr. Specialist will report to the Sr. Program Manager GIDE Operations. Their aim is to oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of programs and initiatives within the Diversity and Inclusion team, with a specific focus on operational excellence and project delivery.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This position will reside at the Medtronic Operational Headquarters in Fridley, MN and will be onsite 4 days / week. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned :

• Drive the lifecycle of key D&I projects, from ideation through implementation and evaluation.
• Develop and manage end-to-end project plans for GIDE initiatives, ensuring deadlines, deliverables, and budgets are met.
• Coordinate the operational calendar, including programs, communications to maximize team output and cohesion.
• Implement and optimize tools, templates, and processes that scale ID&E operations and improve transparency and accountability.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, and proactively resolve barriers to execution in collaboration with program owners.
• Track and report on the impact of ID&E programs using quantitative and qualitative measures.
• Facilitate meetings, ensure documentation of key decisions, and steward follow-up actions to completion.
• Drive adoption of best practices in project management, knowledge management, and operational excellence across the team.
• Strong PowerPoint skills and ability to deliver executive ready presentations that deliver key messaging and build trust and confidence in GIDE initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned

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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.

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.