Senior Engineering Program Manager

Job Opportunities At Medtronic

In this role, you will lead, manage, and coordinate the implementation of SPC initiatives across global manufacturing sites to drive process continuous improvement, enhance patient quality, and meet business goals. This role involves developing and deploying best practices, managing financials, aligning with leadership, and cultivating a culture of process excellence. You will act as a bridge between technical teams, key stakeholders, and business objectives, driving the successful delivery of engineering projects and the SPC deployment program.

This role can be based at a number of locations across the US. Responsibilities include :

• Lead global SPC deployments program over multiple sites
• Develop and manage program schedules, budgets, and resource allocation, while identifying and mitigating risks and developing and managing back-to-green plans as necessary
• Identify and mitigate risks, program organization and priority, and tracking
• Lead a cross functional team identify and implement process improvements to enhance program efficiency and effectiveness (identify to create work standardization)
• Manage financials and Planisware for SPC program with weekly updates and monthly alignments with leadership
• Lead and develop global stakeholder management and communications effectively and efficiently communicating project status, priorities, risks, and issues to multiple stakeholders, including cross-functional team members, site leadership, and executive management.
• Engage global plant leadership, lead leadership reviews with continuous improvement and SPC lens
• Identify and manage SPC deployment program critical path and key cross functional handoffs.
• Manage and report on SPC Program Capital & Expense and Savings portfolio for multiple sites
• Manage changing priorities and project hopper
• Planisware project and program financial maintenance
• Deploy and promote SPC culture to manufacturing sites
• Develop and implement the SPC KPI and tracking system across manufacturing
• Develop alignment for process and SPC improvements with stakeholders for individual lines and processes
• Lead project implementation from assessment through to procedure production release including equipment installation and validation activities
• Lead development of a system-based approach for improving process capability, for sustained site continuous improvement after the project is complete

Must haves include a Bachelor's Degree and 7+ years of Engineering and Program Management experience OR an advanced degree and 5+ years of experience. Nice to have includes strong project management skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, Six Sigma / Lean Sigma certification, negotiation and influence management skills, experience in identifying risks and implementing risk mitigations into project plans, program and project management skills, leadership and teamwork skills, technical background, problem-solving and analytical skills, risk management skills, experience in a medical device / regulated / FDA environment, and developed and implemented culture change.

Physical job requirements include being independently mobile, interacting with a computer, and communicating with peers and co-workers. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package, including 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). Additional benefits include 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).

Medtronic is committed to providing 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.