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.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Leads and directs one or more project teams engaged in global initiatives across functional and regional organizations.
Develops and manages all facets of the project(s) from intake through implementation and closure.
Accountable for the successful implementation of the outcomes derived through the change through effective organization and leadership, business case and benefits management, stakeholder management, risk management and issue resolution, planning and control, change management and quality management.
Ensures the project adheres to all Corporate and IT policies and standards.
Responsible for effectively managing the constraints of project management: Scope, Cost, Schedule.
Provides technical and analytical guidance and recommendations to leadership governance bodies.
Keeps current on advances and best practices in project management methodologies.
Responsible for all phases of multiple concurrent projects or a single large-scale, complex program
Build trust and rapport with key stakeholders and facilitate executive (i.e. VP) level steering committees discussions
Define program and/or project scope and objectives along with applicable project estimates, detailed work plans, schedules, and resource plans
Provide leadership to multiple project managers to achieve program objectives with high-quality work products that are delivered on time and on budget
Ensure end results meet business and stakeholder benefit expectations
Follow Medtronic’s quality system procedures to ensure compliance with system validation requirements
Foster strong working relationships between project team members
Create an environment for project team members that allows for independent team decision making
Ensure that Medtronic's systems and the information on them are protected in accordance with Medtronic's Information Protection Policies and Standards, as well as best Information Protection practices
Monitor and control project financial metrics and make adjustments where necessary to meet scope, schedule and budget expectations
Institutionalize Medtronic’s development life cycle process and ensure methodologies are implemented effectively for project management processes and techniques
Follow the Medtronic Global IT engagement management model as well as ensure it is aligned with corporate engagement models
Follow the Medtronic Global IT project management processes
Provide analytical guidance to project team in support of issue and risk resolutions
Escalate project issues as appropriate.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
14+ years of IT experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, MCA, or MSc.
Previous Medtronic experience
Prior experience in a hands-on technical role including but not limited to software develop, architect, etc
Proven experience in driving large projects and programs in a multiple service integrator (SI) environment
Ability to create detailed project plans in Microsoft Project
Resource, cost, and budget planning/estimation experience
Fiscal management, budget tracking, and reporting experience
Experience facilitating working sessions and steering committee meetings
Experience creating risk mitigation strategies
Experience managing highly technical personnel assigned to projects
Experience managing business systems analysts assigned to projects
Extensive experience and demonstrated success developing stakeholder partnerships
Demonstrated success managing large-scale, complex projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders and partners in a matrixed organization
Demonstrated success in creating a motivating environment for team members
Demonstrated ability to be flexible and take a proactive approach to manage change
Excellent judgment and decision-making skills when under pressure
Strong influencing and negotiation skills
Sound business and technical acumen (data and analytics, automation and integration experience)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills to all levels of management
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Advanced Scrum Master Certification.
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.
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.
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.
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