Sr Director, OpEx, Strategy and Product
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.
A Day in the Life
Careers that Change Lives
Medtronic has declared its bold ambition to become the global healthcare technology leader. By doing so, we seek to reach more patients in more meaningful ways, more quickly. Are you looking to create capability and competencies in Operational Excellence (OpEx) for the leader in the Medical Technology industry?
As Sr. Director, Operational Excellence/Strategy & Product Lead, you will play a key role in enabling the enterprise evolution of the Medtronic Performance System (MPS). You will have responsibility for planning and executing process improvements, aligned with strategic goals, across Medtronic businesses, and functions, including Strategy & Technology, Research & Development, and Commercial.
In this position, you will work closely with functional leaders to accelerate their understanding and adoption of MPS; facilitate training and kaizen events; and develop standards and capability assessments to assure sustained progress. You will coach global functional leaders to build organizational capabilities to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement while working with functional teams to instantiate process evolutions driving business results.
You will be at the forefront of Medtronic’s Mission to Alleviate Pain, Restore Health, and Extend Life by developing the skills and competencies of our teams to deliver life-saving products.
A Day in the Life
Facilitate strategic kaizen events with executive leadership teams.
Partner, develop, govern, and deliver sustained quantitative and qualitative business results and Operational excellence effectiveness within Strategy & Technology, Research & Development, and Commercial functions.
Identify organizational needs required to achieve strategic plans. Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in performance, process excellence, and programmatic savings
Partner with senior leaders and functional subject matter experts to build and assess organizational MPS capabilities to groom “one best way” methods and tools with specific focus on simplifying complex processes
Provide governance of scorecards that include quantitative and qualitative assessments of OpEx effectiveness within functions
Manage team performance, develop talent, promote engagement and inclusion, and direct the responsibilities of the team.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree and 15+ years of experience in two or more functions, such as commercial, engineering, product development, strategy, automation, business operations as well as operational excellence roles (TPM, DBS, etc.)
Certified: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent
Nice to Have:
Experience implementing a new program and evolving it from an immature to a mature program with adoption and practical application across multiple functional domains
Dynamic and engaging executive level facilitation/training skills.
Strong coaching and influential leadership skills
Advanced change management skills.
Ability to convey and communicate complex concepts simply and clearly.
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
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. (ADA-United States of America)
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. Learn more about our benefits here.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here.
This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) here.
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.
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.
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, and Simple 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), and Capital 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.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
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 95,000+ 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.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide 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.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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At Medtronic, the role of Sr. Director, OpEx, Strategy and Product is not just an opportunity; it’s a chance to be a part of something bigger than yourself. As we strive to become the global healthcare technology leader, this position plays a crucial role in creating and executing operational excellence initiatives that make a real difference in patient outcomes. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, you'll have the chance to lead a passionate team focused on transforming our Medtronic Performance System (MPS) across various functions like Strategy & Technology and Research & Development. You will be actively involved in facilitating strategic kaizen events with executive leaders, aiming to identify and boost organizational capabilities. Your expertise in coaching leaders will empower teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement, ultimately driving innovative solutions for our patients. If you're someone who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and is driven by a mission to alleviate pain and extend life, this is the perfect role for you. Join us on our journey to create meaningful innovations and help shape the future of healthcare. Your leadership can pave the way for improved capabilities and performance, allowing us to tackle complex healthcare challenges head-on. Are you ready to lead with purpose at Medtronic?
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