Sr Business Process Program Manager

Posted Mar 4

Careers that Change Lives

Are you looking to drive strategic cost improvement initiatives for the leader in the Medical Technology industry? As a program director in the Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) team supporting Enterprise Engineering, you will be responsible for leading a team of project managers to accomplish a key strategic program that is expected to generate significant savings over the 5-year strategic horizon. Key areas of focus will be building close partnerships with global manufacturing sites and Operations, utilizing strong business acumen and influence management skills to align with Operating Unit business strategies, and delivering robust cost improvement business cases to fuel program funding. This position will work closely with cross-functional partners to develop and execute a program of multiple projects designed to standardize materials across Medtronic and create a library of components for use in new product development. You will be at the forefront of Medtronic’s Mission to Alleviate Pain, Restore Health, and Extend Life by improving our capability to deliver life-saving products and fuel new product innovation.

We prefer to have this person based near a Medtronic manufacturing facility in the US, Mexico, Dominican Republic or Ireland

You can grow your career with us; we hope you’ll consider joining our team!

A Day in the Life

  • Develops and owns the materials standardization and selection program across Medtronic to deliver $100M in savings over 5-year horizon
  • Builds and manages a team of project managers who will be responsible for the execution of projects that will deliver to the cost savings target
  • Leads program level meetings and reports status to management and key stakeholders
  • Identifies and oversees successful execution of each project within the standardization program
  • Builds strong relationships with manufacturing sites, Sourcing, and Operating Units to ensure support for respective design changes
  • Aligns with counterparts in Sourcing, Materials Engineering, & Supplier Optimization to prioritize top opportunities
  • Creates business cases to support top standardization opportunities
  • Identifies and secures funding for top projects under the strategic program
  • Obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure cost savings are funded, resourced, and realized
  • Develops standard catalog/library of components and materials to drive efficiencies in new product development
  • Maintains effective communication with the leadership team, project managers, and team members for all activities
  • Monitors progress toward pre-established objectives, assesses risk and implements strategies to ensure successful delivery of the projects that align with business goals
  • Delivers results with uncompromising quality, integrity, and ethics
  • Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
  • Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients
  • Travel requirement: less than 25%

Must Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of business process and/or project management experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of business process and/or project management experience

Nice to Have

  • MS degree in engineering or scientific field. Ten years of technical work experience; over five years of project and/or people management experience
  • Passion for the Medtronic Mission, Our Patients and Customers
  • Demonstrated track record in successfully leading larger strategic programs to completion on time and within budget
  • Working knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, particularly on Risk Based Decision Making
  • Demonstrated strong business acumen and planning
  • Strong communication skills: written, verbal, listening (with all levels of the organization)
  • Strong interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
  • Influence management skills. Ability to influence both OU level leaders and individual contributors
  • Ability to facilitate team meetings, creates and delivers presentations, and drive meetings to action-oriented decisions
  • Experience supporting cross-functional and cross-regional teams in a matrixed organization and developing collaborative relationships
  • Results oriented; ability to drive to completion in adherence to aggressive project schedules
  • Identifies and resolves issues in a proactive, creative, and timely fashion

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)