Senior Business Process Improvement Analyst at Medtronic in Lafayette, Colorado

Job Description:

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
This employee will lead process updates, training programs, CAPAs and aid in audits as needed in support of Customer Quality Enterprise functions (Complaint Handling and Regulatory Reporting, Corrections & Removals (FCA and PHO).

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma).


• Diagrams and evaluates existing processes.


• Organizes, leads and facilitates cross-functional project teams.


• Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities.


• Collects data to identify root cause of problems.


• Measures performance against process requirements.


• Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls.


• Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality.


• May deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control.


• Surveys and analyzes best practices for techniques and processes.


• Communicates team progress.


• Performs cost and benefit analyses.

Required Knowledge and Experience:
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. • 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Project Management Experience


• FCA or PHO (Corrections and Removals) experience - execution, process, or project based


• Complaint Handling Experience - execution, process, or project based


• Quality Management Systems (Document Control) experience - execution, process or project based.


• Other roles in quality or regulatory affairs as a project leader (formal or informal)


• Medical device


• CAPA owner (Corrective/Preventive Action Processes)


• Training systems experience (more applicable is experience in assigning and governance of training - versus content creation)


• Quick Learner, able to apply learnings from the above experiences to new process areas to fill in gaps.


• Able to work independently with confidence and appropriate sense of when to escalate to ensure quality results


• Strong sense of collaboration and problem-solving

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$86,400 - $129,600

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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 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.

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.

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