Director of PMO and Labeling at Medtronic in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

Director of PMO and Labeling

Careers that Change Lives

The Product Development (PD) PMO Director is responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and subject matter expertise to support and drive improvements in the area of schedule management, resource management, program metrics, and business process execution. This role supports the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health Operating units, working closely with stakeholders to ensure the planning and success of the product development process (PDP), financial forecasting cycles, and governance of new product introduction (NPI) programs are compliant, consistent, and efficient. This role will apply proven communication skills, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of best practices to guide multi-disciplined and matrixed teams to continually improve and efficiently execute business and quality system processes. In addition, this role manages the labeling organization for both NPI and post market changes. This includes guiding the team to assess relevant standards, deliver user manuals for patients and physicians, and respond to regulatory deficiencies.

A Day in the Life

• Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop, and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies.


• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.


• Manages the new product development process which guides project management through a phase gate process.


• Coordinates and facilitates regular project status reviews with senior leadership.


• Monitors new product introduction/development (NPI/D) projects from initiation through delivery.


• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.


• Oversees the annual planning process, working closely with finance and key stakeholders and facilitates resource supply versus demand assessment.


• Develop and understand skills of employees within the organization and encourage growth and development.


• Accountable for program planning and execution governance processes including but not limited to: Product Development Process (PDP). Program Review Committee (PRC), and financial/resource management operational processes.


• Define and maintain metrics reporting - supporting on-time, on-budget assumptions and predictability in future planning.


• Oversees the information system organization, which creates user content labeling for our products.


• Works with the labeling team to determine process improvements and strategic vision.


• Ensures timely completion of labeling deliverables to satisfy new product development projects and updates for fielded product.


• Manages the team to ensure timely and thorough response to regulatory deficiencies involving labeling.

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of job-related experience and 7+ years of managerial experience, OR


• Master's degree with 8+ years of job-related experience and 7+ years of managerial experience

• Demonstrated people leadership skills and strong collaboration through cross-functional disciplines.


• Demonstrated experience working in a regulated environment.


• Demonstrated experience working in a medical device environment.


• Demonstrated experience working with FDA, ISO, EN, and/or GMP standards.


• Proven ability to easily adapt to multi-task and shift priorities effectively and expediently.


• Proven ability to easily adapt to and master proprietary programs.


• Proven ability to train and mentor others.


• Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly the verbal skills necessary for communicating with multiple individuals and groups of stakeholders, often under deadline pressure.


• Demonstrated involvement in process definition and improvement.

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):$187,200.00 - $280,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

This leadership role is critical to oversee and coordinate project execution across all of R&D for Pelivic Health and Neuromodulation. It also manages the labeling organization, which has required deliverables for both NPI and post market.

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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