Director, OpEx, Contract Manufacturing at Medtronic in Boulder, Colorado

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Mar 2025

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
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 the Operational Excellence Director, Global Contract Manufacturing, you will be a core Contract Manufacturing (CM) Leadership Team member representing Operational Excellence to plan and execute process improvement objectives across our global contract manufacturing partners. These objectives include specific operational performance targets as well as the development and training of employees to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement.
You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders to drive strategic and sustaining improvement efforts. By developing the skills and competencies of our teams to deliver life-saving products, you will be at the forefront of Medtronic's mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.

As the Operational Excellence Director, Global Contract Manufacturing, you will:

• Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our "one best way" methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program


• Build and implement the roadmap for the CM platform and sites to deploy and evolve MPS, reflecting organizational needs and external best practices to accelerate continuous improvement and standard operating system adoption.


• Contribute to the overall Global Manufacturing and CM organizational goals by identifying organizational needs required to achieve strategic plans. Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in performance, process excellence, and programmatic savings.


• Facilitate strategic kaizen events with leadership teams


• Partner, develop, govern, and deliver sustained quantitative and qualitative results of Operational excellence effectiveness across Medtronic's global contract manufacturers.

Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.) or an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.)

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Nice to Have:

• Proficient and experienced in coaching and leading quantitative and qualitative assessments of OpEx effectiveness at sites and across functions


• Strong change management, coaching, and mentoring competency


• Ability to influence change without direct authority


• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including leading training courses in-person or virtually, with the ability to convey and communicate complex concepts and clearly


• Practical experience in applying operational excellence methods in manufacturing environments with proven process improvement and cost savings success.


• Project management skills with good time management, client relationship management, conflict resolution, training facilitation, and administrative skills


• Solid understanding of Engineering, Project Management, and financial acumen with proven knowledge and experience integrating continuous improvement

Working Conditions: Travel typically ~50-75% but varies based on initiatives.

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):$168,000.00 - $252,000.00

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.

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).

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.