Senior Program Manager of Strategic Initiatives

Medtronic; Watford; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare technology firm is looking for a Senior Program Manager of Strategic Initiatives. This remote role involves leading cross-functional strategic programs, developing healthcare offerings, and establishing partnerships. The successful candidate will have significant consulting experience and a Master's degree. Travel is expected 20-30% of the time.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Significant experience in strategic consulting or leadership roles.
• Proven track record in leading large strategic programs.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic programs across EA&IHS from design to roll out.
• Develop new offerings such as Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
• Partner with commercial teams to design new contracting models.

Skills

Strategic consulting

Leadership

Problem-solving

Influencing skills

Education

Master’s degree in business or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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. Medtronic’s Enterprise Accounts & Integrated Health Solutions (EA&IHS) accelerates healthcare transformation through long-term partnerships that go beyond devices—integrating services, solutions, digital, and data. Within this mission, the Senior Program Manager of Strategic Initiatives plays a key role: driving high-impact programs that bring EA&IHS’s strategy to life. We’re recruiting a Senior Program Manager of Strategic Initiatives for Medtronic’s Enterprise Accounts & Integrated Health Solutions (EA&IHS) a team shaping system-level healthcare partnerships in Europe. This is a high-visibility role, ideal for a top-tier consultant, focused on leading cross-functional strategic programs such as Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Care Beyond Hospital Walls, digital health platforms, and new contracting models. The job is about bringing structure and execution discipline to complex initiatives delivered by the broader organization. It’s a remote role, but you must be willing to travel across the Western Europe region 20–30% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic programs across EA&IHS, from design to roll out
• Develop, launch, and scale new offerings such as Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Care Beyond Hospital Walls, and Digital Health solutions
• Partner with the commercial team to design and pilot new contracting and partnership models with health systems and leading providers
• Drive cross-portfolio initiatives that integrate Medtronic’s devices, services, and digital capabilities into long-term system-level partnerships
• Translate strategic priorities into clear programs with business cases, execution roadmaps, and measurable outcomes
• Understand how EA&IHS priorities connect to external ecosystem partners, thought leaders, and client co-development opportunities
• Support positioning EA&IHS as the hub for transformation across Medtronic and its partners

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Master’s degree in business, healthcare management, economics, engineering or equivalent
• Significant experience in strategic consulting, transformation, or leadership roles, including a strong background in top-tier consulting
• Proven track record in leading large, cross-functional strategic programs from concept to execution
• Strong problem-solving and structuring skills; able to simplify complexity into actionable roadmap
• Comfortable with C-suite-level interactions, both internally and with clients
• Knowledge of European healthcare systems, policy, and provider dynamics
• Team player, comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and navigating complex matrix organisations, with strong influencing skills
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus

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.

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.

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