IT Digital Lead

KRK Medtronic BV (NLT); Heerlen; On-site; EUR 91,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking an IT Digital Lead TURMECA to drive digital and AI-enabled solutions that accelerate regional growth across 25 countries. You will partner closely with commercial leaders and the Regional Digital & AI Transformation Leader to translate strategy into measurable value.

The role requires leading IT strategy execution, portfolio governance, and cross‑functional collaboration, with a bias for hands-on delivery of innovative digital products and strong stakeholder engagement in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or Master with minimum 5–7 years of relevant IT leadership experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills with collaboration and accountability.
• Clear communication and presentation skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Curiosity in using AI tools to improve ways of working and business impact.
• Experience executing IT strategy aligned with business priorities and transformation goals.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with commercial leaders in multi-country environments.
• Experience driving Digital and AI initiatives from idea to delivery with cross-functional support.

Responsibilities

• Defines and executes IT strategy aligned with business priorities and transformation goals.
• Partners with TURMECA Region Led Markets to understand business needs across transformation initiatives.
• Collaborates with the Regional Digital & AI Commercial Transformation Leader to accelerate value delivery.
• Drives digital product innovation from ideation to lifecycle management.
• Owns and governs the IT portfolio, including prioritization and ROI management.
• Ensures alignment between IT strategy and regional decision makers across Regions, Functions, Enablers.
• Orchestrates IT products and services end-to-end to support business objectives.
• Catalyzes business–IT convergence to maximize value.

Skills

Leadership

IT strategy

AI experience

Cross-functional

English fluency

Digital transformation

Stakeholder management

Portfolio management

Strategic partnership

Change management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Change your career to exploration, innovation, and championing healthcare access and equity for all. Join a healthcare technology company that alleviates pain, restores health, and extends life for more than two people every second.

The TURMECA region (Türkiye, Russia, Middle East & Central Asia) is on an exciting growth journey, with a clear ambition to grow by 9% through FY30. This growth is fuelled by commercial transformation, digital innovation, and the smart application of AI and technology at scale.

As IT Digital Lead TURMECA, you will sit at the heart of this journey. Part of the IT EurAsia organization, this role offers a unique opportunity to partner closely with regional commercial leaders and turn strategy into impact. You will help shape and deliver digital and AI‑enabled solutions that directly support market growth, improve customer engagement, and accelerate value creation across 25 countries. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across cultures and functions, is curious about innovation, and wants to grow their leadership impact in a fast‑moving, strategically important region. If you are motivated by collaboration, learning, and making a tangible difference at scale, this is a powerful next step in your career.

Responsibilities

• Defines and executes IT strategy aligned with business priorities and transformation goals.
• Partners closely with Türkiye, Russia, Middle East & Central Asia (TURMECA) Region Led Markets (N3) to ensure deep understanding of business needs and objectives across new and existing transformation initiatives.
• Collaborates with the Regional Digital & AI Commercial Transformation Leader to accelerate value delivery through technology.
• Drives digital product innovation, including the ideation, creation, and lifecycle management of new digital products and solutions.
• Owns and governs the IT portfolio, serving as IT liaison for prioritization, investment decisions, and return on investment management.
• Ensures alignment between IT strategy and business decision makers across Regions, Functions, and Enablers.
• Orchestrates IT products and services end to end to effectively support and enable business objectives.
• Acts as a catalyst for business–IT convergence, maximizing enterprise value and outcomes.
• Shares joint accountability for Region, Function, and Enabler goals, driving collective success.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or a Master degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills, with a collaborative approach and shared accountability for outcomes.
• Clear and confident communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and connect with diverse stakeholders.
• Curiosity and hands‑on interest in using AI tools to improve ways of working and create meaningful business impact.
• Experience contributing to or leading IT strategy execution aligned with business priorities and transformation goals.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with commercial leaders in complex, multi‑country environments.
• Experience driving Digital and AI initiatives and digital product innovation from idea to delivery, with support from cross‑functional teams.
• Exposure to IT portfolio management, including prioritization, investment discussions, and value realization.
• Ability to work across regions and functions, valuing collaboration, inclusion, and different perspectives.
• Brings fresh, out of the box thinking combined with a pragmatic, results driven approach.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Netherlands: 90,800.00 EUR - 136,200.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need. Life‑transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight‑driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting‑edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care 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. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here.

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