Product Owner - Sr. Software Systems Engineer

Medtronic; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Product Owner to join their innovative Digital Health team. This role involves leading the charge in advancing technology and therapies that enhance healthcare access. You will work closely with stakeholders to prioritize features and ensure that product releases are aligned with customer needs. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the medical field while enjoying competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package. If you are passionate about improving lives through technology and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Qualifications

• 10+ years in medical devices with Agile knowledge preferred.
• Strong communication skills with a focus on customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize features and manage the product backlog effectively.
• Collaborate with marketing to ensure customer-centric product releases.
• Engage with customers to define and solve their needs.

Skills

Agile methodology

Communication skills

Customer engagement

Systems thinking

Digital health technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

10+ years experience in medical device industry

Tools

Design thinking tools

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Apr 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

Product Owner

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic aims to contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. In order to recognize the personal worth of all employees, Medtronic provides an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company's success. If you consider joining the team and you are committed to do meaningful work, make a difference, and improve lives, you will find a culture of collaboration and innovation at Medtronic. Starting the road to your rewarding career with them will come with competitive pay, bonuses, and benefits supporting your work-life balance.

In the role as Product Owner, you will work with the Product Design team to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies, specifically in the area of Digital Health. You will work with key stakeholders to understand needs, prioritize features, define and deliver features in the feature backlog. Additionally, the individual will be responsible for building tight collaboration and a culture of trust within the Digital Health organization.

A Day in the Life

As a Product Owner, you will be accountable for understanding and prioritizing features for the product in the feature backlog with the understanding to then allot the appropriate features to the feature roadmap based on the defined HealthCast vision. The Product Owner will also collaborate closely with Marketing for management and synthesis of needs to features for delivery in a release.

Responsibilities Include:

• Accountable for intake of needs from the Marketing and closely connecting with the customer to understand the value and problem to solve.
• Responsible for deep engagement with the customer to understand the needs being presented and subsequently, build the desired behavior of the features based on the customer feedback.
• Connect with the customer to ensure the Agile Release are continually building the right things and building them right.
• In close partnership with Marketing, apply a customer-centric mindset along with design thinking tools to guide the product releases toward delivering solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible and sustainable.
• Understand from the Marketing the themes prioritized, vision, product roadmap and definition of quantified value.
• Identify the problem to be solved. Identifying problems that customers want to be solved is the first element of design thinking.
• Responsible for managing and prioritizing the team backlog and ensuring that it aligns to customer and stakeholder needs.
• Collaborate with the architects to define technical and design discovery required for a feature.
• Intake input/feedback/insights from customers, stakeholders, and the scrum team and understand the needs around the voices to evaluate value accordingly and make an informed decision.
• Collaborates with Business Analyst to ensure solutions are understood and aligned to features that need to be developed.
• Collaborates with UI/UX Designer to ensure design meets customer needs.
• Help HealthCast portfolio innovate digital solutions in the medical and home care space by engaging Systems thinking.
• Organizational collaborator on DH enabled initiatives to leverage cross disciplinary and globally distributed teams to craft high-quality products and services that customers love and drive preference.
• Collaborate with other leaders to ensure successful development, release, and launch of world-class product (portfolio/program).

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in the medical device industry in systems, digital or software development with proven track record. Knowledge of the Agile methodology is nice to have.
• Experience in 5+ major product or portfolio releases. Experience in a regulated product industry is nice to have.
• Ability to quickly understand complex system behaviors, engineering problems, technical and architectural constraints.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an aptitude for convincing others, both internally and externally, of the value of their ideas.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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 Day in the Life 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.

EEO

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.

This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.

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): $112,000.00 - $168,000.00. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). 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