Senior Engineering Program Lead Digital Platforms

Medtronic; Fridley (MN); On-site; USD 171,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Medtronic's Minneapolis, MN-based team is seeking a Senior Engineering Program Manager to lead large-scale digital platform programs and drive successful delivery across multiple teams. You will partner with engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to build integrated plans, manage dependencies, and translate complex initiatives into actionable roadmaps.

The role demands strong program leadership, technical acumen, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience OR Advanced degree with 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional technical programs in software, cloud, digital, or enterprise technology environments.
• Experience in program planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, and delivery execution.
• Experience coordinating multiple engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders within a structured program framework.
• Experience developing and managing integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of strategic digital platform programs.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, including schedules, milestones, critical paths, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Partner with engineering leaders to sequence work, mitigate risks, remove delivery blockers, and drive program execution.
• Coordinate software development, systems engineering, information technology, and user experience workstreams within a unified delivery framework.
• Drive governance activities including executive communications, status reporting, decision tracking, and risk management.
• Facilitate technical and program decision-making by documenting dependencies, tradeoffs, and key outcomes across teams.
• Lead roadmap planning, release planning, resource forecasting, and capacity planning activities to support predictable delivery.
• Monitor program health through delivery metrics and milestone tracking, escalating issues and recommending corrective actions when needed.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program planning

Dependency management

Delivery execution

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Medtronic's Minneapolis, MN-based team is seeking a Senior Engineering Program Manager to lead large-scale digital platform programs and drive successful delivery across multiple teams. You will partner with engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to build integrated plans, manage dependencies, and translate complex initiatives into actionable roadmaps.

The role demands strong program leadership, technical acumen, and a collaborative mindset.