Senior Engineering Program Manager – MedTech NPI Leader

Medtronic plc; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 171,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc seeks a Senior Engineering Program Manager for the Pelvic Health Operating Unit. Based in Minneapolis, MN with on-site work, you will lead cross-functional operations activities to support new product introductions, manufacturing readiness, and supply chain coordination across global teams.

Travel is not required. You will align schedules, risks, costs, and capacity with product development lifecycles, applying Lean, DFSS, and DFMA methodologies to improve performance and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of engineering, operations, or program management experience.
• Master's degree with 5+ years in relevant fields.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Experience with regulated environments and quality systems.
• Influence stakeholders and lead matrixed teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional Operations teams to deliver new product introduction milestones, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization objectives.
• Represent Operations as the primary interface to product development core teams and ensure operational requirements are incorporated into program decisions.
• Develop and manage operations project plans, timelines, budgets, dependencies, risks, and performance metrics throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Define manufacturing and supply chain strategies, including site selection, make-versus-buy decisions, capacity planning, contract manufacturing scope, and business continuity considerations.
• Drive completion of design transfer activities, manufacturing scale-up plans, validation strategies, and operational deliverables required for product launch.
• Coordinate development and launch builds across manufacturing value streams while monitoring schedule performance, yield targets, and operational risks.
• Ensure compliance with quality system requirements, design history documentation, and regulatory submission support related to operations activities.
• Apply Design for Reliability, Design for Manufacturability, Lean Manufacturing, Design for Six Sigma, and related methodologies to improve product and process performance.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Regulated industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Medtronic plc seeks a Senior Engineering Program Manager for the Pelvic Health Operating Unit. Based in Minneapolis, MN with on-site work, you will lead cross-functional operations activities to support new product introductions, manufacturing readiness, and supply chain coordination across global teams.

Travel is not required. You will align schedules, risks, costs, and capacity with product development lifecycles, applying Lean, DFSS, and DFMA methodologies to improve performance and ensure