Senior PD Project Management Specialist – NV – Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Medtronic; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Project Management Specialist to support the Neurovascular PMO by driving portfolio execution, governance, and operational excellence across a diverse portfolio of product development and lifecycle initiatives.

You will partner with project leaders, functional stakeholders, and business leaders to provide visibility into project health, budgets, resources, risks, and milestones through standardized reporting and reviews.

Qualifications

• Must have: degree in Engineering or Technical field with relevant experience.
• Nice to have: PMO/portfolio management experience.
• Experience with dashboards, reports and templates.
• Proficiency with Excel/PowerPoint and project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate portfolio governance, operational mechanisms, and portfolio reviews.
• Communicate project status, milestones, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders.
• Maintain dashboards, reporting systems, and portfolio documentation.
• Lead cross-functional teams from concept through execution for new product development and lifecycle management.
• Drive process improvements and standardization across portfolio management.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Communications

Process optimization

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technical field

Master’s degree in Engineering or Technical field

PhD with 0 years of relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Project management software

Job description

Onsite

Irvine, California, United States of America

Full time

R73260

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Oct 2026

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

Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey.

Our Neurovascular Operating Unit develops and delivers advanced, minimally invasive endovascular technologies for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms, and other complex cerebrovascular conditions. Through catheters, stent retrievers, flow diversion, and embolization systems, these solutions enable rapid, image-guided interventions that restore blood flow, secure vessels, and support consistent performance in high-acuity neurovascular procedures.

Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Neurovascular (https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/medtronic-neurovascular/posts/?feedView=all)

A day in the Life

In this exciting role as a Senior Project Management Specialist, you will support the Neurovascular Project Management Organization (PMO) by driving portfolio execution, governance, and operational excellence across a diverse portfolio of product development and lifecycle management initiatives. You will partner with project leaders, functional stakeholders, and business leaders to provide visibility into project health, financial performance, resource utilization, risks, and key milestones through standardized reporting, portfolio reviews, and operational mechanisms. This role is critical to enabling informed decision-making, improving portfolio management processes, and ensuring the successful execution of projects that deliver innovative neurovascular therapies to patients around the world

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Support the Neurovascular Project Management Organization (PMO) by coordinating portfolio governance, operational mechanisms, and portfolio review processes.
• Partner with project leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to collect, consolidate, and communicate project status, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and overall portfolio health.
• Maintain portfolio management tools, dashboards, and reporting systems to provide accurate, timely visibility into project performance and portfolio execution.
• Prepare recurring portfolio reports, executive summaries, presentations, and business updates to support leadership decision-making and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate portfolio review meetings by gathering inputs, facilitating discussions, documenting key decisions, tracking action items, and ensuring timely follow-up.
• Develop and maintain standardized portfolio metrics, reporting processes, and operational mechanisms to monitor project progress, resource utilization, budgets, forecasts, and financial performance.
• Collaborate with project managers, functional leaders, finance partners, and other stakeholders to ensure project data, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and forecasts remain accurate and aligned.
• Support portfolio risk, issue, and dependency management by tracking project-level concerns and escalating portfolio-level risks when appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to improve portfolio management practices through process optimization, automation, digital tools, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain portfolio documentation, governance records, and project artifacts in accordance with organizational standards and quality requirements.
• Communicate portfolio priorities, execution status, operational metrics, financial performance, and key business insights to stakeholders across all organizational levels.
• Lead or support cross-functional teams from concept through execution for new product development, product lifecycle management, and operational initiatives while ensuring alignment to business objectives, timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations.
• Oversee operational aspects of ongoing projects and serve as a liaison between project management, planning, functional teams, and leadership to ensure successful project execution

Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Onsite:

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary. This role will require <10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Technical field with minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering or Technical field with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, OR
• PhD with 0 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience supporting PMO, portfolio management, or project coordination function.
• Background in medical devices or another regulated industry.
• Experience with sustaining engineering, released product management, or new product development.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and project management tools.
• Experience creating dashboards, reports, and standardized project templates.
• Strong organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience driving process efficiencies.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and interested in growing into project or program leaders

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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 Responsibilities 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. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be