Senior Software Engineering Manager

Medtronic; United States; On-site; USD 175,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and vision insurance

Health Savings Account

401(k) plan + employer match

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Medtronic in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the PCS Software Data Services organization, guiding multi-year plans and fostering high-performing teams. You will partner with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver measurable value.

This on-site role prioritizes reliability, performance, and cost efficiency while promoting a culture of continuous learning and collaboration. Travel is <10% and the position sits in the CRM unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math with a minimum of 7 years of technical work experience, or an advanced degree with 5 years of technical experience and 5 years of demonstrated managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Data Engineering teams through coaching, mentoring, hiring, and talent development.
• Manage programs to ensure appropriate resourcing and continuous improvement in technical capability, process, and compliance.
• Establish engineering best practices for quality, observability, security, automation, and operational excellence.
• Prioritize investments with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and business leaders to deliver customer value.
• Champion modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, IaC, DevSecOps, automated testing, and data quality engineering.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Foster learning, innovation, accountability, and collaboration across teams.
• Shape backlogs into executable multi-year roadmaps and release plans with PCS Product Management.
• Directly manage 3–6 scrum teams with performance management and career development.
• Address software tech advancements, obsolescence, and product continuity while ensuring compliance.
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors for quality delivery and long-term partnerships.
• Engage with business leaders and engineering peers to align roadmaps and strategies.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Sep 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
At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Patient Care Systems (PCS) organization develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of patients across the world.

Join the PCS Software data services leadership team, where our charter is to build and develop high-performing data engineering teams to ensure products and programs are appropriately resourced and ensure continuous improvement in technical capability, process and compliance within our software ecosystem—including Information Systems Shared Services.

We seek a highly motivated, accountable software leader who is passionate about improving reliability, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of data services. This leader will foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, accountability, and collaboration that advances engineering excellence, supports clinicians, and improves patients’ quality of life.

In this role, you will lead the data services software organization. As a Senior Manager, you will own multi-year plans to build and develop high-performing teams. You will manage engineering activities to ensure overall product quality, team staffing, and budget management. You will partner with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver measurable customer value. This role requires both strategic leadership and the ability to operate effectively in a highly dynamic, reactive environment—demonstrating technical depth, agility, and resilience.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) unit. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

Job Description

A Day in the Life:

Responsibilities

• Build and develop high-performing Data Engineering teams through coaching, mentoring, hiring, and talent development.


• Manages activities to assure programs are appropriately resourced and ensure continuous improvement in technical capability, process, and compliance.


• Establish engineering best practices for quality, observability, security, automation, and operational excellence.


• Partner with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver measurable customer value.


• Champion modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, automated testing, and data quality engineering.


• Improve platform reliability, performance, scalability, and cost optimization.


• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, accountability, and collaboration.


• Partner closely with PCS Product Management to prioritize backlogs and shape them into executable multi-year roadmaps and release plans.


• Directly manage 3–6 scrum teams including performance management, compensation planning, career development, and ongoing coaching and feedback.


• Drive initiatives addressing software technology advancements, component obsolescence, and product continuity, while ensuring compliance with software, cybersecurity, and regulatory standards.


• Maintain strong, collaborative relationships with external software, and technology vendors to ensure alignment, quality delivery, and long‑term partnership success.


• Engage regularly with business leaders and engineering peers to ensure alignment on product roadmaps, capabilities, and execution strategies in support of evolving business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 7 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 5 years of technical experience and 5 years of demonstrated managerial experience

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.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Med-Tech.


• Ability to manage geographically distributed SW development teams.


• Business acumen: ability to think from a patient‑first and overall “what’s best for the business” perspective.


• Experience leading Data Services and Data Engineering teams.


• Strong knowledge of modern cloud data ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or GCP).


• Experience with distributed data processing, ETL/ELT, streaming platforms, data lakes/lakehouses, APIs, and microservices.


• Familiarity with technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Delta Lake, Airflow, dbt, or similar platforms

#CRMSoftware #CRMR&D

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

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 specific to each role.

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):$175,200.00 - $262,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

Benefits

• 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


• Simple Steps (global well‑being program)

Additional Benefits

• 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)


• 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

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.

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