We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Nov 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.<h1>A Day in the Life</h1>The Director, Legal Operations and Transformation for Diabetes MiniMed will report directly to the Deputy General Counsel and lead the organization’s legal department through strategic initiatives, including strategic law department assessments, technology optimization, selections and implementations, organizational design initiatives, target operating model design, business process, governance models, strategic modeling, and decisions for MiniMed’s legal department while building the operational infrastructure to ensure lasting transformation. This role will work closely with IT, and cross-functional teams to evaluate tools, lead system implementations, and continuously improve the user experience for both legal and business stakeholders. This is a highly impactful role with the opportunity to shape how technology enables and scales the legal function in a fast-paced, evolving environment. The successful candidate’s work will directly support the legal team’s ability to operate more effectively, deliver services faster, and align more closely with broader business needs. This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronics Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care. This role requires you to work on-site at our Northridge, CA office at least 3 days per week.Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.<ul><li>Help create and lead the legal department’s technology strategy, including implementation, optimization, and oversight of core legal and compliance systems (e.g., CLM, ELM, eBilling, and Workflow platforms).</li><li>Direct oversight of the compliance function’s operational and reporting obligation requirements covering transparency/Sunshine reporting, channel partner management, investigation tracking and reporting, etc. </li><li>Own and manage legal digital platforms, including SharePoint and internal workflow tools, ensuring alignment with department needs and ease of use.</li><li>Partner with cross functional teams to evaluate, and implement legal technology solutions that improve efficiency, and enhance user experience.</li><li>Drive adoption of legal tools and artificial intelligence through effective change management, communication, stakeholder training, and documentation.</li><li>Lead complex, cross-functional projects aimed at transforming how legal services are delivered.</li><li>Transform innovative concepts and strategies into detailed, phased implementation plans that are flexible enough to tolerate significant changes as technology and resourcing continues to evolve. Orchestrate complex, interdependent workstreams across diverse legal functions and collaborator groups.</li><li>Partner with the Separation Management Office (SMO) to build comprehensive tracking systems and ensure initiative momentum and accountability while proactively addressing systemic blockers before they impact progress.</li><li>Design and implement OKR frameworks to measure transformation impact and return on investment. Establish decision-making processes for initiative prioritization. Create regular reporting cadences for executive leadership and supervise adoption rates, intervening when initiatives fall below target thresholds.</li><li>Monitor transformation health metrics and find opportunities to accelerate progress. Scale successful initiatives as the department evolves. Build institutional knowledge to support ongoing transformation efforts.</li><li>Create sustainable operational frameworks that ensure transformation gains persist beyond initial implementation. Build feedback loops to continuously improve transformation approaches. Establish best practices for scaling successful pilots across the global legal organization and sharing knowledge with other support functions (e.g. Finance, Compliance, Human Resources).</li></ul>People Management Responsibilities<ul><li>Leading and developing a team of legal professionals, fostering an inclusive and high-performing environment.</li><li>Providing mentorship, coaching, and career development opportunities for team members to meet and exceed performance expectations.</li><li>Prioritizing team objectives and aligning them with broader business and legal department goals.</li><li>Establishing organizational structure and talent strategies to support MiniMed business’s legal operational objectives.</li></ul>Minimum Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelors degree from a top-tier college/university with 10+ years of experience and 7+ years of managerial experience</li><li>Or, a JD, MBA or masters degree from a top-tier college/university, business, or graduate school with 8+ years of experience and 7+ years of managerial experience</li></ul>Preferred Knowledge and Experience:<ul><li>Experience working in a corporate law department in a legal operations function and/or experience at a consulting firm with a focus on legal operations with leading major transformation initiatives.</li><li>Excellent project management and communication skills with the ability to engage across technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li><li>Experience with ONIT, Anaqua, Navex, CSC Navigator and other related legal and compliance program solutions.</li><li>A proven ability to balance immediate execution needs with long-term transformation goals. Experience building transformation capabilities that scale with organizational growth. Track record of creating sustainable change that outlasts initial implementation.</li><li>Track record of driving automation initiatives and building measurable improvements in legal workflows.</li><li>Strategic mindset with the ability to execute across multiple priorities and lead through ambiguity.</li><li>Collaborative, detail-oriented, and results-driven with a passion for legal innovation.</li><li>Prior experience in legal transformation consulting or corporate legal operations leadership. Background in Fortune 500 legal departments with global operations. Track record of successful partnerships with technology vendors and consultants.</li></ul>Physical Job RequirementsThe 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.<h1>Benefits &amp; Compensation  </h1>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):$172,000.00 - $258,000.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).<h2></h2><h2></h2>This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.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:<a href="https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&amp;co_num=30601&amp;co_affid=medtronic" target="_blank">Medtronic benefits and compensation plans</a><h1>About Medtronic</h1><h1></h1>We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.  We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&amp;D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity <a href="http://www.medtronic.com" target="_blank">here</a>.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.<div><div><div><div><div><div><div>If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. 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