We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Jul 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.

A Day in the Life

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. Were working onsite 4 days a 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.

The person in this role will work from the Medtronic facility in Mounds View, Minnesota. Up to 10% domestic travel may be required to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

As the Senior IT Program Manager focused on Strategic Partnerships, you will be responsible for the development, maturation, and ongoing execution of Medtronic’s IT strategic partnerships program. Working directly with Global IT leadership, internal customers, and our most impactful technology suppliers, this position will create value by leveraging the resources, roadmaps, and intellectual property of our partners in a forward-looking, opportunistic way. By connecting Medtronic’s strategy and unmet needs to the innovative capabilities of our partner community, this position will create ROI in two ways: first, through supplier segmentation, standards, and scorecards to ensure the VMO is objectively measuring success; and second, by creating a bridge to value-added elements (pilots, labs, SMEs, training) and transformational ideas (digital, AI, automation) which will disrupt and transform the status quo. This is a high-impact role with the expectation of finding and developing partner use cases and opportunities capable of driving significant gains in revenue, margin, efficiency, and productivity.

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. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. Check out the accomplishments of our Women in IT group! http://bit.ly/MedtronicWomeninIT

CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES

• Develops, manages, and continuously improves the strategic partnerships program. Able to create a strategy, structure, and templates for ongoing execution through the vendor management team and their suppliers
• Works collaboratively with Global IT leadership, internal customers, and our most impactful technology partners (~Top 30) to align strategy with execution
• Understands the relationship between governance and partnership and provides a framework for both. Serves as the architect and thought leader for VMOs supplier scorecard program, while building relationship capital, access, and advocacy with technology leaders and executive sponsors
• Working with the vendor management team, creates and maintains relationship ladders and stakeholder maps with our leading technology suppliers. Able to use these relationships to map out priorities, influence outcomes, and ensure Medtronics needs are met by our suppliers
• Creates a pipeline of innovation by connecting Medtronics expressed or unmet needs to partner capabilities, resources, and roadmaps. Enables the right level of conversation between the right people to find and develop innovative solutions, use cases, and forward-looking opportunities
• Delivers measurable quality and performance gains year-over-year, through the creation and execution of scorecards, providing a forum for SLA/KPI review and improvement plans generated from quantitative and qualitative feedback
• Delivers measurable financial value year-over-year, coming from the identification and execution of use cases which leverage new-to-Medtronic supplier capabilities in digital, AI, and automation, resulting in hard-dollar return on investment

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strongly Preferred:
  • Bachelors or advanced degree in a technical or business-related discipline
  • 7+ years working in some combination of IT operations, procurement, or vendor management; where measuring, managing, and influencing supplier outcomes was a core part of the position
  • 7+ years working with large, strategic IT suppliers, preferably across a variety of commodity areas, i.e. Hardware, Software, Network, and IT Services
  • 7+ years creating and driving vendor strategy, aligning customer requirements with third-party services, delivering successful outcomes via internal and external teams
  • Experience delivering programmatic vendor management and/or strategic programs at scale; comfortable working across a matrixed organization to create templates, standards, and program elements to be implemented by a global VMO and its stakeholders
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, specifically as it relates to working with internal and external teams to maintain effective relationships and long-term partnerships
• Ability to influence - both internally and externally - using an objective, data-driven approach to reach the right solution
• Strong presentation skills - in support of both monthly recurring reporting and ad hoc strategy and analysis that must be communicated to internal customers
• Intellectually curious and entrepreneurial - always looking for new approaches to problems, and new opportunities for improvement
• Optimistic and solution focused - brings a positive outlook to the team, with a belief that we can always find a better, faster, cheaper way to deliver vs. the status quo

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):$156,000.00 - $234,000.00

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

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:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

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&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 here.

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.