PD Program Manager (ICT R&D), Mounds View, MN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 4 Sep 2026.

About the role

In this role, you will lead cross-functional program teams to deliver innovative product development and lifecycle initiatives that improve patient outcomes. As a PD Program Manager, you will play a critical role in driving execution excellence, enabling strategic alignment, and advancing Medtronic’s product development programs within the Interventional Cardiology Therapies PMO team.

Responsibilities

• Leads or leverages cross-functional teams to evaluate, develop, and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes, and therapies.
• Defines and executes operational aspects of product development programs including: schedule, project risk identification and mitigation plans, issue management, program management owned deliverable, budget, and resource forecasting.
• Monitors program progress and status through defined program objectives, KPIs, schedule progress, risk burndown, and effective issue mitigation and resolution strategies.
• Develops mechanisms for tracking program performance, ensuring accountability, and enabling proactive intervention.
• Drives strategic and executional alignment across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and other partner functions within the program team.
• Creates clear and concise program updates, risks, and recommendations for communication with leadership.
• Demonstrates strategic thinking in establishing and managing program plans, requirements, and execution strategies that align with business priorities.
• Ensures compliance with design controls requirements, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Acts as subject matter expert to the team in the Product Development Process (PDP).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.

Skills

• Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or equivalent) and/or PMP certification (nice to have).
• Experience managing both small-scale and large-scale medical device product development programs through multiple phases with demonstrated success in driving execution, managing risk, and delivering results.
• Experience with medical device product development (PDP / design controls).
• Proven ability to influence without authority in a global, matrixed organization.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies, and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations—but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described 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.

Benefits

Medtronic offers a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. The following benefits and additional compensation are available to 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
• Simple Steps (global well-being program)
• Incentive plans, including the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
• 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)

Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $138,400.00 - $207,600.00 (USD) and 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. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive plan called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).