Transformation Director, Global Trade

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.

About the role

The Transformation Director, Global Trade, will lead the modernization of global trade systems, data, processes, and organizational capabilities. This position will establish and execute the digital trade transformation roadmap, strengthen governance of critical trade data, and coordinate cross-functional implementation of enterprise initiatives. The director will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and provide visibility into transformation progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, and deployment readiness. Located at Medtronic's headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, this role is onsite four days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global digital trade transformation strategy in partnership with business and functional stakeholders.
• Define, prioritize, and execute the roadmap for modernizing systems and processes that support global import and export operations.
• Establish and oversee governance standards for global trade master data and transactional data used to support import and export compliance.
• Design and implement system and process enhancements for Harmonized System classification, export control classification, country of origin, customs valuation, and other critical trade data.
• Drive automation, standardization, and optimization initiatives that improve the scalability, efficiency, traceability, and integrity of global trade processes and data.
• Lead deployment planning, stakeholder readiness, and implementation coordination for system and operating-model changes affecting global trade.
• Partner with data analytics teams to implement global customs and trade dashboards, performance measures, and reporting that improve visibility into operational performance and compliance risk.
• Provide leadership with updates and recommendations concerning transformation progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, deployment readiness, and organizational capabilities, including centralized centers of excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience in international trade with 7+ years of leadership experience or an advanced degree with 8+ years in international trade with 7+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience developing programs and creating business-facing systems documentation that explains system data flows.
• Experience with SAP Global Trade Services (SAP GTS) and global trade management technology.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one substantive area of international trade, such as import operations, export operations, customs compliance, classification, country of origin, valuation, or export controls.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading digital, systems, data, or operating-model transformation programs for global trade.
• Experience establishing data governance, master data standards, analytics, or performance measures for global trade operations.
• Experience managing enterprise projects and influencing middle and senior leadership across business and functional teams.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry, such as medical devices, life sciences, or aerospace.

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.

• 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
• 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)

Pay

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $176,800.00 - $265,200.00

Schedule

This role is onsite four days per week.

U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above. 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.