Senior R&D Program Manager - PVH

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.

At our Research & Development Department in Medtronic, we focus on the development of best‑in‑class medical devices, and our engineers are directly involved in the development of innovative products for use in medical procedures. The Senior R&D Program Manager is directly involved in providing high‑level leadership and direction to a New Product Development team ensuring the implementation of strategic and tactical Development activities supporting the Peripheral Vascular Health Business Unit.

The Peripheral Vascular Health Business Unit develops a range of transcatheter medical devices and treatment solutions for both the arterial and venous disease, such as Drug Coated Balloons, Stents, Embolization Therapies and Deep Venous treatments. This role is a hybrid role and will be on site 3‑4 days per week.

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• Be the Core Team Leader on our key new product development projects. The role of a Core team leader is to direct and manage a cross‑functional team in the execution of a project with tasks including project scoping, resource and budget planning, risk mitigation and stakeholder management.
  
• Solves issues through information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties on program execution plans.
  
• Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team, experienced professionals and/or vendors who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
  
• Manage, motivate and develop team members, including vendors, to complete an assigned major program or project.
  
• Resolve issues and ensure task completion by establishing priorities and reaching compromise with team members and functional managers.
  
• Establish program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budget.
  
• Responsible for timeline and goal setting to meet overall project objectives and design.
  
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.
  
• Ensure that programs are managed on schedule and within budget.
  
• Effectively represent Medtronic externally with our customers.
  
• Motivate and develop competent personnel while ensuring staff clearly understand expectations and performance.
  
• Foster technical innovation in staff members.
  
• Through effective information flow and interaction, develop harmonious working relations with other functions, and ensure employees within R&D have the necessary information and resources to effectively perform their jobs.
  
• Role will report to a member of the PVH R&D Leadership Team and support initiatives and/or programs across the PVH operating unit.
  

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• Level 8 degree in Engineering/Science or related discipline with a minimum of 7 years of relevant direct engineering experience within a medical device environment, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
  
• Strong proven track record in program management in a regulated environment.
  
• Medical device product development experience required.
  
• Technical experience in DOE, Six Sigma, DFM, etc.
  
• Displays excellent communication and presentation skills.
  
• Competent in stakeholder management.
  
• Experience in working with physicians to identify unmet therapy needs.
  
• Flexibility to travel: 10% of time desirable.
  

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. A commitment to our employees’ lives is at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions and offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Pay range (Ireland): 99,920.00 EUR – 149,880.00 EUR. This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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. xcfaprz

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