Sr. Program Manager CTOR -Mounds View, MN or Miami Lakes, FL

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
The Core Team Operations Representative (CTOR) is the recognized operations project leader in MCS on new product introduction (NPI) project core teams. The CTOR provides leadership to an extended project team comprised of individuals from Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Sourcing, Contract Manufacturers / OEM, Supplier Quality, and other functions to drive successful development and commercialization of new products. This position is responsible for the overall operations aspects including value stream selection, planning, execution and successful implementation of activities in the development and introduction of new products. The CTOR has the responsibility to ensure that the voice of operations is properly captured, and all team commitments and project contract metrics are met and communicated in a timely manner.

• Responsibility for all Operations activities and deliverables in product development planning and execution.
• Overall value stream development and process responsibility from technology through market release.
• Lead all manufacturing and supply chain schedule risk burn down.
• Define and meet operations objectives: Labor, Burden, Material, Cycle Time, Capacity, Yield, Process Ppk, etc.
• Lead cross functional teams including Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Sourcing, Contract Manufacturers / OEM, Supplier Quality, through the product development process to ensure successful completion of development projects and business goals.
• Provides tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching.
• Establishes and implements operational plans and strategies.
• Drives operations program schedules, scope, materials, resources, expenditures, and funding.
• Responsible for developing, communicating, and documenting project strategies and plans including operations budget and detailed schedule creation and maintenance.
• Champion and document the Voice of Operations.
• Ensure the quality policy/system is planned, understood, implemented and maintained.
• Ensure operations aspects of Quality System Compliance, Design History File, and Regulatory submissions are properly documented.
• Coordinate development builds across value streams.
• Ensure alignment between operations and core team.
• Champion manufacturing strategy and sourcing strategy for program.
• Lead decision making for facility locations, make-buy decisions, business continuity.
• Ensure Design for Reliability and Manufacturing (DRM) is consistently and rigorously applied.
  Facilitate launch build planning, capacity planning and execution and Commercialization Readiness activities.
• Indirect People Management & Development.
• Actively coach and mentor extended operations team.
• Leadership through influence in matrixed organization and ability to work well in a team environment including cross-culture.
• Business acumen and understanding of operations costing (LBM, OPC, Inventory deferrals, capital project management, etc.).
• Ability to strongly advocate for and represent Operations to a cross functional team related to project and business needs.
• Travel of up 25% for this role.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements (To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume):

• Project Management: Extensive experience leading operations side of a complex project/program including financial accountability
• Experience in new product OR new process development including launch
• Bachelor's of engineering degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Experience in medical device or highly regulated industry
• Product/Process technical expertise include including Qualifications (i.e. Validation including IQ, OQ, PQ activities; CPAP or related)
• Experience or extensive knowledge of at least 2 related disciplines (with knowledge of all) such as:
  • Product development
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Supply chain planning/capacity planning for launch
  • Sourcing including component qualification
  • Quality engineering including new product
  • Manufacturing supervisor/manager
  • Manufacturing Engineering experience
  • Experience with Design for Manufacturability/DRM/DFSS or similar methodology
  • Lean sigma green belt or black belt
• PMP certification

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 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. (ADA-United States of America). 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. Learn more about our benefits here .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here .

The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations).The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience,certification/education, market conditions, location, etc. Base pay is based on numerous factors and may vary depending on job-relatedknowledge, skills, and experience.

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):$160,000.00 - $240,000.00

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).

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 90,000+ 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.

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