Strategic Meeting Planning Specialist

Posted:
9/18/2025, 3:16:32 AM

Location(s):
Bogota, Bogota, Capital District, Colombia ⋅ Bogota, Capital District, Colombia

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy ⋅ Sales & Account Management

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

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

We’re a mission-driven leader in medical technology and solutions with a legacy of integrity and innovation. Work with us to incentivize better patient care and partner across the industry to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Be a part of a community of experts committed to ensuring quality, affordable healthcare worldwide.
The Strategic Meeting Planning Specialist coordinates all event preparations including working 1:1 with the program manager to clarify event needs of their customers, develops registration websites following corporate branding standards, manages attendee experience including registration processes, hotel accommodations, menu selection, air/train/ground transfers, and on-site support while event is in progress. This person will also source appropriate event venues, manage, and track all event expenses while adhering to assigned budget to ensure accurate transfer of value reporting to the government. This position will be a hybrid position in Bogotá.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

  • Plan, organize, and execute internal and external business meetings, conferences, and programs in compliance with Medtronic policies, ensuring strategic alignment, stakeholder engagement, and innovative event experiences.
  • Manage budgets, billing, and cost-saving initiatives while overseeing contracts, vendor negotiations, and full logistical support including venues, catering, and transportation.
  • Coordinate AV/production and technical services, as well as attendee experience through registration platforms, communication, and onsite hospitality to guarantee smooth execution.
  • Analyze and report on meeting metrics, track value-proposition indicators, and provide post-event reporting for continuous improvement.
  • Support events onsite, collaborating with lab managers to ensure equipment readiness, with flexibility for travel (up to 10%) and extended or weekend hours when needed

Required Knowledge and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Fluent in English
  • Two or more years of relevant experience in a customer-facing position working cross-functionally with sales teams, marketing, clinical, research and quality
  • Knowledge in  event management and MS Office Suite

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. 

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.
 

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