Sr PD Project Mgmt Spec

Posted:
11/17/2025, 3:34:49 AM

Location(s):
Puerto Rico, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

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

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

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

  • 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.
  • Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
  • Manages the development and implementation process of a company's products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products and processes.
  • Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
  • Monitors the project from initiation through delivery.
  • Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
  • Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
  • Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project's key stakeholders.
  • Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems.
  • Change Management: Develop, maintain, and own program change documents. Facilitate the change control process to ensure all changes are documented, approved, and implemented effectively.

  • Project Coordination: Coordinate the execution of multiple projects by managing timelines, deliverables, and resources. Ensure alignment with project goals and objectives within a program.

  • Operational Excellence: Establish and maintain operating mechanisms to ensure smooth program execution and monitoring. Identify and resolve issues that may impact project timelines or deliverables.

  • Task Management: Organize and prioritize project Milestones to ensure efficient workflow and execution. Provide regular updates on project status and progress to stakeholders.

  • Communication: Serve as a liaison between program managers, project analysts, project teams, and stakeholders. Facilitate effective communication and collaboration to achieve project objectives.

  • Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation, including change logs, project plans, and status reports.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

  • Requires Bachelor Degree

  • Requires minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related Field.

  • Proven experience in project management or a similar role in regulated industry.

  • Strong understanding of change control processes and documentation.

  • Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.

  • Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and meet deadlines.

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Proficiency in project management software and tools.

  • Experience in medical device industry.

  • Certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP, CAPM)

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.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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
 

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