We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 Jul 2025

 

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

At Medtronic Diabetes, we’re building more than teams—we’re shaping the future of diabetes care. As an Executive Recruiter, you will identify, attract, and engage exceptional executive-level talent for critical leadership positions. You’ll play a vital role in shaping the leadership that drives our mission forward: delivering life-changing solutions to millions around the world.

This role goes far beyond filling positions. You’ll be a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders, bringing deep market intelligence, talent expertise, and extensive executive recruiting experience. Your focus will be identifying leaders who can navigate complexity, spark innovation, and accelerate our impact. Your work will influence not only who we hire—but how we lead, grow, and serve.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

Executive Search & Market Intelligence:

• Partner with hiring leaders to define role requirements and success profiles.

• Conduct industry and talent research to identify and profile top executive candidates.

• Provide market and talent insights including trends, compensation benchmarks, and candidate updates to inform recruitment strategy and decision-making.

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records in ATS and CRM systems.

Proactive Sourcing & Engagement:

• Use advanced sourcing techniques to identify and engage passive executive talent.

• Craft compelling outreach that highlights Medtronic’s mission and attracts top candidates.

• Build and maintain robust talent pipelines for current and future leadership needs.

• Represent Medtronic professionally and credibly throughout the candidate experience.

Talent Strategy & Consulting:

• Advise on talent availability, market conditions, and sourcing strategies.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop clear job specifications and candidate profiles.

Strategic Partnership:

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for executive roles, including confidential and high-impact searches.

• Partner with Talent Management on succession planning and leadership pipeline development.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 10 years of experience in executive search, talent sourcing, or executive recruitment, with a strong focus on identifying and engaging senior level/executive talent. Or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of experience.

Nice to Have:

• Master's degree (e.g., MBA, Master's in HR)

• Significant experience within a retained executive search firm, boutique agency, or corporate executive recruiting function

Skills & Expertise Sought:

• Research Strength: Skilled in gathering and analyzing complex talent and market data.

• Sourcing Expertise: Advanced use of Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, and sourcing tools.

• Executive Communication: Clear, persuasive communicator with strong influence skills.

• Trusted Relationship Builder: Able to earn credibility with senior stakeholders and candidates.

• Data-Driven Thinker: Uses analytics to guide decisions and optimize strategies.

• Organized & Agile: Manages multiple priorities with precision and focus.

• Growth-Oriented: Continuously seeks improvement and innovation.

• Professional Presence: Operates with integrity, humility, and executive maturity.

• Resilient & Focused: Thrives in high-stakes, fast-paced environments.

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):$144,800.00 - $217,200.00

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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

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 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.

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.