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 is an opportunity for people that are looking to grow professionally and make a difference in industry. Reporting to the Market Access & Public Affairs Director, this position not only offers a dynamic and innovative environment but also allows for the development of key skills and the ability to contribute in a meaningful way.

Acting in this role, you will play critical activities ensuring optimal access to Medtronic's technologies. This position involves developing and implementing strategies to navigate the evolving healthcare landscape, focusing on market access, health economics, and public affairs. This is a Principal role, which means you will hold a leadership position without having direct reports. Your role will cover Brazil, requiring travel within the region and presence in the office located in São Paulo, SP, Brazil as a hybrid working model.

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

• Develop and execute market access strategies to ensure Medtronic's products are accessible to patients and healthcare providers
• Conduct health economic analyses to demonstrate the value of Medtronic's products, including health economic models and budget simulators
• Engage with policymakers, healthcare decision-makers, and other stakeholders to advocate for policies that support access to Medtronic's products
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including government agencies, healthcare providers, and patient advocacy groups
• Ensure all activities comply with relevant regulations and guidelines

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree completed
• Advanced English
• Postgraduate and/or extension courses in areas such as health economics, health technology assessment, healthcare business management, advocacy and others in the healthcare area will be considered as distinctive qualities.
• Strong analytical, organizational & planning skills, excellent communication and presentation abilities, leadership, and proficiency in health systems and data analytics. Ability to lead a project from scratch.
• In-depth understanding of healthcare systems, reimbursement processes, and regulatory environments.
• Knowledge of Pharmacoeconomics / health economics (minimum intermediate level), in order to be able to analyse and conduct studies (cost-effectiveness, cost-minimization, budget impact, etc.) with vendors / external consultants, as well as develop internal tools that can be used by field teams with hospitals, clinics and payers.
• Spanish is a plus

We Offer

Medtronic is recognized by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) and, in 2022, reached tenth place in the ranking of best companies to work for in the industry and services category. This recognition reinforces our ongoing commitment to the well-being of our employees. Our benefits are carefully designed to promote quality of life, and this is why we work with the best suppliers on the market. Find out more about what we offer in our benefits package:

PLR, Private Pension Plan, Transport voucher, reimbursement for charter or parking, Flexible meal voucher, medical assistance and Dental assistance (for you and your legal dependents (spouses, children and stepchildren), Life insurance, Gympass, childcare assistance, pharmacy discount, ESPP (discounted share purchase program), educational subsidy + idiom program.

Wellness programs:

- Holiday break program and Short Friday. Here your Friday ends at 2pm

- 2x hybrid in the office

- Birthday Day Off

- Maternity leave 6 months + Paternity leave 20 days

- Paid Family Leave Program of up to 6 weeks.

- Work 4 weeks from anywhere.

NOTE: OPTION of transportation + hybrid work will not be available for positions in the clinical and sales areas, as well as for positions that do not have working time control.

Our Commitment

Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

About Medtronic

Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are 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. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world.

In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary.

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.
 

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