Principal Regulatory Affairs – Education
Medtronic
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fridley • California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $132,800 - $199,200 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Lead global initiatives that shape the learning culture for Regulatory Affairs across Medtronic
- Elevate regulatory knowledge and capability, strengthening functional identity, and enhancing the impact of regulatory affairs across the company
- Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for educational platforms, including learning series, resource library, and the annual regulatory summit
- Partnering with global regulatory leaders, subject matter experts, regulatory policy leads, and cross-functional teams (including R&D, Clinical, Quality, and Medical) to design, curate, and promote high-quality educational content
- Lead the planning, facilitation, and evolution of a global education series focused on critical regulatory competencies
- Develop innovative and engaging session formats to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across our community
- Curate and manage a centralized repository of foundational and advanced regulatory knowledge
- Champion professional development, knowledge sharing, and talent retention by leading the coordination of Medtronic’s annual global regulatory summit
- Monitor industry trends and emerging global regulatory issues impacting Medtronic’s business and regulatory environment, and translate them into proactive educational strategies
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7 + years of experience within the medical device industry or a regulatory agency with a bachelor’s degree (or 5 + years of experience with an advanced degree)
- Regulatory Affairs experience within the medical device industry (preferred)
- Strong program execution skills with a proven ability to manage timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables across multiple projects through effective coordination of logistics and schedules
- Deep understanding of regulatory competencies across the product lifecycle, cross-functional collaboration expertise, and familiarity with global and regional regulatory trends and requirements
- Clear written, verbal and visual communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex regulatory information into intuitive, learner-friendly formats
- Demonstrated success in designing, leading, or facilitating professional education, training programs, or capability-building initiatives
- Strong organizational skills, with experience managing digital content platforms (e.g., SharePoint) and curating libraries of technical or educational content
- Excellent relationship-building and collaboration skills across levels and geographies; ability to engage internal and external experts to support educational efforts
- Self-starter mindset with a passion for continuous learning, process improvement, and functional excellence.
Benefits
- 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
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- 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)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
regulatory affairsprogram executionproject managementeducational content designtraining program facilitationregulatory competenciescross-functional collaborationregulatory trendsknowledge sharingcontent curation
Soft skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsrelationship-buildingcollaboration skillsself-starter mindsetcontinuous learningprocess improvementleadershipstakeholder managementcreativity