Program Manager, Core Team Lead

Medtronic

Program Manager leading cross-functional teams through product development and sustaining technologies within the healthcare sector. Ensuring compliance and managing program performance for successful outcomes.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeLafayette • Colorado, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $138,400 - $207,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
Develops and monitors schedules, plans, tasks, and priorities, ensuring a streamlined workflow.
Drives problem-solving sessions, maintaining a sense of urgency and holding team members accountable to commitments.
Anticipates and mitigates risks, balancing time, schedule, cost, and quality, while adhering to safety and regulatory standards.
Manages project financials, including forecasting and tracking of accruals and actuals.
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 external partners.
Accountable for ensuring that the Core Team(s) achieve contracted commitments and performance metrics.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
10+ years of experience in Project Management
MBA and/or PMP / CSM Certification
High degree of competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
Proven track record of successfully managing within a matrixed organization
Knowledge in product development, project management, and commercialization in the medical device industry
Strong communication and teamwork skills; builds trusting relationships with team members and key leadership stakeholders
Must be able to lead cross-functional discussions; driving towards alignment, decisions, resolutions when necessary
Ability to manage multiple projects at once while understanding cultural differences between various regions of the world
Experience with IT, connectivity, and/or interoperability solutions
Experience working under regulations of the FDA, notified bodies, and other regulatory agencies for successful commercial launches
Product launch experience working with Global teams
Experience with SAFe/Agile software development practices
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Project ManagementProduct DevelopmentCommercializationRequirements ManagementFinancial ManagementRisk MitigationSchedule DevelopmentProblem SolvingMatrix Organization ManagementSAFe/Agile Practices

Soft Skills

CommunicationTeamworkLeadershipStakeholder EngagementAccountabilityCultural AwarenessRelationship BuildingDecision MakingConflict ResolutionTime Management

Certifications

MBAPMPCSM