Automation COE Strategy Leader

Medtronic

Automation COE Strategy Leader at Medtronic advancing automation technologies and strategies across multiple manufacturing sites. Leading initiatives in robotics, controls, and production quality with a global focus.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeMounds View • Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $152,800 - $229,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads the Center of Excellence (COE) for Automation, defining enterprise direction for automation strategy, development, and deployment across manufacturing.
Acts as the primary interface between MIT COE Strategy Leaders, manufacturing technology-focused COEs, and Automation Development and Deployment organizations to ensure alignment of priorities and execution.
Builds and maintains long-term enterprise automation roadmaps spanning new product introductions (NPIs), process improvements, and automation of existing product portfolios.
Integrates automation strategy into manufacturing strategies and network design decisions, aligning with product portfolios and long-term business needs.
Identifies and defines equipment standards and scalable equipment platform opportunities to accelerate automation deployment and reduce complexity across sites.
Identifies and prioritizes automation opportunities across NPIs, sustaining improvements, and new technology adoption.
Drives bidirectional alignment between regional automation leaders and enterprise strategy, to understand portfolios, gaps, and deployment progress, incorporating site learnings into global roadmaps.
Partners with R&D, AME, and Technology Development teams to embed design-for-automation principles and enable rapid technology validation and scaling.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree
Previous Medtronic experience
Experience with automation systems including robotics, controls, vision systems, and high-speed automated assembly
Experience across manual, semi-automated, and fully automated manufacturing environments, including scaling automation across global sites
Proven ability to define and execute long-term (5–10 year) automation and manufacturing technology roadmaps
Experience identifying and standardizing equipment platforms and automation architectures across multiple product lines or sites
Experience working across global manufacturing networks and influencing regional automation strategies
Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate business and product needs into automation roadmaps
Experience driving Design for Automation (DfA), Design for Test (DfT), and Design for Inspection (DfI) principles
Ability to lead through influence across a matrixed global organization
Strong communication skills with ability to engage senior leadership and technical teams
Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools (Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SharePoint)

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

automation systemsroboticscontrolsvision systemshigh-speed automated assemblymanual manufacturingsemi-automated manufacturingfully automated manufacturingDesign for Automation (DfA)Design for Test (DfT)

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingleadershipinfluencecommunicationengagement with senior leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingalignmentprioritizationlong-term planning