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 LifeThis resource will play a vital role in ensuring the seamless integration of technology with healthcare solutions. They are responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining IT systems that support the development, manufacturing, and distribution of medical devices. This includes managing secure data systems, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA, FDA, GDPR), and enabling digital transformation initiatives.Key responsibilities include managing IT infrastructure, supporting software development, ensuring cybersecurity measures are in place, and optimizing data analytics platforms for operational efficiency. They collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, regulatory, and clinical teams, to ensure IT solutions meet both technical and healthcare-specific needs.
The role requires strong technical expertise in areas like cloud computing, data management, cybersecurity, and software development, along with a deep understanding of the healthcare industry standards and regulations. This resource also drives innovation by leveraging emerging technologies such as IoT, AI, and machine learning to enhance patient outcomes and operational efficiency.
Develops, documents, and configures systems specifications that conform to defined architecture standards, address business requirements, and processes.
Involved in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting hardware and software compliance and security standards.
Evaluates interface between hardware and software, operational requirements and characteristics of overall system.
Establishes and documents system design, parameters and formats, ensures hardware and software systems functionality, performance and compatibility, and coordinates and/or modifies system parameters in terms of configurations, such as existing and projected computer capacity and capabilities.
Actively identifies system functionality or performance deficiencies, executes changes to existing systems, and tests functionality of the system to correct deficiencies and maintain more effective data handling, data integrity, conversion, input/output requirements, and storage.
May document testing and maintenance of system updates, modifications, and configurations.
May act as a liaison with key technology vendor technologists or other business functions.
Function Specific: Strategically design technology solutions that meets the needs and goals of the company and its customers/users.
Leverages platform process expertise to assess if existing standard platform functionality will solve a business problem or customization solution would be required.
Gather and prioritize integration requirements.
Test the quality of a product and its ability to perform a task or solve a problems.
Perform basic maintenance and performance optimization procedures in each of the primary operating systems.
Technology: Using computational thinking to define technological solutions to real life problems.
Design technology that allows for the optimal user experience and broad accessibility.
Ability to document detailed technical system specifications based on business system requirements.
MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)
High school diploma (or equivalent) and 2+ years of experience
NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)
Strongly Preferred:
Strong leadership skills
Strong communication skills, including communication with clients, upper management, and vendors
Strong results orientation (driving to deadlines, financial targets, project goals, etc.)
Ability to work collaboratively and partner with employees, leaders, clients, and vendors
Broad business knowledge and experience
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
Strong decision-making skills
Ability to work independently and across sites
Excellent presentation skills including the ability to translate highly technical information into business terminology
Six Sigma/MPS experience.
Project finance and budgeting experience
Strong Financial acumen
Stakeholder management experience
Prior IT Manufacturing support experience
Solid written and verbal communication skills
Solid project management experience and familiar with project management tools
Knowledgeable in project management methodologies
Ability to develop relations across business/functions
Ability to define requirements, manage scope and influence team members to deliver task
Experienced in managing Data Center programs
Knowledge of various infrastructure discipline
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 & CompensationMedtronic 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).U.S. Pay Transparency (for SIP, Commission, Hourly Direct, Interns, Executives)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
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