Senior IT Project Lead

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Nov 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

• Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation.
• The role will manage IT programs across QRCMS portfolio to support a multi-year digital transformation across all the functional areas (Quality, Regulatory, Medical, Clinical)

Our team supports the Legal, Compliance, Government Affairs, and Health Economics function within Medtronic and are driving a multi-year digital transformation to enable our business partners. We deploy new technical capabilities including GenAI, advanced analytics, robotics connected to SaaS systems

Will be onsite at least 4 days/week at our Mounds View, MN location. No relocation is available for this role.

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

Leads and directs one or more project teams engaged in global initiatives across functional and regional organizations.

Develops and manages all facets of the project(s) from intake through implementation and closure.

Accountable for the successful implementation of the outcomes derived through the change through effective organization and leadership, business case and benefits management, stakeholder management, risk management and issue resolution, planning and control, change management and quality management.

Ensures the project adheres to all Corporate and IT policies and standards.

Responsible for effectively managing the constraints of project management: Scope, Cost, Schedule.

Provides technical and analytical guidance and recommendations to leadership governance bodies.

Keeps current on advances and best practices in project management methodologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success with IT project management deploying global systems
• Experience coordinating tasks across multiple 3rd parties such as SaaS vendors, SI, contingent workers, MSP, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience navigating internal matrixed team structures ·
• Experience managing budgets (forecasting, managing actuals, requesting funding) ·
• Manage verbal and written communications across all stakeholders ·
• Manage work product, tasks for all individuals assigned to the project ·
• Coordinate work with other managers as appropriate to handle dependencies
• Demonstrated use of AI in their work
• Experience managing programs/projects that deploy SaaS systems with multiple systematic integrations (complex architecture)
• Managing multiple vendors
• Experience deploying technologies deploying validated apps across functions such as Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, R&D.
• 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.
• 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.
• U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
• At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
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