Senior Engineering Program Manager - Onsite

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 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.

The Pelvic Health Operating Unit develops therapies that help patients manage conditions affecting bladder and bowel control through implantable neuromodulation technologies. We work closely with product development, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and regulatory teams to launch new products and maintain a reliable global manufacturing network. Check us out on Linked In:
Medtronic Pelvic Health. This position is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and follows an onsite work arrangement. The role partners with global cross‑functional teams and manufacturing sites to drive operational readiness and execution for new product introductions. Travel is not required for this position. The Senior Engineering Program Manager serves as the Core Team Operations Representative (CTOR) and primary Operations interface to product development teams within the Pelvic Health Operating Unit.

This role is responsible for leading cross‑functional operations activities that support new product introduction programs, ensuring manufacturing readiness, supply chain preparedness, quality compliance, and the successful transfer of products into commercial production. This role aligns operations, manages schedule, risk, cost, capacity, and execution across the product development lifecycle.

• Lead cross‑functional Operations teams to deliver new product introduction milestones, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization objectives.
• Represent Operations as the primary interface to product development core teams and ensure operational requirements are incorporated into program decisions.
• Develop and manage operations project plans, timelines, budgets, dependencies, risks, and performance metrics throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Define manufacturing and supply chain strategies, including site selection, make‑versus‑buy decisions, capacity planning, contract manufacturing scope, and business continuity considerations.
• Drive completion of design transfer activities, manufacturing scale‑up plans, validation strategies, and operational deliverables required for product launch.
• Coordinate development and launch builds across manufacturing value streams while monitoring schedule performance, yield targets, and operational risks.
• Ensure compliance with quality system requirements, design history documentation, and regulatory submission support related to operations activities.
• Apply Design for Reliability, Design for Manufacturability, Lean Manufacturing, Design for Six Sigma, and related methodologies to improve product and process performance.

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, or program management experience OR Master's degree with 5+ years of engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, or program management experience.
• Experience leading cross‑functional projects involving product development, manufacturing transfer, or new product introduction.
• Experience managing project schedules, risks, budgets, and operational performance metrics.
• Experience working within regulated industries and quality management systems.
• Experience influencing…