Director - Global Operations and Supply Chain Data Solutions

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 1 Jun 2026.

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.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross‑functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. In your role, you may work from the following Medtronic sites:

• Mounds View, Minnesota
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Lafayette, Colorado
• Memphis, Tennessee

This role may require 5-10% travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

In this role, you will be part of a senior leadership team driving end‑to‑end understanding, redesign, and implementation of GO&SC Data Solutions. You will lead hands‑on Digital Transformation, Data Architecture, Business Process Improvement, and Program execution. As the Director of Data Solutions for Global Operations & Supply Chain (GO&SC), you will lead a team of Digital Transformation Leads who design and drive critical business data solutions and programs that deliver measurable gains in accuracy, speed, effectiveness, and cost of operations.

These solutions will focus specifically on GO&SC Master Data & Transactional Data that significantly advance day‑to‑day operations, intelligence, and decisions taken across the data ecosystem.

GO&SC data analysis domains include Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Shop Floor, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Digital Transformation, Quality Inspection, Quality Management, Outbound Logistics, Inbound Logistics, Warehouse Management, Transportation Planning, Sales Order Management, Order Fulfillment and Backorder Management, and others. We seek leaders with a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create innovative ideas, and foster an environment that supports successful solution delivery benefiting our patients, business partners, and customers.

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree
• 7+ years of managerial experience

• Domain expertise in multiple functional areas of Global Operations & Supply Chain plus broader practical experience across with Enterprise Data systems and management
• Demonstrated expertise leading an Enterprise Data Management function that enabled tangible business outcome realization through leveraging data as a competitive asset.
• Hands on proficiency in critical enterprise applications supporting supply chain, including ERP, Advanced Planning, PLM/Data Governance, Data Visualization/Business Intelligence, Shop Floor, Warehouse Management, Regulatory/Trade, and others
• Demonstrated successes in leading digital transformation and leveraging project and program systems to identify, plan, execute, and deliver key business results
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to refine information and translate it into effective communication at multiple levels
• Experience in a large‑scale, highly matrixed, global environment with multiple operating units managing both centrally to aligned common standards and locally when needed.
• Integrity, organizational commitment, and results orientation
• Talent to understand, learn from, and interact with people at all levels, internal and external
• Refined leadership skills and the ability to lead change and make effective decisions
• Value of the process of project and portfolio management as a strategic business advantage
• Ease of operating in a dynamic environment where the candidate is the driving force and catalyst for project progress

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