Team Lead IV

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 10 Mar 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.

In this exciting role as a Team Lead IV supporting the Spinal Division, you will have responsibility for supporting manufacturing of high-quality spinal disc implantable medical devices. The Milwaukee facility supports the design, development, and production of components used in implantable devices for a variety of Medtronic businesses.

• Leads production team work process, equipment testing, manufacturing, disassembly, and reassembly as assigned by supervisor.
• Prioritizes use of operators according to build schedule.
• Communicates process issues and provides status updates to team supervisor.
• Coaches operators/assemblers on production and problem solving skills, performing technical review and machinery setup/breakdown as needed.
• Ensures Medtronic company quality and safety standards are upheld.

• Requires minimum of 8 years of experience and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience.

• Must be comfortable using computer hardware/software to perform job duties such as data entry, KPI metrics and quality inspections
• Excellent communication skills and a team player.
• Experienced in mentoring and training.
• Ability to provide process improvement recommendations to supervisors.
• Problem-solving skills
• Excellent troubleshooting skills

Provides support in manufacturing operations and/or distribution centers including assembly, machinery, processing, packaging, and/or distribution of company products. May set up and operate automatic or semiautomatic machines and related equipment in a continuous production/processing operation. Reports any malfunctions or abnormalities in machines, with higher levels recommending and/or making adjustments to methods and processes. May be involved in shipping, receiving, inventory control, or storage of products in distribution centers.

Works on assignments that are complex in nature.

Trains, delegates and reviews the work of lower level employees and may be responsible for leading daily operations of a work team.

Performs a variety of complex or technical-advanced clerical duties in distribution center.

Often acts as a facilitator and team leader in manufacturing/production operations or distribution center.

Work may include complex and complicated activities related to special assignments, and providing instructions to accomplish day-to-day activities to junior individuals in the department.

Problems faced are general and may require understanding of other job areas but typically are not complex.

May be responsible for working with supervisor to identify potential adjustments or enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.

Communicates typically with internal and external contacts, as needed.

Obtains and provides information on matters of significant importance to the job area.

May act as a team lead and assistant to the supervisor / manager.

May delegate tasks to other team members and be responsible for the review of work product.

Does not have formal management responsibilities, but may provide input to management in this area.

Requires advanced knowledge within a specific discipline typically gained through broad work experience and/or education.

Requires minimum of 8 years of experience and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience.

May require vocational training and/or certification.

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.

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…