Product Development Program Director

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 Oct 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 At Medtronic Neuroscience, we bring innovation, expertise, and purpose together to improve outcomes and transform lives for people living with neurological, spine, and chronic pain conditions.

Medtronic Neuromodulation delivers life-changing therapies that restore function and improve quality of life. We help patients find relief, regain control, and live with confidence.

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Medtronic Brain Modulation and Pain Interventions This position is based in Fridley, Minnesota and operates in an onsite work environment. The role partners closely with teams across Research & Development, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Reimbursement, and Commercial functions to advance next-generation therapy platforms from concept through global launch. Travel up to 20% is required.

The Program Director, Core Team Leader (CTL), is responsible for the management direction of all phases of design, development, and launch of next-generation Neuromodulation systems. This role provides end-to-end leadership from product definition through development, manufacturing process characterization, production ramp, and global commercialization. The CTL serves as the overall program leader, coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver innovative therapies that improve patient outcomes while meeting business objectives.

Primary Responsibilities Lead complex cross-functional product development programs from concept through global commercialization, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

Establish and execute program strategies, roadmaps, resource plans, budgets, and key milestones to support successful product development and launch.

Drive collaboration across Engineering, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Reimbursement, and Commercial teams to achieve program objectives.

Manage program risks, dependencies, critical path activities, and issue resolution while proactively communicating impacts and mitigation plans to stakeholders and leadership.

Partner with Clinical, Research & Technology, and Marketing teams to align technology capabilities, customer needs, clinical evidence generation, and product roadmap priorities.

Oversee development, verification and validation activities, regulatory submission readiness, manufacturing process characterization, production ramp, and commercialization planning.

Communicate program status, business impact, and strategic recommendations to business leadership, functional leadership, and key stakeholders.

Represent program vision, roadmap, technology capabilities, competitive positioning, workflows, and clinical value proposition with internal stakeholders, clinicians, and key opinion leaders.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Scientific field and a minimum of 10 years of technical work experience with 7+ years of managerial experience (no direct reports); or an advanced degree in Engineering or Scientific field and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.

Experience leading complex cross-functional product development programs through multiple phases of development, regulatory execution, and commercialization.

Experience managing program budgets, schedules, resources, risks, and cross-functional deliverables.

Experience collaborating with Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Marketing, and Engineering functions within a regulated industry.

Preferred Qualifications Master's degree in Engineering or Scientific field, or Master of Business Administration (MBA).Experience leading software development programs utilizing Agile methodologies and managing multiple release cycles.

Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) development in a regulated environment.

Experience supporting global, matrixed teams across multiple functions and geographic regions.

Experience with in medical…