Director, Quality Center of Expertise – Design Quality

• Advance Design Quality excellence across Medtronic by shaping strategy, standards, governance, and performance visibility for critical product development and quality system capabilities.
• Partner across Operating Units, Regions, and Core Quality Services to simplify and standardize Design Quality practices, strengthen inspection readiness, and enable consistent execution across a broad global product portfolio.
• Develop and execute functional objectives, build enterprise capability, and develop employees with the skills, knowledge, and judgment needed to move Medtronic Operating Units forward.
• Create and lead real-time critical process governance for high-priority product development programs, including expert consultation, issue escalation, and cross-functional alignment.
• Drive Design Quality Excellence across Operating Units by aligning OU practices to enterprise standards while enabling practical, risk-based execution in local business contexts.

• Bachelor’s Degree required and 10 years of relevant enterprise scale experience leading, developing and motivating large and diverse teams to service a broad population of stakeholders, OR Advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant enterprise scale experience leading, developing and motivating large and diverse teams to service a broad population of stakeholders.
• Minimum of 7+ years of managerial experience leading teams.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485, EU MDR, GMP, and FDA standards and QMSR.
• Operating Unit experience with product(s) having been a contributing member of core team during product development.
• Influential communication and collaboration skills.
• Innovative thought-leader with matrix leadership experience.
• Continuous improvement, customer-focused mindset.
• Experience leading, developing, and motivating large teams.
• Strong judgment and decision-making; risk-based decision-making, skilled problem-solving coach.
• Experienced prompt engineer.
• Green or Black Belt 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.

Demonstrates expertise in Design Quality Excellence, aligning practices with enterprise standards while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and risk-based decision-making. Proven ability to lead and develop large, diverse teams in a complex regulatory environment.

• ISO 13485 Knowledge
• EU MDR Knowledge
• GMP Knowledge
• FDA Standards Knowledge
• Green or Black Belt Certification

• Design Quality Strategy
• Quality Management System (QMS)
• Risk-Based Decision-Making
• Product Development Governance
• Process Improvement

• Influential Communication
• Collaboration Skills
• Innovative Thought Leadership
• Judgment and Decision-Making
• Problem-Solving Coaching

• Green Belt Certification
• Black Belt Certification

• Enterprise Scale Experience
• Operating Unit Experience
• Inspection Readiness
• Stakeholder Service
• Matrix Leadership