Sr Manager Operational Excellence; OpEx; Tempe

Position: Sr Manager Operational Excellence (OpEx) - Tempe
## Sr Manager Operational Excellence (OpEx) - Tempe Apply:
Onsite:
Tempe, Arizona, United States of America:
Full time:
Posted Today:
End Date:
September 23, 2026 (8 days left to apply):
R76015

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Sep 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 Tempe Campus, we are redefining what’s possible in healthcare technology, transforming bold ideas into life-changing solutions for patients around the world. As the Sr Manager Operational Excellence (OpEx), you will ignite a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, empowering teams to challenge conventions and deliver breakthrough results. Together, we will build and enable high-performing teams that not only exceed KPIs but set new industry standards, driving Medtronic’s mission forward with energy, purpose, and unwavering commitment to excellence.
We must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.
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 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
As the
** Sr Manager Operational Excellence (OpEx) - Tempe**, you will be representing Operational Excellence and responsible for planning and executing process improvement strategies and objectives across our manufacturing site. These objectives include specific operational performance targets, leading a program management office, as well as the development and training of employees to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement.

You will report to the Site Leader and work closely with site leadership, as well as other Global Operations and Supply Chain functional stakeholders to align, set, and achieve strategic objectives.

You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders internal and external to the site to drive strategic and sustaining improvement efforts. By developing the skills and competencies of our teams to deliver life-saving products, you will be at the forefront of Medtronic's mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
** Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
*** Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our “one best way” methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program.
* Establish and maintain a site-wide culture of continuous improvement and Operations excellence including policy deployment, tier management, visual management, leader standard work, Lean Sigma development, and related operating mechanisms.
* Lead site-wide programmatic savings activities targeted at reducing operational costs.
* Attract, coach, motivate, and foster professional development of direct reports, and change agents across site.
* Collaborate, develop, and implement the site roadmap to deploy and evolve MPS, reflecting organizational needs and external best practices to accelerate continuous improvement and common operating system adoption.
* Set site training strategy, collaborating with…