Location:Open to remote in US with preference to sit near Colorado or Minnesota campus

Careers that Change Lives

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people. Help us engineer the extraordinary!

Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. Learn more about Medtronic benefits and compensation at the bottom of this job description.

In this exciting role as a Senior Engineering Program Manager AI/ML, you will have responsibility for leading Generative Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning programs within the Global Operations Quality Solutions Organization. The Sr. Program Manager is accountable for ensuring software execution and delivery across agile/scrum teams. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, program management skills, and domain knowledge in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

This includes responsibility to guide software development teams in daily development activities, provide program/project planning, scheduling, and tracking, and help drive functional excellence in program execution for the software organization. The candidate must be self-driven, with a strong understanding of project management, the Software Development Lifecycle process, and strong technical and leadership skills.

Be a part of engineering a comprehensive portfolio of proven, powerful operations quality solutions built using advanced technologies, setting the highest standards of integrity and reliability.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Responsible for project planning including identifying requirements, developing work plans, managing program and project budgets, building schedules, and partnering with team members to determine and communicate functional and/or resource requirements.
Own and Manage execution against an aggressive but achievable program and/or project plan, provide work direction to team members, work with peer project managers/cross functional program team members to monitor dependencies and ensure that critical program milestones and deliverables are met.
Collaborate with Core Team Leaders, Architects & Systems Engineers, and Human Factors Engineers to drive projects within scope, cost, and schedule.
Lead a team of technical and software engineers (Employees and Vendor resources) to deliver program commitments.
Communicate project status and issues to functional and core team leadership as appropriate. Proactively manage project quality, risks, and issues.
Provide input for setting team member’s performance objectives and provide feedback to the functional leaders about performance against project deliverables and core competencies.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree required
Minimum of 7 years of relevant Computer Science/Software Engineering experience experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant Computer Science/Software Engineering experience experience

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Math, Statistics or Data Science.
Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or other languages/libraries/platforms and tools commonly used in AI/ML development.
Strong understanding of fundamental computer science concepts, software design best practices and software development lifecycle.
Solid understanding of foundational machine learning concepts. Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, deep learning, natural language processing, and other AI-related concepts.
At least 2 years of experience mentoring and leading teams developing, deploying and monitoring AI and Machine Learning solutions.
Experienced in engaging with business partners, understanding business needs, translating needs into technical roadmaps, and managing the execution of technical roadmaps.
Demonstrated track record of data-driven decisions to make recommendations related to the technical roadmap and project execution.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Motivated to continuously improve processes, with a track record of driving improvements.
Strong experience working across a matrixed organization using written and verbal skills to communicate and understand cross-functional teams’ interactions and responsibilities.
Influence management skills: experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and main

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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 co-workers. Contact your manager, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)