Sr BP Program Manager (AO)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 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 A Day in the Life The Senior Program Manager is responsible for leading a portfolio of complex, cross-functional capacity expansion and manufacturing transformation initiatives. This role serves as the primary program leadership interface between Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Business Unit stakeholders to ensure successful execution of strategic capital investments, capacity expansion programs, technology transfers, and manufacturing improvement and readiness activities. The successful candidate will drive large and small scale programs from concept through commercialization, ensuring alignment to business growth strategies, operational excellence objectives, and financial commitments while mitigating risks to supply continuity and product availability. If you’re motivated by complex challenges, energized by innovation, and passionate about making a meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to help shape the next generation of life changing medical technology. 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. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. • Lead cross-functional teams in the planning and execution of strategic capacity expansion, capital investment, and operational excellence initiatives. • Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. • Develop and maintain integrated project plans, resource forecasts, capital budgets, financial tracking, risk registers, and executive-level program status reporting. • Drive end-to-end program execution from concept development and business case approval through equipment qualification, process validation, production readiness, and operational handoff. • Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. • Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks, supply continuity concerns, resource constraints, and execution barriers that could impact timelines, financial performance, or manufacturing readiness. Required Qualifications To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile. • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience • OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or a related technical field. • 7+ years of program management, portfolio management, operations, engineering, manufacturing, or related experience • Experience building strategic roadmaps. • Experience influencing stakeholders across functions and organizational levels. • Experience with change management, coaching, and mentoring. • Experience managing projects, including time management, client relationship management, conflict resolution, training facilitation, and administrative responsibilities. • Experience establishing Voice of Operations (VOO) and/or Voice of Customer (VOC) requirements within the Product Development Process (PDP). • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification. • PMP certification or equivalent project/program management 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. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for key business processes. Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CAREER STREAM: Program Managers and Directors focus on tactical, operational activities for a major program with broad or ongoing impact. Levels within the program management career stream typically accomplish program objectives through matrixed employee teams and / or vendors who are not direct reports but for which the incumbent has direct accountability to lead. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing program/team performance, communicating project and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of program team members. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of program team members. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Manages one or more medium-scale, established programs with generally-defined program plans and delivery methodologies. Is accountable for overall program process, performance, and customer satisfaction. Organizational Impact: Participates in establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets . Develops new policies and procedures that affect program management. Typically has budget accountability for one or more programs. Program decisions are generally recommended to higher level management. Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. Problems typically impact multiple workstreams, departments or specialties . Enhances programs management processes to improve program. Communication and Influence: Communicates and leads meetings with internal and external customers and vendors, conducts briefings to higher level management team. Influences across functions and businesses while balancing divergent objectives to gain cooperation of other parties on program objectives and execution plans . Leadership and Talent Management: Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team of managers, experienced professionals and/or vendors who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments. Establishes daily tasks necessary for successful program execution. Not directly responsible for hire or fire decisions and people management. Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires broad management knowledge and experience to lead project teams in one department. Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technica