Operational Excellence Senior Analyst

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 Role Overview:​ This transformation-minded professional role thrives at the intersection of culture, capability, and performance. In this role, you need to influence without authority, translate strategy into new ways of working, and help our organization move from traditional execution to adaptive, digitally enabled, continuously improving teams.​ Operational excellence experience is important, but what matters most is the ability to change mindsets, behaviors, and systems at scale. This role will act as a change catalyst across functions, partnering with leaders in Sales, Marketing, Finance, Regulatory, and Tenders & Contracts, Pricing, Order Operations, etc. ​ ​This position will be a flex modality position in Canada. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma). Diagrams and evaluates existing processes. Organizes, leads and facilitates cross-functional project teams. Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities. Collects data to identify root cause of problems. Measures performance against process requirements. Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls. Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality. May deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control. Surveys and analyzes best practices for techniques and processes. Communicates team progress. Performs cost and benefit analyses. ​ Drive organizational and cultural transformation ​ Partner with leaders to evolve how teams work, decide, and deliver—embedding continuous improvement, accountability, and learning into day-to-day operations. ​ Help shift the organization from project-based improvement to capability-led, mindset-driven transformation. ​ Lead influence-based change across complex stakeholder groups ​ Operate effectively without formal authority, building trust and alignment across senior leaders, functional teams, and frontline stakeholders. ​ Facilitate conversations that challenge the status quo and unlock new ways of thinking. ​ Translate strategy into new ways of working ​ Design and implement transformation initiatives that align culture, process, technology, and performance management. ​ Connect enterprise priorities to practical, measurable changes in how work gets done. ​ Enable digital and data-driven transformation ​ Identify opportunities to modernize workflows through digital tools, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. ​ Help teams move from intuition-based decisions to insight-led execution. ​ Apply operational excellence as a transformation lever ​ Use various Project Management methodologies not as ends in themselves, but as enablers of better thinking, faster learning, and sustainable change. ​ Lead end-to-end problem solving focused on root causes, system design, and long-term impact. ​ Build organizational capability ​ Design and deliver learning experiences, workshops, and coaching that empower employees to lead change themselves. ​ Act as a role model for continuous improvement, curiosity, and disciplined experimentation. ​ Measure what matters ​ Define meaningful KPIs and success measures that track adoption, behavior change, and business outcomes, not just activity. ​ Translate results into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership. Must Have: - Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or above, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar relevant certification. - Proficiency in leading root cause problem-solving using structured methodologies, with a focus on sustainable corrective and preventive actions. - Demonstrated ability to establish performance baselines, measure results against standards, and embed improvements through standard work and visual management techniques. - Strong communication skills, with the ability to present progress, results, and lessons learned to stakeholders and leaders through clear, data-driven updates. Experience delivering training, workshops, and coaching on process improvement principles, problem-solving, data analysis, and continuous improvement tools. Salary range: $83200 - $104000 SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor. Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes. Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments. Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties . Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area. Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements. Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making. Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employ