IT Program Director - M&A Business Process and Systems Strategy

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 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 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. The person in this role may work remotely within the United States. As the IT Program Director supporting M&A Business Process and Systems Strategy, you will lead the transaction-level business process and systems strategy across the full lifecycle, from due diligence and sign-to-close planning through Day 1 readiness, systems integration or separation, stabilization, and post-close value realization. In this strategic integration leadership role, you will turn transaction and diligence findings into cross-functional business process and systems decisions. You’ll define targets and interim states, migration or adoption strategies, sequencing, and make recommendations across major end-to-end value streams. You will also coordinate Integration Leads, business partners, IT Value Streams, Enterprise Architecture, acquired-company teams, and strategic partners to align on a practical path to Medtronic standards and transaction value. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world. Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES · Define the transaction-level business process and systems strategy across acquisitions, carve-outs, separations, and divestitures, including the end-to-end value streams Lead to Order, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Plan to Make/Deliver, Design to Release, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Commercial, R&D, Supply Chain, and connected platforms. · Translate diligence findings, deal objectives, business capabilities, and value drivers into integration recommendations, roadmaps, dependencies, risks, costs, and decision requirements. · Map end-to-end business processes and value streams, applications, data, integrations, controls, and organizational handoffs across Lead to Order, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Plan to Make/Deliver, Design to Release, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Commercial, R&D, Product Development, and adjacent domains. · Drive timely decisions on process standardization, local exceptions, capability preservation, application retention or retirement, platform adoption or coexistence, migration and transition approach, sequencing, and business readiness. · Define target-state and interim-state business systems approaches that balance speed, cost, risk, compliance, business continuity, scalability, and enterprise standards. · Facilitate decision alignment across IT Value Streams, Enterprise Architecture, process owners, business leaders, acquired-company teams, Integration Leads, and external system integrators; frame conflicts, recommend options, and escalate decisions when required. · Identify differentiating capabilities acquired through transactions that should be preserved, scaled, or incorporated into Medtronic enterprise roadmaps. · Facilitate integration decision-making with Integration Leads, business partners, IT Value Streams, and the IT M&A lead; surface critical decisions, dependencies, risks, and outcomes without assuming detailed delivery or deployment ownership. · Build reusable business systems integration patterns across applications, data, integrations, and process domains, along with playbooks, decision frameworks, estimation models, system-mapping templates, and lessons learned that improve speed, predictability, and quality across transactions. MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications) Bachelor’s degree 10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree 7+ years of managerial experience Significant experience leading business systems or technology strategy for acquisitions, carve-outs, separations, or other complex business transactions. Working knowledge of SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA, plus the adjacent applications, data, integrations, controls, and business processes needed to evaluate platform dependencies, migration options, and trade-offs; this is not a SAP functional delivery role. Demonstrated ability to connect end-to-end business processes and value streams—including Lead to Order, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Plan to Make/Deliver, and Design to Release—to applications, data, integrations, controls, and operating models across a complex global enterprise. Experience driving application portfolio rationalization, process harmonization, target-state and interim-state planning, capability preservation, or transition decisions across multiple business and technology domains. Experience leading strategic programs through matrixed teams and external partners, with accountability for decisions, dependencies, risks, and outcomes without direct reporting authority. Experience influencing senior business leaders, IT Value Streams, Enterprise Architecture, process owners, acquired-company teams, and technology partners through clear recommendations and trade-off decisions. Experience translating complex process and systems landscapes into decision-ready roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, owners, risks, and outcomes. Experience l