Senior Quality Director - Cardiac Ablation (Finance)
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Feb 2025
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) is one of the Operating Units within the Cardiac portfolio at Medtronic. At CAS, we are developing next generation medical technologies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our technologies save lives and improve the quality of living for millions of patients across the world by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias and enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes.
The CAS business is projected to have solid growth, and this role will be critical in enabling our business to achieve our objectives to drive innovation, accelerate product introduction and lead the adoption of CAS driven therapies in the market.
In this exciting role as a Senior Engineering Director, you will be responsible for leading a subset of the CAS Quality organization, collaborating closely with cross functional leaders to drive the business priorities, objectives, and outcomes for our patients.
This position will be based at Mounds View, MN
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
• Lead and implement quality strategies that enhance business performance and product superiority.
• Ensure patient safety and product reliability through proactive lifecycle management.
• Delivering on CAS Quality priorities ensuring financial goals are attained
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to uphold the highest quality standards and regulatory compliance.
• Lead and inspire the quality team throughout the total product lifecycle
• Responsible for regulatory compliance collaborating with cross functional and shared services teams
• Ensure product remediation deliverables are completed on schedule with the highest quality
• Support issues from the manufacturing facilities/suppliers working closely with Operation partners
• May develop, evaluate, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products.
• Works cross-functionally on product improvement and obsolescence activities
• Drives pre or post market quality improvement initiatives
• Works with R&D and manufacturing sites for resolution of product quality issues
• Collaborate with R&D, and Ops teams to drive DRM practices in product development process.
• Drive and ensure robust risk management process throughout product life cycle.
• Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery
• Foster a culture of diversity which enables the attraction, retention, and development of the Quality team
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of combined experience in quality, engineering or a related function with 10+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 13 years of combined experience in quality, engineering or a related function with 10+ years of managerial experience
CriticalLeadershipDifferentiators:
• Experience optimizing cardiovascular innovation s and product development execution through process, metrics and best practice implementation , including incorporation of DFM and DRM.
• Strategic thinker, strong business acumen, thinks broadly , experience partnering with other business and functional leaders to drive portfolio optimization
• Highly influential leader who can navigate the matrix. Demonstrated ability to effectively work across the matrix and to collaborate and influence cross functionally
• Strong track record of execution and respect for project governance and delivery of predictability
• Demonstrated experience and competence influencing and managing cross-functionally and across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Mastery of managing complex issues , design controls and quality system regulations
• Experience in interacting with customers
• Experience with or conversant with the CAPA process
• Experience in interacting with manufacturing sites
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
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 or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$212,800.00 - $319,200.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
