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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, 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 a minimum of 4 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.

A Day in the Life

Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey.

Our Neurovascular operating unit advances treatment of stroke, brain aneurysms, and vascular disorders through innovative endovascular technologies. With devices designed for revascularization, embolization, and precise intervention, we support clinicians in delivering timely, effective care for complex neurovascular conditions. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Neurovascular

We are seeking a Senior Principal Communications Specialist to play a communications operations role for the $1.2B global Neurovascular business, reporting to the head of Communications for Neurovascular. You’ll play a critical role in connecting, engaging, and inspiring our global workforce as well as key external stakeholders. Your work will help drive understanding, alignment, and action around business priorities, company culture, and strategic initiatives. This role is ideal for a strategic communicator who is curious and willing to learn and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and is passionate about the power of communications.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Develop and implement internal communication strategies that align with organizational goals, support business transformation, and foster employee engagement.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders, helping shape messaging for high-visibility initiatives, change management, executive communications, and organizational updates.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure message consistency and alignment across teams; and serve as a strategic business partner to key functions.

• Support the development of executive communications, including strong planning, verbal, video and written communications.

• Engage with external stakeholders to manage communications and participate in media activities, conferences, congresses, award submissions, and similar events.

• Create compelling content across multiple channels—email, intranet, video, events, presentations, and town halls—to reach diverse internal audiences effectively.

• Lead key initiatives that reinforce company values, celebrate employee contributions, and enhance transparency and trust across the organization.

• Measure impact of communication efforts through feedback, analytics, and engagement metrics; use data to inform strategy and continuous improvement.

• Look for and leverage opportunities to improve processes and best practices to drive efficiency and effectiveness

• Work effectively in a global, matrixed environment, demonstrating a willingness to seek additional perspectives and inputs while driving projects with speed and urgency

• Serve as a strategic ‘finger on the pulse’ contact for culture and engagement at Irvine site; partner with HR and other functions as needed to measure and monitor engagement

• Champion inclusive communication practices to ensure messaging is accessible, clear, and representative of Medtronic’s diverse global workforce.

• Build strong relationships and collaborate with colleagues across Global Communications & Corporate Marketing (GCCM) to ensure the right stakeholders are engaged and resources are partnered with to deliver the greatest impact for the business.

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have: Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in internal or corporate communications, including experience advising senior leaders.

• Proven ability to lead strategic communication programs with measurable impact.

• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills tailored for a variety of internal audiences.

• Experience working in a matrixed or global organization.

• Healthcare, medical technology, or manufacturing industry experience.

• Expertise in change communication and organizational transformation.

• Experience with intranet platforms (e.g., Share Point), internal social tools, and enterprise communication analytics.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate across cultures and with diverse employee groups.

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.

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.

U.S.

Work Authorization & Sponsorship:

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

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):$139,200.00 - $208,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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 95,000+ 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.

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