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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.

Careers that Change Lives

We are seeking a strategic communications leader and consultative business partner who is passionate about integrated communication strategies, energized by change, and skilled at building connections in a complex global environment. This role will provide communications leadership to assigned parts of the Global Commercial Office (GCO), connecting dots and collaborating across operating units, global functions, and regions. This role will balance internal and external/customer communications.

Reporting to the Vice President, Communications, GCO & Global Functions, and you will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive communication strategies that support our commercial growth accelerators, and projects that modernize our global go-to-market strategies, partnering on the GCO level strategy and connecting this directly to the assign client groups. You will also build and execute executive communications and thought leadership, partnering with HR to elevate the reputation of GCO, engage employees and create meaningful and impactful communications programs.

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

• Serve as a strategic communications leader within GCO, partnering across directly with assigned leaders and functions.

• Develop and deliver impactful internal (and external) communications plans, messages, and tactics aligned with business outcomes.

• Advise and counsel assigned business partners, including senior executives, and build strong relationships across all levels of the organization within GCO and outside of GCO across all operating units and regions.

• Drive both strategy and execution, establishing clear objectives, and creating content that delivers measurable results.

• Leverage expertise in organizational communications to engage and inspire employees.

• Establish metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of communications initiatives and inform continuous improvement.

• Manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, maintaining high performance under pressure.

• Travel up to 10% as needed.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum 10 years of relevant communications experience, including 7+ years in a people or program managerial role; or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience and 7+ years of people or program managerial experience.

Nice to Have

• Exceptional writing, editing, and creative skills.

• Proven ability to advise and influence business partners, manage multiple projects, and excel in fast-paced environments.

• Ability to work autonomously across multiple stakeholder groups to advance the priorities of GCO.

• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 365, Share Point, Teams, and desktop publishing applications.

• Experience working within a highly matrixed, global organization.

• Creative problem-solving skills and strong business acumen to align communication strategies with business objectives.

• Willingness to learn and embody the Medtronic brand voice in all communications.

• High level of accuracy, accountability, and organizational skills.

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):$174,400.00 - $261,600.00

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 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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.