Program Director: Future TAVR

$188,000 - $283,200/Yr

Medtronic - Santa Ana, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Ana, CA

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Program Director for Future TAVR at Medtronic is a leadership role responsible for overseeing all phases of new product development within the Structural Heart TAVR & Congenital R&D team. This position focuses on strategy formulation, program leadership, and talent development to ensure successful product commercialization and innovation in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for overall program execution.
• Drive cross-functional core team and work directly with functional leaders, regional leaders, and extended teams to ensure clear communication of program objectives, deliverables, and timing of key milestones.
• Proactively resolve cross-functional conflict.
• Manage daily execution of project/programs including critical path tasks, budgets, resources, and risk.
• Effectively use project schedules and work breakdown to manage project critical path activities.
• Understand applicable product standards and procedures and navigate the matrix to provide the required regulatory deliverables.
• Maintain effective communication with the business leadership team on overall program strategy and approach.
• Deliver results with uncompromising quality, integrity, and ethics.
• Regularly communicate with T&C R&D leadership team and Structural Heart leadership team through program updates and product review committee discussions.
• Represent the program in frequent interactions with Key Opinion Leaders in the field, during scientific congresses and clinical investigator meetings.
• Drive financials for the program including representation of program financial assumptions at Portfolio Strategy Board, Product Review Committee, Annual Operating Plan, and all financial forecasting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or scientific field.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in project management and 7+ years of managerial experience, or an advanced degree with minimum of 8 years of relevant experience and 7+ years of managerial experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) new product development as core team member or core team leader.
• R&D, quality, or operations experience with transcatheter technologies.
• Familiarity with key opinion leaders in the interventional cardiology community.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Benefits Package
• Short-term incentive plan
• Annual long-term incentive plan