Engineering Program Manager

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 Feb 2026

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

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

The Grand Rapids site produces Cardiac Surgery devices distributed worldwide. As a Engineering Program Manager, you will oversee projects of varying scales aimed at sustaining and enhancing existing products or driving operations and process development for new products. Your responsibilities will include managing project timelines, budgets, and scopes for both sustaining business initiatives and process development efforts tied to new product launches.

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

Lead a medium-scale program, impacting all corporate-level processes and procedures. Strong tactical decision-maker, handles unforeseen, unexplored issues

Manage one or more medium-scale, established programs with generally-defined program plans and delivery methodologies

Is accountable for overall program process, performance, and customer satisfaction

Participate in establishing program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets

Develop new policies and procedures that affect program management

Typically has budget accountability for one or more programs

Program decisions are generally recommended to higher level management

Oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.

Manage the development and implementation process of a company's products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products.

Review status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.

Monitor the project from initiation through delivery.

Assess project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.

Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Grand Rapids, MI site.

Must Have : Minimum Requirements

Requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

Bachelor's / Advanced Degree in Science, Engineering or Project Management

Requires prior experience managing projects in a manufacturing environment

Project Management Professional (PMI / PMP Certification) highly preferred

Prior experience managing projects in a pharmaceutical, medical device, combination products, or other regulated industry

Effective planning and organization skills including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives simultaneously

Excellent knowledge of systems including Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project, and Autocad

Experience translating communicated ideas into robust project plans

Ability to establish and maintain a trusted role with the various stakeholders in coordinating multiple functions across the organization

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) : $140,800.00 - $211,200.00This 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, andSimple 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), andCapital 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.

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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 .

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