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A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity. As a Program Manager within Core Labs, you will play a key role in turning strategy into action by driving execution, organizational adoption, and measurable business outcomes.

In this highly collaborative role, you will partner with leaders across Core Labs to lead strategic initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness, accelerate transformation, and enhance the way teams work together to deliver innovation. You will help drive change management efforts, enabling teams to successfully adopt new processes, structures, capabilities, and ways of working while maintaining focus on business performance and employee engagement.

Success in this role requires strong stakeholder engagement, program leadership, and communication skills. You will build trusted relationships across the organization, align diverse perspectives, and help foster a connected and engaged technical community through transformational initiatives, communications, and culture-building activities.

This remote position offers the opportunity to collaborate with global stakeholders while traveling up to 25% in support of key initiatives and team engagements worldwide.

         

         

As a Program Manager - Core Labs, you will lead and support initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness, drive strategic execution, and enable successful adoption of change across a global technology organization. Working collaboratively with leaders, technical teams, and cross-functional partners, you will help translate priorities into action, foster stakeholder engagement, and support a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic Delivery

• Translate strategic priorities and leadership decisions into integrated implementation plans with clear milestones, ownership, dependencies, risks, and measures of success.
• Lead transformation initiatives from planning through implementation and transition to sustainable business ownership.
• Establish governance structures, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms that support informed decision-making and effective execution.
• Coordinate activities across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups to ensure alignment, transparency, and delivery of business objectives.
• Partner with business leaders, technical teams, Human Resources, Communications, and external partners to integrate organizational, workforce, process, and technology activities into execution plans.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and barriers to success, enabling proactive mitigation and resolution.

Communications & Culture

• Develop clear, audience-specific communications that articulate what is changing, why it matters, and how it supports business objectives.
• Partner with leaders and communications teams to develop engagement, communication, and feedback strategies aligned to transformation milestones.
• Support leadership forums, town halls, off-sites, and other organizational events that foster collaboration, engagement, and alignment.
• Promote knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and organizational effectiveness across the Core Labs community.
• Help strengthen culture and engagement within the technical organization through targeted initiatives and employee-focused programs.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with technical leaders and teams to understand priorities, challenges, and opportunities.
• Establish trusted partnerships with Core Labs leadership and key stakeholders to drive alignment and successful execution.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to communicate progress, address challenges, and support achievement of strategic objectives.
• Bring together stakeholders from across the enterprise to drive engagement, alignment, and adoption of key initiatives.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Human Resources, Program Management, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field and 5+ years of relevant experience; or an advanced degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing initiatives involving organizational, process, technology, workforce, or ways-of-working changes.
• Experience independently leading programs, projects, or engagements and partnering with leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver results.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic priorities into execution plans and measurable outcomes.

Nice to Have

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience supporting organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, change management, or people operations initiatives.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed, and regulated organization.
• Medical technology, healthcare, or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or business change initiatives.

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.

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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):$142,400.00 - $213,600.00

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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

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