Job Description
**Senior R&D Manager for Interventional Pain Therapy** A highly experienced Senior R&D Manager is sought to lead the development of a large Engineering organization and be responsible for our Interventional Pain therapy area, working with cross-functional partners to develop strategies and product pipeline. **About the Role** * Guide, grow, and motivate an exceptionally talented, diverse, world-class performing engineering team responsible for the design and development of pioneering transcatheter medical devices and procedures. * Participate in the ongoing development and scaling of the organization in line with business demands and ensure that we have the skillsets in place to deliver predictable outcomes. * Partner with internal and external experts to maintain and strengthen relevant clinical and technical expertise and to contribute to strategic planning. * Grow and nurture cross-site and cross-functional relationships in a large, multi-site, matrixed organization. * Support and ensure the achievement of project objectives and milestones with initially complex or undetermined outcomes. * Contribute to project decisions using personal expertise, customer input, and strong engineering and clinical judgment. * Manage high-level engineers, and other managers, involved in an array of product development and technology exploration projects. * Actively mentor, coach, and ensure career development plans are in place for direct reports. * Collaborate with core teams to establish objectives and evaluate the progress of direct reports. * Responsible for managing functional cost center budget and resource allocation. * Understand and comply with company policies & procedures and external standards & guidance. * Generate novel and unique solutions to both engineering and organizational challenges. **Requirements** * Level 8 Degree in Engineering or related discipline, Masters/Ph.D. preferred and desirably with 10 years relevant direct engineering experience within a similar environment. * A minimum of three to five years direct managerial experience of engineers and a career history of demonstrated progressive management experience. * Excellent team building, communication, people management and management skills. * Dynamic team player and mentor and can work effectively and proactively on a global team. * Experienced in the medical device market and have a proven result-driven record of accomplishment. * Experience in orthopedics and/or product development in the spine area preferred. **About Medtronic** Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology, boldly attacking 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 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart, putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people.