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 As a Program Manager at Medtronic focusing on Global IT Portfolio process and product management, this role encompasses a strategic approach to both optimizing processes and overseeing product development. You would be responsible for developing and implementing standardized processes to ensure consistency and efficiency across various projects. This involves continuously seeking opportunities for optimization while establishing quality control measures to ensure that products meet industry standards and customer expectations. Compliance is a crucial aspect, requiring you to ensure that all processes adhere to regulatory and company standards. This role also involves overseeing project timelines and budgets, making necessary adjustments to address any deviations and proactively identifying risks related to product and process management to develop effective mitigation strategies. Maintaining open communication with cross-functional stakeholders is key, providing updates on developments and gathering feedback to ensure alignment with process and product goals. This specialized focus ensures that processes and products are efficient, compliant, and aligned with customer needs and business objectives. This will be a hybrid model position based in Bogotá. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Process Management: - Define, document, and standardize workflows, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and clarity in matrixed roles and responsibilities. - Identify inefficiencies, propose and implement changes, and foster continuous improvement using methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen. - Set measurable KPIs, monitor and report on process and product performance, ensuring alignment with objectives and stakeholder expectations. - Address process & product issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions to prevent recurrence. - Own the process, conduct audits, foster accountability, and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Stakeholder Engagement: - Collaborate across teams, manage relationships, and communicate effectively with stakeholders to gather feedback and align priorities - Gather stakeholder feedback, analyze pain points, and ensure products deliver great user experiences, while sharing industry trends and best practices - Act as the primary point of contact for function stakeholders regarding product features and priorities - Develop Communications to keep stakeholders informed Product Management: - Participate in roadmap planning, prioritize features, collaborate with teams to develop and launch products, and ensure functionality aligns with user needs - Ensure tools and reporting meet Global IT Portfolio, Program, and Project operational needs - Work with the product team to create intuitive and user-friendly interfaces - Accept or reject completed function’s user stories based on acceptance criteria Required Knowledge and Experience: - Bachelor’s Degree - Five years of experience in program management and project execution - Experience in full project lifecycle and a minimum of 1 complex projects of more than 2-year duration - Fluent in English - Proven knowledge of developing and implementing strategic goals - Project Portfolio Management; business case development experience and knowledge in Planisware is advantageous 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. 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. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). 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. 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